Sam Winterbotham
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Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Record | 178-60 (64-26 SEC) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1 October 1973 Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1999 | Oklahoma Christian |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2006 | Colorado |
| 2006–2017 | Tennessee |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SEC (2010, 2011) SEC Tournament (2010) | |
| Awards | |
| 2006 ITA Mountain Region Coach of the Year 2008 & 2010 SEC Coach of the Year 2009 ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year 2011 ITA Ohio Valley Region Coach of the Year 2011 ITA Ohio Valley Region Coach of the Year 2013 ITA National Coach of the Year 2013 ITA Ohio Valley Region Coach of the Year | |
Sam Winterbotham (born 1 October 1973) is a British college tennis coach and former college player. He was the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis team of the University of Tennessee. Winterbotham was previously an assistant coach for the Baylor Bears where he helped guide the team to the 2004 national title with the team that he had previously recruited. His first stint as a head coach came in 2002 when he became the head coach for the Colorado Buffaloes men's tennis team.[1]
He attended Oklahoma Christian University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he was a four-year NAIA All-American and was ranked No. 1 nationally. In 1997 he won top honors as the NAIA Rolex national singles champion. During his time at OCU Winterbotham was also named the 1999 Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year in soccer, where he was named to the All-Region first team and honorable mention All-America team. In 2007 Winterbotham was inducted into the Oklahoma Christian Athletic Hall of Fame. He said it took him only one semester at OCU for him to know he wanted to get into coaching tennis.[2]
