Men's Tennis

Matt Frost starts his third season as head men's and women's tennis coach at Tusculum University in the fall of 2023.

Frost led the Pioneers to an NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in 2023, guiding Tusculum to a 17-7 overall record and second place in the South Atlantic Conference at 11-1. The Pioneers advanced to the SAC Championship match with wins over Lenoir-Rhyne and Carson-Newman, and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007. Five of Tusculum's wins came against nationally-ranked opponents, and the Pioneers reached as high as 25th in the ITA Division II National Team Rankings.

In his first season with the Tusculum men in 2022, Frost led the Pioneers to a 13-8 overall record and a tie for third place in the South Atlantic Conference with a 9-3 league record. The Pioneers advanced to the SAC Tournament semifinals and had three wins over ranked opponents during the season, including victories over 27th-ranked Carson-Newman during the regular season and 32nd-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne in the SAC quarterfinals.

Frost joined the Tusculum family in August, 2021 from the University of New Mexico, where he served as assistant women's tennis coach for the past two seasons. He replaces Adam Jackson, who was hired as head tennis coach at Division I Longwood University earlier that summer.

Frost is no stranger to the South Atlantic Conference, having previously served as assistant men's and women's tennis coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University during the 2018-19 season. Frost was also the assistant men's coach at Drake University during the 2015-16 season, after playing two seasons for the Bulldogs and earning All-Conference honors.

While at Lenoir-Rhyne, he made an immediate impact as the Bears posted a record-breaking season which saw the men’s program post an 18-4 record and earn its first national ranking as L-R ended the season ranked 20^th nationally in NCAA Division II. Lenoir-Rhyne went 8-2 in SAC play including a thrilling 4-3 upset win over fifth-ranked Wingate. The women’s program also experienced great success as L-R garnered a No. 33 national ranking, while going 18-5 overall.

During his time on the coaching staff at Drake, the Bulldogs remained ranked in the top-50 nationally while reaching the finals of the Missouri Valley Conference Championships.

Frost, a native of London, England, began his collegiate tennis career at the University of Southern Mississippi where he played both number-one singles and doubles for two seasons. He was an All-Conference pick in both singles and doubles as a sophomore at Southern Miss, before departing for Drake in 2013. At Drake, Frost won two Missouri Valley Conference championships and was All-MVC in both singles and doubles. He was ranked as high as 92^nd nationally in singles and 60^th in doubles while at Drake.

Frost graduated from Drake in May, 2015 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs. Outside college tennis, Frost also served as a hitting partner during the BNP Paribas Open where he worked with numerous top pros including Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem and Juan Martin del Potro.

He was full-time traveling coach for ITF Top 50 player Ema Lazic during the 2016-17 season, then return to England where he was performance coach at the Legends Tennis Center during the 2017-18 season. During that time, Frost was part of the team that prepared world number-one Simona Halep for her grass court schedule, including Wimbledon.

In the fall of 2018, Frost returned to the United States to enter the MBA program at Lenoir-Rhyne and serve as a graduate assistant coach. Following the 2018-19 season, Frost went to New Mexico for two seasons as assistant women's coach while pursuing a master of science degree in physical education with a focus in sports administration.

Frost has spent summers as a club pro, working at Wee Burn Country Club in Darien, Connecticut during the summer of 2019 and the Asheville Racquet Club in 2021.

Matt Frost’s Year-by-Year Coaching Record
Year    School            Overall    Pct.       SAC      Pct.  SAC Finish
2022    Tusculum           13-8     .619        9-3     .750      T3rd
2023    Tusculum           17-7     .708       11-1     .917       2nd
Overall                    30-15    .667       22-4     .846