Episode #64- Dr. Greg Prudhomme, head men's and women’s tennis coach, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
Episode description
Greg Prudhomme just completed his 15th season as the Grand Canyon women’s tennis head coach and 14th season as its men’s tennis head coach in 2021-22.
Since joining the Division I ranks, Prudhomme has had nothing but success for his programs. The women's team were crowned WAC regular-season champions in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021. The men's team were crowned WAC champs in 2016, 2019, and 2021. This past season Dr. Prudhomme guided both of his teams to the Regular Season Conference Titles, the Conference Tournament Championships, and automatic bids into the NCAA National Championships.
Prudhomme has earned a total 8 WAC Coach of the Year honors sweeping both honors in 2019 and 2021 for both men's and women's tennis. Previously he earned coach of the year honors for the men in 2016 and for the women three years in a row from 2015 to 2017.
Along with conference coach of the year honors, Prudhomme has also earned the USTPA National College Coach of the Year as well as the ITA National College Coach of the Year in Division II.
As a Division II program, Prudhomme led the women’s team to the NCAA Championships in his first season despite taking over a team that had only one win the previous season. The women’s team saw a DII national ranking as high as No. 10 in the country under Prudhomme and reached the national tournament four times in seven seasons, including back-to-back trips to nationals in the final two seasons of Division II competition.
The men’s team reached as high as No. 8 nationally in the Division II ranks with a trip to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championships in 2012. The tournament berth was the first since the school reinstated the program for the 2008-09 season. Prudhomme wrapped up the men's five-year existence in Division II with three straight years of winning records and top-25 national finishes.
Prudhomme has been an Elite Certified member of the United States Professional Tennis Association for more than 20 years. Through this organization, he has been awarded the USPTA Coach of the Year for the Southwest Region on five occasions, as well as USPTA Player of the Year on three different occasions. In addition, Prudhomme is also the Head Tester for the USPTA Southwest Division.
Dr. Prudhomme is also a mental performance coach and has worked with numerous professional and college athletes. Some of his previous clients include UFC fighters, boxers, CrossFit athletes, baseball players, soccer players, and more.
The head professional at Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale since the early 1990s, Prudhomme privately has tutored players who have gone on to play at all levels. Because of his accomplishments at Paseo in the tennis industry, the mayor of Glendale presented him with a Proclamation of Recognition.
As a player, Prudhomme held a world ranking from 1994 to 1997 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. As an amateur, Prudhomme was ranked No.1 in the Southwest Region in four different years and reached national rankings of #11 in singles and #5 in doubles. He earned academic honors in the PAC-12 when he played at University of Arizona.
Prudhomme is a graduate of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He earned his Master’s degree in Psychology and Doctorate of Philosophy in General Psychology with an emphasis in Performance Psychology at GCU. He and his wife, Mandy, have three children.
His contact information can be found here: