Jason Potthoff enters his fourth season as the head coach Milwaukee’s women’s tennis program.
In his first season, he guided the Panthers to a 7-16, 3-6 Horizon League record, ending on a weekend conference sweep over IUPUI and Green Bay.
It was Potthoff’s second season where he led the Black & Gold back to the Horizon League Conference Tournament for the first time in two seasons. The Panthers finished 13-10, 6-3 in 2018-19 – a six-win improvement overall and a three-win increase from a season ago. He also coached First Team all-league Alex Belle and Freshman of the Year Mayya Perova.
Potthoff came from the University of Houston after serving as an assistant for two seasons. There he helped guide the Cougars to an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national ranking high of No. 38. Tsveta Dimitrova was named AAC Freshman of the Year during Potthoff's tenure. Potthoff's primary responsibilities included recruiting and on-court coaching efforts in the American Athletic Conference.
Prior to Houston, Potthoff spent four seasons at the University of Missouri as an assistant, where he was also in charge of recruiting and on-court player development. During his time at Missouri, Potthoff helped lead the team to an ITA national ranking of No. 42, while having coached at least one singles player nationally ranked by the ITA in all four of his seasons. His student-athletes were successful both on and off the court as Missouri's teams earned ITA All-Academic honors in each of his four seasons.
For over three years (2008-2011), Potthoff served as a traveling tournament coach at John Newcombe Tennis Academy previous to Missouri. He assisted over 75 high school student-athletes in the recruiting process to become collegiate tennis student-athletes. In addition to his recruiting efforts, Potthoff worked with nationally and internationally ranked junior players, including private lessons, group drills, and match coaching.
Following his graduation from Texas A&M in 2005 with a B.A. in marketing, Potthoff began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for the men's tennis team (2005-2007), while obtaining his M.S. in kinesiology in 2007.
