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Zach Elbin

Zach Elbin

  • Title
    Head Coach
  • Email
    zelbin@adrian.edu
  • Phone
    (517) 265-5161 ext. 4005
  • Previous College
    Baldwin Wallace '14
  • Year
    3rd season

Career Record 23-23
Conference Record 4-8
All-MIAA Selections 1

Zach Elbin is entering his third year as the head coach for the men's and women's tennis programs at Adrian College.

PRIOR TO CURRENT POSITION

  • Taught tennis at the Chippewa Tennis Club, teaching technique, fundamentals, and strategies of the game to athletes ranging from ages four to 70+.
  • As the head coach at Huron High School, he led the River Rats to the state finals, finishing in sixth place at the Lower Peninsula Finals at the beginning of the month.
  • Prior to his time in Michigan, Elbin was the head coach for the men's and women's tennis teams at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, an NCAA Division II program. He coached both teams to the conference tournaments all three seasons while leading the Rams, with 12 total players earning All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference selections in his three years at the helm.
  • In his final season in 2018, Thomas Jefferson had its one doubles team ranked No. 24 in the nation and second in the region.
  • In addition to his duties as head coach of the Rams, Elbin also served as a volunteer assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Thomas Jefferson University and as a tennis professional at Legacy Youth and Tennis Education, an organization focused on young players and those from disadvantaged background.

COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER

  • Played at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. He had a 9-6 record in singles play in three years of varsity action and a doubles record of 24-13, with a 16-6 mark in his senior season.
  • Received Ohio Athletic Association All-Academic awards during his final three years, as well as Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete awards for the same years.
  • He was named to the Dean's List those same three years as well and was a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Athletic Honors Society during his final two years.

Elbin earned his Bachelor of Science in Education with a major in Early Childhood Education from Baldwin-Wallace in May of 2014.

Coach Elbin's Career Record at Adrian


YEAR
OVERALL MIAA
R
EGULAR SEASON
W L W L
2020-21 Men 5 6 1 3 6th Place
2020-21 Women 7 8 3 5 6th Place
2019-20 Men 6 4 MIAA Schedule Canceled
2019-20 Women 5 5
Totals 23 23 4 8
0.500 0.333