DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton tennis program named Erica Echko as the new assistant coach for its men's and women's tennis teams.
 
Echko most recently worked as the Interclub Coordinator/Staff Professional for the Five Seasons Sports Club in Northern Kentucky from 2010-2015. Before Five Seasons, Erica served as a USPTA certified tennis professional at the Garrison Tennis Center in Marietta, GA and a school counselor in Dallas, GA.
 
Echko is the former coach, a former scholarship player at Miami-Ohio, and a Centerville native. She was an assistant coach at the University of Akron in 2004, and the head women's tennis coach at the University of Dayton from 2005-2007.
 
Erica is not only a great coach and educator, but is also an exceptional player. She won the Women's Open Doubles at The Met in 2009, was the USPTA/Midwest Open female Player of the Year in 2007, and had one of the best all-time winning percentages at MU from 1999-2002.  
 
"I'm excited to be back at UD," said Echko. "I look forward to coaching the most talented tennis teams in UD history."