Sergey Avdeyev - Associate Head Coach - Cowboy Tennis Coaches

Sergey Avdeyev

Title:
Associate Head Coach

Sergey Avdeyev comes to Stillwater ahead of the 2024-25 season, adding ten years of NCAA Division I coaching experience to the Pokes staff.

Avdeyev's first head coaching gig came in 2019 at the University of Texas San Antonio Men's tennis team. While at the helm, Avdeyev was named 2023 Conference USA Coach of the Year, posted a 58-43 record in his five seasons and broke many school records along the way: their highest team ranking (34), their first-ever NCAA at-large bid, most consecutive wins (14), highest-ranked win (No. 28 VCU), doubles regional champions, highest-ranked doubles team (#6 in the country), highest home match attendance, and most conference awards.

Avdeyev's leadership goes far from just the tennis courts, as he served as the UTSA Game-plan Committee Chair (Student-Athlete Experience) in 2022-23, the San Antonio International Pro Exhibition Tennis Tournament Supervisor in 2023 and ITA Texas Regional Committee Board Member 2022- 23 and Chair in 2023-24.

In 2016, Avdeyev was named Men's Associate Head Coach for the Old Dominion University tennis team. Under Avdeyev's tutelage, multiple athletes earned regional championships, including a couple of doubles championships and three NCAA individual appearances. Avdeyev coached Aziz Kijametovic to a national singles and doubles ranking and a Regional Singles crown victory. Receiving ITA Atlantic Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018, Avdeyev led the Monarchs to the top 25 national rank, the C-USA Championship trophy, and a bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

Returning to his alma mater in 2011, Avdeyev served as the Director of Junior Development for the Oklahoma University Tennis Club. Avdeyev got his first coaching position at the collegiate level in 2015 as the OU's men's tennis second assistant coach. In 2016, the Sooners made an unpredictable run to the NCAA championship match, upsetting No. 3 UCLA, No. 6 Wake Forest and No. 7 Georgia, but ultimately fell short to top-ranked Virginia.

During his coaching career at Oklahoma, Avdeyev coached and developed two All-Americans (Axel Alverez Llamas and Alex Ghilea).

Before stepping outside the lines, the Kazakhstan native, Avdeyev, competed on the professional tennis circuit, ranking in the top 10 in his country, and was a junior Davis Cup team member.

Playing in the top spot for OU his senior season, Avdeyev captained the Sooners, where he was ranked in both singles and doubles.

Born on July 21, 1987, Avdeyev and his wife, Lisa, have three kids; Annalisa, Aleksandra and Mikhail.