Pablo Montana – Chase the Lion: What It Means to Really Embrace the Uncomfortable

Pablo Montana – Chase the Lion: What It Means to Really Embrace the Uncomfortable

Pablo Montana – Chase the Lion: What It Means to Really Embrace the Uncomfortable

Pablo Montana is the Director of Tennis as well as the Head Coach for both the Men’s & Women’s Tennis programs for the University of Delaware. Since being named the Head Men’s Tennis Coach in Dec. of 2016, Montana has brought nothing but success to UD tennis. In his first season at UD (2016-17), the Hens posted the most wins (9) since the 2010-11 campaign. From there, Delaware registered 17 wins in 2018 and 14 wins in 2019.

In its last complete season, the Men’s Tennis Program was on a 14-match win streak when the 2019-20 season was halted and finished the year with a 14-1 record (.933), the highest winning percentage for UD since 1974-75.

Prior to joining University of Delaware, Montana spent the previous 14 seasons as the Women’s Tennis Head Coach at California University of Pennsylvania, where he built one of the nation’s elite Division II programs.

A two-time ITA National Coach of the Year, five-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year and eight-time PSAC West Coach of the Year, Pablo Montana is the winningest coach in program history with an outstanding record of 276-83 (.769) from 2002-2016. Cal U posted 12 straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals seven times in eight seasons from 2007-14.

Montana led the Vulcans to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship in each of his last 10 seasons and mentored eight different ITA All-Americans in his last nine years.

As a player he was a three-time All-American at Tennessee from 1993-96, Montana was also a three-time All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, earning first team honors in both singles and doubles play in 1996. Montana and his doubles partner earned the No. 1 ITA national doubles ranking after claiming the prestigious Rolex Intercollegiate National Indoor Championship title. The pair ranks second in Volunteers’ history with 75 career doubles wins.

He played on the professional tour for two seasons and ranked as high as 368 on the ATP tour world doubles rankings.

Montana and his wife, Karen, have two children, Alexis and Silas.

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