Dave Woodring begins his 10th year as the head coach of the Johns Hopkins women's tennis team. In July 2014, he was named Director of Tennis Operations. Woodring took over as head coach after spending six seasons as an assistant for both the men's and women's tennis teams.
The winningest coach in program history, Woodring boasts 167 career wins with a .791 winning percentage. He has led Hopkins to nine straight Centennial Conference Championships and nine NCAA Sweet 16 appearances. The Blue Jays have posted a pair of 20-win seasons, the only two in program history, including a school-record 24 wins in 2014. Hopkins has made the NCAA Quarterfinals four times and finished a program-best fourth in 2014 under his tenure. He also led JHU to three straight ITA National Team Indoor Championships.Â
Woodring has coached 40 All-Centennial Conference selections (22 singles, 28 doubles), two Centennial Conference Players of the Year, three Centennial Conference Rookies of teh Year and 12 ITA All-Americans (7 singles, 5 doubles). He has been named the Centennial Conference Coach of the Year four times. Three of his student-athletes have earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and two were named the NCAA's Elite 90 Award winner.
Woodring has been involved with tennis in the Baltimore community for over two decades. He has helped coach in the grassroots tennis programs with the Greater Baltimore Tennis Patrons and helped coach the Eastern Tech High School teams. He also coached his son, Ryan, to a competitive USTA ranking and onto All-America honors for Harford County Community College. He is currently coaching at Green Spring Racquet Club located in Lutherville MD.
updated August 2019
