Foshey Named Assistant Men's Tennis Coach
9/5/2023 2:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan men's tennis head coach Sean Maymi announced Tuesday (Sept. 5) the hiring of assistant coach Trevor Foshey.
Foshey comes to Ann Arbor from Liberty University, where he was associate head coach since 2019.
"I am thrilled to add Trevor to our coaching staff," Maymi said. "He has a ton of energy and passion for college tennis. His success as a player and as a coach will help maximize each individual student-athlete's potential and allow them the best experience possible at Michigan."
In four seasons with the Flames, Foshey coached the squad to a 58-34 overall record and back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference championships.
During his first year, he helped Liberty defeat a Big Ten opponent for the first time in program history with a 5-2 win over Penn State, and its first win against an ACC foe with a 4-3 decision over Virginia Tech.
After collecting a perfect 12-0 record at home in 2021, the Flames posted a its first 20-win season, going 20-7 en route to the conference championship. The Flames repeated as ASUN champions in 2022 and captured the conference's regular-season title in 2023 before winning the inaugural NIT Championship.
Foshey's athletes earned seven all-conference selections, including three first-team selections. He coached the 2021 Player of the Year Nicaise Muamba and two sets of Doubles Pairs of the Year in Deji Thomas-Smith and Christiaan Worst in 2021 and Muamba and Rafael Marques Da Silva in 2022.
"This is an amazing opportunity to coach here at the University of Michigan," Foshey said. "My family and I are super thankful to Sean as well as the Michigan athletic department for this opportunity. I'm excited to get to work and represent the best of the best. Go Blue!"
A 2019 graduate of Mississippi State, Foshey won two SEC tournament titles with the Bulldogs in 2018 and 2019 as the team finished in the top 10 of the ITA final rankings both years (No. 5 in 2018 and No. 9 in 2019). During his four seasons, Foshey won 75 doubles matches and reached as high as No. 7 in the rankings. He won 64 career singles matches and reached a personal best of No. 93 in the rankings.
A native of St. Cloud, Fla., Foshey was the MVP of the SEC Tournament in 2018. He qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2017 as an at-large and won his opening match. An ITA regional singles finalist, he also was a two-time ITA regional doubles finalist. Earning two ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, Foshey graduated with a degree in Kinesiology.
