SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Greg Kennet, a two-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, has been named the head women's tennis coach at Dominican University of California, Director of Athletics Terry Tumey announced.

“With Coach Kennett's collegiate tennis experience, we feel fortunate to have Greg to lead Dominican's program,” said Tumey. “He will add greatly to Marin's tennis-rich community.”

Kennett joins Dominican from UC Berkeley where he served as the volunteer assistant for the men's tennis team. In 2008, Kennett served as the associate head women's tennis coach at St. Mary's College. From 1999-2007, he served as Illinois State's head men's tennis coach. While there, he produced six Valley individual champions, four Valley doubles champions, seven Valley scholar-athletes and 14 all-conference selections.. He was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year twice, first in 2003 and in 2006, when the Redbirds snagged their first-ever regular season conference title with a perfect 7-0 conference mark.

“I'm very excited to help grow the tennis program at Dominican,” said Kennett. “It's a great time to be here, with Terry's leadership and vision, and the transition to NCAA Division II.”

Kennett was also a member of the NCAA men's tennis selection and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) committees, and served as the chair of the ITA Region 5 committee.

The Bloomington, Ill. native played two seasons at Eastern Michigan before transferring to Illinois. He was named team captain for the Illini his senior year and graduated in 1991 with a BS in political science. In 1997 he played with the St. Louis Aces of the Professional World Team Tennis Leagues.

“I look forward to building the program into a perennial contender in the Pacific West Conference.”