Experienced tennis coach Tom Rees
was named to lead Georgia Gwinnett College’s successful men's and women's programs in November 2025. He became the third head coach in program history.
In his debut season the Grizzlies captured the 2026 NAIA men's tennis national championship and posted an undefeated 25-0 season. Rees mentored seven NAIA All-American selections, tying for the most honorees for a single season in program history. He led GGC's men's tennis team win the 2026 Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA Indoor national title. The Grizzlies defeated Tennessee Wesleyan for the championship in both tournaments.
Santiago Villarruel and Luis Francisco Sampedro finished the 2026 season ranked No. 1 in the ITA national doubles ranking. They were two of GGC's three first-team All-American selections.
Rees guided MaryLove Edwards collect first NAIA All-America team accolades during the 2026 campaign. He led the program to a 9-9 record.
Before coming to Lawrenceville, Rees served as associate head coach of the women’s tennis program at NCAA Division I Clemson University (South Carolina) during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. He helped the Tigers qualify for the NCAA championships for the first time since 2018 and the team had a No. 16 team ranking.
Previously, Rees was head coach of one NCAA Division I program, University of Incarnate Word (Texas), for the 2022 and 2023 seasons; was an assistant coach at Division I Kansas State University, from 2020-21; and two NCAA Division II colleges, Lenoir-Rhyne University (North Carolina) from 2017-19 and University of Illinois Springfield from 2015-16. His coaching career started as an assistant coach at Division II University of North Georgia from 2013-14.
As head women’s coach at Incarnate Word, Rees guided a team to a runner-up finish in the Southland Conference and had a doubles team win the 2022 ITA Texas regional and qualify for the NCAA national championships. He also mentored players that earned Southland Conference honors as the player, freshman and newcomer of the year.
Rees’ men’s and women’s teams at Lenoir-Rhyne and Illinois-Springfield had multiple all-conference players and both Lenoir-Rhyne programs achieved their first national rankings.
Rees played collegiately at the Division I University of North Carolina Asheville from 2010-12, earning all-Big South Conference honors. He received a bachelor’s of arts degree in French, with a minor in management. Rees added a master’s degree in public administration at North Georgia.
