Women's Tennis
Victor, Gary
Gary Victor
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- gary.victor@csun.edu
- Phone:
- 2948
A four-time Coach of the Year, Gary Victor enters his 28th season as the head coach of the CSUN Women's Tennis team in 2024-25.
During his two-decade plus tenure as head coach, Victor has led eight different teams to national rankings while compiling a career record of 342-251 in dual matches. Victor became the 33rd active NCAA Division I women's tennis coach to win at least 300 duals in a career on March 27, 2021, when the Matadors defeated Santa Clara 4-2.
In 2024, CSUN registered its best Big West record since joining the conference in 2001. The Matadors went 13-7 overall and 7-2 in Big West play, recording a .778 conference win percentage and a second-place finish in the league. CSUN earned a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, the highest in the team's Big West history.
Victor was named the Big West Coach of the Year in 2015 and the Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2001, after his team won the Big Sky Championship and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. The United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) also named him the California College Coach of the Year in 1999, 2003, and 2012. He led the Matadors to a spot in the inaugural Universal Tennis NIT in 2023.
In all, CSUN has amassed 94 all-conference honors during Victor's tenure. Off the courts, the Matadors have also excelled in the classroom garnering 77 academic all-conference honors to go along with 11 ITA All-Academic Team honors.
Outside of CSUN, Victor led Southern California to the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) Boys & Girls 14 and under Intersectional Team Championship in 2014 and 2016. He also helped guide the San Fernando Valley Competition Training Center to four team championships.
Victor served as the Chair of the Western Region ITA Coaches' Committee, where he handled regional rankings, voted on All-American candidates and represented the region during the NCAA Tournament selection process.
A Matador assistant during the 1995-96 season, Victor was hired as the head coach of the CSUN women's tennis team on Aug. 29, 1997.
During his collegiate years, Victor was a four-year starter at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., playing at the No. 1 singles position during the 1989 and 1990 seasons. He was the Most Valuable Player for the Scarlet Knights in 1989 and '90, a two-time team captain and reached the Atlantic 10 Conference singles finals on two occasions. Victor graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and mass media from Rutgers in 1991 and was on the Dean's List in 1988 and '91.
After graduation, Victor worked as a producer on the “American Gladiators” and “Gladiators 2000” television series as well as Fox Football. Victor also earned a specialist degree from the USTA's High Performance Coaching Program in 2001.
Victor's daughters Emma, 21, and Kyra, 19, are studying at UC Berkeley and Davis, respectively.
During his two-decade plus tenure as head coach, Victor has led eight different teams to national rankings while compiling a career record of 342-251 in dual matches. Victor became the 33rd active NCAA Division I women's tennis coach to win at least 300 duals in a career on March 27, 2021, when the Matadors defeated Santa Clara 4-2.
In 2024, CSUN registered its best Big West record since joining the conference in 2001. The Matadors went 13-7 overall and 7-2 in Big West play, recording a .778 conference win percentage and a second-place finish in the league. CSUN earned a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, the highest in the team's Big West history.
Victor was named the Big West Coach of the Year in 2015 and the Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2001, after his team won the Big Sky Championship and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. The United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) also named him the California College Coach of the Year in 1999, 2003, and 2012. He led the Matadors to a spot in the inaugural Universal Tennis NIT in 2023.
In all, CSUN has amassed 94 all-conference honors during Victor's tenure. Off the courts, the Matadors have also excelled in the classroom garnering 77 academic all-conference honors to go along with 11 ITA All-Academic Team honors.
Outside of CSUN, Victor led Southern California to the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) Boys & Girls 14 and under Intersectional Team Championship in 2014 and 2016. He also helped guide the San Fernando Valley Competition Training Center to four team championships.
Victor served as the Chair of the Western Region ITA Coaches' Committee, where he handled regional rankings, voted on All-American candidates and represented the region during the NCAA Tournament selection process.
A Matador assistant during the 1995-96 season, Victor was hired as the head coach of the CSUN women's tennis team on Aug. 29, 1997.
During his collegiate years, Victor was a four-year starter at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., playing at the No. 1 singles position during the 1989 and 1990 seasons. He was the Most Valuable Player for the Scarlet Knights in 1989 and '90, a two-time team captain and reached the Atlantic 10 Conference singles finals on two occasions. Victor graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and mass media from Rutgers in 1991 and was on the Dean's List in 1988 and '91.
After graduation, Victor worked as a producer on the “American Gladiators” and “Gladiators 2000” television series as well as Fox Football. Victor also earned a specialist degree from the USTA's High Performance Coaching Program in 2001.
Victor's daughters Emma, 21, and Kyra, 19, are studying at UC Berkeley and Davis, respectively.
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