Jeff Maren

Biography

The Bulldogs went 12-8 in Jeff Maren's first season as head coach, going 3-1 in conference on their way to a share of the Big South Conference Regular Season Championship. It was the third regular season championship in the last four years for the Bulldogs. Asheville went a perfect 5-0 at home, with Angelina Joy Hug Big South Conference Player of the Week honors on Mar. 18, 2026. Sofia Segui earned Freshman of the Week honors on Feb. 11, before Maria Sol Alvarez Brandon also earned the honor on Mar. 18. On Mar. 18 combined with the men's team, the Bulldogs executed a clean sweep of weekly awards for the first time since Gardner-Webb back on Mar. 10, 2022. At the end of the season, Hug was named to the All-Conference First Team for singles while she and Segui earned First Team All-Conference honors in doubles play. Hug was also named to the All-Academic Team. The team also had three College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selections in Valeria Centeno, Hug and Avery Sager. Maren was announced as the new Head Women's Tennis Coach at UNC Asheville on Friday, May 16, 2025. Maren becomes the ninth head coach in program history. Maren spent the previous 10 months as the Head Coach for New College of Florida, a new NAIA program, whose inaugural season was 2025. He has spent the last 10 months recruiting to fill 20 roster positions between the men's and women's teams. Before helping to begin the tennis program at New College of Florida, Maren served as the head women's ten