Jamie Hunt, Associate Head Coach

jamie hunt 5th SEASON Assoc. HEAD COACH

Jamie Hunt, who was part of Georgia’s 2007 and 2008 NCAA National Championship teams and most recently served as the associate head coach at Vanderbilt University, is in his fifth season back at his alma mater. Hunt was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2018-19 campaign.

The 2021-22 season marks the 12th year of coaching for the Texas native, who spent seven of those at Vanderbilt where he was an assistant coach for four years and an associate head coach for three. The Commodores made their 15th NCAA tournament appearance in 2017 after Hunt helped the squad ink a top-5 class in 2015 as the team’s recruiting coordinator.

“We could not be more fortunate to have Jamie as our associate head coach” head coach Manny Diaz said. “His level of enthusiasm and high character is at the very top of our profession. Jamie continues to become a better coach with every year. He bleeds red and black and will do anything under the sun for our kids and our program. He is a terrific mentor to them and will be an incredible head coach one day soon. We are fortunate to have him at the University of Georgia.”

A U.S. Open Junior Doubles Champion, an All-SEC and All-America performer and winner of the prestigious Southeast Region ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, Hunt was a star tennis player and leader for the Bulldogs’ tennis program from 2007 through 2010. His 116 singles wins ranks 12th all-time in school history for the four-time All-SEC selection, while his combined singles and doubles record of 238-80 ranks third in the Georgia record book.

In 2008, Hunt compiled a 39-8 singles record, which included a perfect 10-0 mark against conference opponents. The next season, he teamed with Nate Schnugg to reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA doubles championship and earned All-America status.

Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Hunt was he only junior player in history to win the Easter Bowl Doubles in the boys 14’s, 16’s and 18’s. He also earned ITF World Junior rankings as high as No. 2 in doubles and No. 26 in singles.

Following his playing career, Hunt made his way to Nashville to become an assistant coach at Vanderbilt. The ‘Dores had an impressive year in 2013, finishing with a No. 15 ITA national ranking following an appearance in the NCAA Round of 16. This marked Vanderbilt’s highest ranking in over a decade. Hunt then helped the Commodores to a No. 20 national ranking in 2014 as the team hosted NCAA regionals for the second year in a row. In 2015, Vanderbilt recorded its best SEC record in nearly a decade with an 8-4 mark against league opponents.

Under his seven years of leadership in Nashville, four Vanderbilt players were named ITA All-Americans, while two doubles teams reached No. 1 rankings in ITA Doubles.

Hunt and his wife Kyndal Edwards Hunt met as seniors at the University of Georgia. The couple has four children: Daughter Blakely (7), son Hayes (4) and one-year-old twins-- daughter Macy and son Hudson.