Coaching Staff

Head Coach                                             

Zubin Engineer

Loyola University New Orleans Athletic Director Dr. Michael Giorlando announced the hiring  of Zubin Engineer as head coach of the newly instated women’s tennis program.

“We’re very excited to have Zubin join our staff as our new head women’s tennis coach”, said Giorlando. “Zubin understands the mission of the university coupled with his experience on the national/international level, he will be a great fit at Loyola.”

Engineer brings a wealth of international experience to Loyola, with 18 years of training world ranked players across the globe.

Engineer, a United States Professional Tennis Association certified professional, comes to Loyola after working with The Tennis Academy of Asia. In 2000, he co-founded the organization which attracted players from 35 different countries and became Asia’s largest international academy. While there, Engineer oversaw the planning, training and structure of the academy, organized events, touring teams, marketing strategy, business direction and managed an international team of staff.

Prior to the academy, Engineer played a key role in preparing the Thailand National Team in 1998-1999 for the Asian Games, Davis Cup, and South East Asian Games. In the two years, the team won its first ever Asian Games Gold Medal and four South East Asian Game Gold Medals.

Engineer has worked with several players who went on to achieve success at the professional level. Paradorn Srichaphan, a member of the 1998 Thai National team, won Thailand’s first ever Asian Games gold medal. Srichaphan became Asia’s highest ranked player ever with a Top 10 ranking on the ATP Tour. On the women’s side, Tamarine Tanasugarn won a silver medal in the ’98 Asian Games and went on to achieve a Top 20 ranking on the WTA Tour.

Engineer, who has coaching certificates from both the International Tennis Federation and a technical course certificate from International Olympic Committee, created Asia’s first international traveling team. Players on the team went on to win national titles, Asian Junior Championship, and several International Tennis Federation events.

In 1991-92, Engineer trained players at the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Program. The program since its inception produced a Junior Wimbledon Champion, several national champions, a World Number 1 Junior, a US Open Champion, and several Davis Cup Players. Some of Zubin’s students also received tennis scholarships to play in Ivy League and Division I universities like Brown University, University of Mississippi (All-American at Ole Miss) and Princeton University.

"I want to thank Dr. Michael Giorlando and the search committee for giving me this wonderful opportunity”, said Coach Engineer. “Loyola's mission of balancing academics and athletics is something that attracted me to the position. I look forward to getting the women's tennis program off the ground and will work hard to grow an excellent program that Loyola community will be proud of."