Head Coach Kate Roiter Bayard

Tennis Office
Tufts University
Cousens Gymnasium
Medford, MA 02155

Phone: (617) 627-5076
Fax: (617) 627-3614
E-mail: kate.bayard@tufts.edu
Record at Tufts: 75-42 (6 seasons through 2010-11)

Assistant Coach: Brenda Schafer

Coach Kate Bayard enters her 7th year as head coach at Tufts and her 16th year in coaching. Bayard is a two-time NESCAC coach of the year (2009 & 2011) and was named regional ITA coach of the year (2010) and USTA coach of the year (2010).

Tufts has advanced into the national spotlight during coach Bayard’s six years. Bayard has coached her players to 3 national titles (singles NCAA national title in 2010; doubles ITA national titles in 2008 & 2009) and to All-American status 10 times. The team was recognized as an ITA national sportsmanship team award winner (2010).  Every year Bayard has coached at Tufts, her teams have qualified for the NCAA team championships. Last year’s team advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals after winning the NCAA regional championship. The team was ranked #5 nationally throughout the 2011 spring season.

Bayard began her coaching career in 1996 as the assistant women's coach at Yale, followed by head coaching jobs at Wellesley College and Dartmouth College. She was a teaching pro at Longwood Cricket Club, then Dedham Country & Polo Club, where she was head pro in the summer.

Bayard played her college tennis at Harvard University where she was their #1 singles and doubles player. She was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year as a freshman and earned First Team All-Ivy honors four times. She captained two Ivy League championship teams for the Crimson, a team that was ranked as high as #15 nationally in Division I.

Prior to college, Bayard was ranked nationally as high as #3 in doubles and #26 in singles in USTA final rankings. She won the USTA National Sportsmanship Award in the girls 16's.  Bayard also earned Mass State All-Star soccer honors & Eastern Mass All-star soccer honors while captaining her high school soccer team.

Formerly Kate Roiter, Coach Bayard lives in Medford with her husband Jeff and daughter Hazel.

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