Pete Francis - Assistant Coach - Women's Tennis Coaches

Pete Francis

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
petef@ou.edu

Pete Francis joined Oklahoma Athletics in July 2023 as an assistant women’s tennis coach.

Francis joins the Sooners with over 15 years of experience in the tennis world. He comes to Norman after serving as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech during the 2022-23 season. Before working for the Hokies, he worked as an assistant coach for Arizona during the 2021-22 season and Georgia State in 2021.

During the 2020-21 season working for Georgia Gwinnett College as an assistant coach, Francis helped lead both men's and women's squads to NAIA Championships and undefeated seasons.

Prior to working in the collegiate world, he spent 2016-19 as a professional tennis coach for Sportime NY coaching and training top international junior tennis players. He also served as a travel coach for former world top-10 female tennis player Coco Vandeweghe from 2013-16. Francis helped coach Vandeweghe to a singles quarterfinals run at Wimbledon in 2015 and a trip to the doubles quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2016. Additionally, Francis was part of the staff that coached Vandeweghe to be a grand slam finalist in mixed doubles at the 2016 Australian Open.

From Hampshire, England, Francis became a top-10 player in the United Kingdom during his junior career and earned top-200 status in the ITF junior rankings. He graduated in 2012 from Embry Riddle University, where he was a four-time All-American.