Men's Tennis
Andrew Goodwin
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- ag976@msstate.edu
- Phone:
- 325-2896
Career
Seasons Coaching (Overall): Four
Seasons At Mississippi State: Two
National Results/Honors:
Personal Awards/Honors:
Goodwin immediately made an impact on the Bulldog program, helping head coach Matt Roberts continue the team’s established momentum from recent years. In 2018, State realized its most success overall in 20-plus seasons, making the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 1998 and claiming the SEC Tournament crown for the first time since 1996. The Bulldogs had three All-Americans in 2018 in addition to numerous other team and individual honors.
The following year, Goodwin helped State continue its winning ways, helping guide the Maroon and White to its second straight SEC Tournament crown. That team bested its overall mark from his first year on staff, going 24-4 and reaching the NCAA Round of 16. Individually, the Bulldogs had four All-Americans in 2019, along with a host of other team and individual accolades, including Nuno Borges earning ITA National Player of the Year. For his efforts, Goodwin was recognized as the ITA Southern Region Assistant of the Year.
Goodwin came to Starkville after spending a season as a volunteer assistant on Coach Adam Steinburg’s staff at the University of Michigan. In Ann Arbor, he helped guide a squad that finished 23-7 overall and 9-2 in Big Ten play in 2016-17 while the team also finished the campaign ranked 25th nationally.
Upon completing his collegiate playing career at Alabama during the 2014-15 season, Goodwin served as an undergraduate assistant for the Crimson Tide in the fall of 2015 and then as a volunteer coach for the spring 2016 campaign.
In addition to his stints in Tuscaloosa and Ann Arbor, Goodwin has served with the USTA in a pair of roles. In summer 2016, he worked with USTA Player Development, where he learned under numerous national coaches and assisted with the USTA Collegiate Team. In June 2017, he had the opportunity to work with the USTA Collegiate National Team coaching top American college players on the ITF Futures circuit.
Goodwin began his collegiate tennis career at Southern Miss, playing two seasons before transferring to Alabama.
He kicked off his freshman season at USM with a bang, holding a 22-7 overall singles record, 19-3 in dual matches, highlighted by a pair of eight-match win streaks. As a sophomore, he built on that success, leading the Golden Eagles in singles and doubles wins with 25 and 19, respectively. In dual match play, he compiled a 16-7 mark in singles and went 11-9 in doubles with 10 of those victories coming at the No. 1 position.
With the Crimson Tide, Goodwin quickly established himself as one of the team’s best players and earned the team’s Tenacity Award for his outstanding work ethic as a senior. In his two seasons in Tuscaloosa, he compiled a 30-24 record, including a 12-6 ledger at the No. 6 spot. In his junior season, he won 13 singles matches and 11 in doubles.
In the classroom, Goodwin also excelled, being twice named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll during his time in Hattiesburg. He was also a recipient of a Conference USA Academic Medal, awarded to student-athletes with GPAs of 3.75 or higher and was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete. At Alabama, Goodwin continued his off-court success as a member of the 2014 and 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll as well as a member of the 2015 SEC Community Service Team.
As a player after college, Goodwin teamed up with Vikram Hundal to win the doubles crown at the U.S. Open National Playoffs Southern Sectional Qualifying Tournament in June 2016.
Goodwin is the son of Scott and Sara Goodwin and has two sisters (Geales and Grace). The Alpharetta, Ga., native graduated from Alabama in December 2015 with a degree in finance and economics.
Seasons Coaching (Overall): Four
Seasons At Mississippi State: Two
National Results/Honors:
- NCAA Appearances: 3 (2017 [Michigan] 2018-19 [MSU])
- NCAA Quarterfinals: 1 (2018)
- NCAA Round of 16: 2 (2018-19)
- Final ITA Top-25 Finishes: 3 (Michigan: 2017 – No. 18; MSU: 2018 – No. 5; 2019 – No. 9)
- NCAA Singles Finalists: 1 (Nuno Borges – 2019)
- NCAA Singles Semifinalists: 1 (Nuno Borges – 2018)
- NCAA Singles Quarterfinalists: 1 (Giovanni Oradini – 2019)
- NCAA Singles Round of 16: 1 (Giovanni Oradini – 2018)
- NCAA Singles Selections: 3 (2018 – Nuno Borges, Giovanni Oradini; 2019 – Nuno Borges, Giovanni Oradini)
- NCAA Doubles Semifinalists: 1 (Niclas Braun/Giovanni Oradini – 2019)
- NCAA Doubles Quarterfinalists: 2 (Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic – 2018, 2019)
- NCAA Doubles Selections: 4 (Michigan: 2017 – Connor Johnston/Jathan Malik; MSU: 2018 – Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic; 2019 – Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic, Niclas Braun/Giovanni Oradini)
- All-Americans: 4 (Nuno Borges – 2018 (S, D), 2019 (S, D); Giovanni Oradini – 2018 (S), 2019 (S, D); Strahinja Rakic – 2018 (D), 2019 (D); Niclas Braun – 2019 (D))
- ITA National Player of the Year: 1 (Nuno Borges – 2019)
- ITA Senior Player of the Year: 1 (Nuno Borges – 2019)
- ITA Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership & Sportsmanship Award: 1 (Nuno Borges – 2018)
- SEC Tournament Champions: 2 (2018-19)
- SEC Championship Finals: 2 (2018-19)
- SEC Championship Semifinals: 2 (2018-19)
- SEC Championship Quarterfinals: 2 (2018-19)
- Highest SEC Championship Seed: No. 2 (2018, 2019)
- SEC Player of the Year: 2 (Nuno Borges – 2018, 2019)
- All-SEC Selections: 8
- SEC Player/Freshman of the Week: 5
- SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year: 2 (Nuno Borges – 2018, 2019)
- Highest Final ITA Regional Ranking: 1st (2018, 2019)
- ITA Senior Player of the Year: 1 (Nuno Borges – 2019)
- ITA Player to Watch: 1 (Giovanni Oradini – 2019)
- ITA Rookie of the Year: 1 (Florian Broska – 2018)
- ITA Most Improved Senior: 1 (Trevor Foshey – 2019)
Personal Awards/Honors:
- 2019 ITA Southern Region Assistant of the Year
Goodwin immediately made an impact on the Bulldog program, helping head coach Matt Roberts continue the team’s established momentum from recent years. In 2018, State realized its most success overall in 20-plus seasons, making the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 1998 and claiming the SEC Tournament crown for the first time since 1996. The Bulldogs had three All-Americans in 2018 in addition to numerous other team and individual honors.
The following year, Goodwin helped State continue its winning ways, helping guide the Maroon and White to its second straight SEC Tournament crown. That team bested its overall mark from his first year on staff, going 24-4 and reaching the NCAA Round of 16. Individually, the Bulldogs had four All-Americans in 2019, along with a host of other team and individual accolades, including Nuno Borges earning ITA National Player of the Year. For his efforts, Goodwin was recognized as the ITA Southern Region Assistant of the Year.
Goodwin came to Starkville after spending a season as a volunteer assistant on Coach Adam Steinburg’s staff at the University of Michigan. In Ann Arbor, he helped guide a squad that finished 23-7 overall and 9-2 in Big Ten play in 2016-17 while the team also finished the campaign ranked 25th nationally.
Upon completing his collegiate playing career at Alabama during the 2014-15 season, Goodwin served as an undergraduate assistant for the Crimson Tide in the fall of 2015 and then as a volunteer coach for the spring 2016 campaign.
In addition to his stints in Tuscaloosa and Ann Arbor, Goodwin has served with the USTA in a pair of roles. In summer 2016, he worked with USTA Player Development, where he learned under numerous national coaches and assisted with the USTA Collegiate Team. In June 2017, he had the opportunity to work with the USTA Collegiate National Team coaching top American college players on the ITF Futures circuit.
Goodwin began his collegiate tennis career at Southern Miss, playing two seasons before transferring to Alabama.
He kicked off his freshman season at USM with a bang, holding a 22-7 overall singles record, 19-3 in dual matches, highlighted by a pair of eight-match win streaks. As a sophomore, he built on that success, leading the Golden Eagles in singles and doubles wins with 25 and 19, respectively. In dual match play, he compiled a 16-7 mark in singles and went 11-9 in doubles with 10 of those victories coming at the No. 1 position.
With the Crimson Tide, Goodwin quickly established himself as one of the team’s best players and earned the team’s Tenacity Award for his outstanding work ethic as a senior. In his two seasons in Tuscaloosa, he compiled a 30-24 record, including a 12-6 ledger at the No. 6 spot. In his junior season, he won 13 singles matches and 11 in doubles.
In the classroom, Goodwin also excelled, being twice named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll during his time in Hattiesburg. He was also a recipient of a Conference USA Academic Medal, awarded to student-athletes with GPAs of 3.75 or higher and was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete. At Alabama, Goodwin continued his off-court success as a member of the 2014 and 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll as well as a member of the 2015 SEC Community Service Team.
As a player after college, Goodwin teamed up with Vikram Hundal to win the doubles crown at the U.S. Open National Playoffs Southern Sectional Qualifying Tournament in June 2016.
Goodwin is the son of Scott and Sara Goodwin and has two sisters (Geales and Grace). The Alpharetta, Ga., native graduated from Alabama in December 2015 with a degree in finance and economics.
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