Randy Halfpap completed his
eighth season in 2007 as Salisbury University's
men's and women's tennis head coach at his Alma
Mater. The 1997 graduate of SU took over the reigns
in January 2000 after spending two seasons as the
head coach at Pomona-Pitzer College in Claremont,
CA.
In 2007, Salisbury
completed another solid tennis season as the men's
team finished 17-7 overall and the women's team
finished 13-8. The two teams combined to go 12-2 in
the Capital Athletic Conference. Halfpap guided his
young teams to the CAC finals where they both lost
to national powerhouse Mary Washington. Halfpap saw
19 of his players awarded All-CAC honors as well as
one who earned the CAC Freshman of the Year award.
Halfpap will enter his ninth season as head coach in
2008, as he has compiled a 139-116 combined men's
and women's record in the past eight seasons.
In his first season,
Halfpap piloted the men's team to a 10-6 overall
record and a berth in the NCAA tournament. In his
second year, he led the women's team to it's
first-ever NCAA tournament berth and its fifth
straight winning season. In 2002, the women's team
returned to the NCAA tournament and set a new team
record with a final 14-4 record. The women won their
second straight conference title and made a third
straight NCAA appearance in 2003, before adding
another NCAA tournament appearance in 2004. Halfpap
has been honored as the CAC's Coach of the Year four
times, winning the men's award in 2001 and 2004, and
the women's award in 2002 and 2003.
Visits to the NCAA
tournament are nothing new for Halfpap, who has been
associated with NCAA postseason teams as a player or
coach in eight of the past 10 years. Halfpap's
Pomona-Pitzer team finished 13-9 overall in 1999 and
advanced to the NCAA West Regional. Pomona was
ranked 17th in the nation in the final poll, after
earning a No. 12 national ranking in 1998.
Halfpap began his tenure at
Pomona-Pitzer as the assistant head coach in 1997
before assuming the head coaching duties the
following season. He also served as the head women's
coach at the Vivian Webb School in Claremont for two
years, guiding his squad to a top five ranking among
high school programs.
Halfpap was a two-year
letterman for the Sea Gulls, joining the SU program
as a transfer from Charles County (MD) Community
College. He won the Capital Athletic Conference
singles championship in his two seasons, claiming
the title at No. 5 singles in 1996 and No. 3 singles
in 1997. Halfpap posted a career singles mark of
23-9 at SU, including 15-6 as a senior in 1997.
Halfpap also won the CAC doubles championship in
1997 and finished his career with a 20-14 doubles
record. He completed his career with a 43-23 overall
combined record. The Sea Gulls won the conference
championship during both of his seasons and advanced
to the NCAA tournament both years.
A native of Owings, MD,
Halfpap graduated from SU in 1997 with a bachelor's
degree. He earned his master's in education from
Azusa Pacific (CA) University in 1999.
Coach
Halfpap's Record
at SU
| Year
|
|
|
Record
|
|
|
CAC
|
|
|
Highlight
|
| 2000 |
|
|
8-5 |
|
|
2-1 |
|
|
|
| 2001 |
|
|
7-5 |
|
|
2-1 |
|
|
NCAA Tournament
appearance |
| 2002 |
|
|
14-4 |
|
|
3-0 |
|
|
NCAA Tournament
appearance, CAC Champion |
| 2003 |
|
|
9-7 |
|
|
2-1 |
|
|
NCAA Tournament
appearance, CAC Champion |
| 2004 |
|
|
7-6 |
|
|
1-0 |
|
|
NCAA Tournament
appearance |
| 2005 |
|
|
3-7 |
|
|
3-1 |
|
|
|
| 2006 |
|
|
11-6 |
|
|
3-1 |
|
|
CAC Finalist
|
| 2007 |
|
|
13-8 |
|
|
6-1 |
|
|
CAC Finalist
|
| 2008 |
|
|
16-5 |
|
|
5-1 |
|
|
CAC Finalist
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total:
|
|
|
88-56
(9 seasons) |
|
|
27-7
|
|
|
4 NCAA Tournament
appearances
2 CAC Championships
3 CAC Finalists |
