The ITA Announces Coach Circles Program

Damian Hume, Princeton University

A South African native, Hume spent two summers as an assistant pro at the Country Club of New Canaan in Connecticut before returning to Boise State as an assistant coach in the fall of 2013. Hume joined the Michigan State staff in January 2014 and helped the doubles pair of Harry Jadun and John Patrick Mullane win three matches at the 2015 NCAA doubles tournament and earn All-America honors with their semifinal run. Hume joined Princeton in the Fall of 2015 and is now the Men’s Associate Head Coach.

Megan Kurey, University of Notre Dame

Megan Kurey was named the assistant coach of the Notre Dame Women’s Tennis program on June 11, 2019, having completed an All-American career at Georgia Tech and coaching at Kansas State. In 2021, Kurey helped guide her student-athletes to five ITA Scholar-Athlete awards and an All-ACC Academic Team selection. In 2021, the Irish finished at 11-13. Before the COVID-19 pandemic ended her first season with the Irish early with an 11-5 record, Silverio earned a signature win over No. 20 Southern Cal at the College Match Day.

Kirby Ronning, Washburn University

Kirby Ronning will head into his third season as the Washburn head tennis coach for the Ichabod men’s and women’s programs in 2022-23 after being named to the position on July 23, 2020. He has led both the men’s and women’s programs to the NCAA Tournament in each of his two seasons at Washburn. He has a 33-15 record when coaching the women and 28-11 record on the men’s side. Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Washburn, Ronning spent four seasons as the assistant coach at Azusa Pacific from 2016-2020.

Gabby Moore, McNeese State University

Gabrielle Moore, a Southwest Conference and HBCU National Champion tennis coach, was named the McNeese Head Coach in 2022. Moore, the 2022 SWAC Coach of the Year, has spent the last five seasons as both the men’s and women’s head coach at Jackson State where she guided the Lady Tigers to a SWAC championship and NCAA Tournament berth this past season. In addition, the men’s team finished second in the league standings and advanced to the championship of the SWAC Tournament.

Anik Cepeda, Williams College

Anik Cepeda who served as an assistant women’s tennis coach under Alison Swain ’01 and assistant men’s tennis coach under Dan Greenberg ’08 during the 2013-14 academic year before returning to Williams as the head coach of the Ephs. Cepeda came to Williams from Division I Marshall University where she served as an assistant women’s tennis coach the past year. Cepeda competed at the NCAA Division I level all four years, qualifying for the NCAA team tournament twice and earned one NCAA Doubles Tournament berth.

Natalie Pluskota-Hamberg, Gonzaga University

Natalie Pluskota-Hamberg is entering her first year as the head coach for the Gonzaga women’s tennis team. She was recently the assistant for GU for four years after returning to Spokane following a one-year stint at Arkansas in 2018-19. In college at the University of Tennessee, Pluskota-Hamberg earned four All-America honors, being recognized for her doubles play in 2009, 2010, and 2012, and singles play in 2012. She reached three NCAA Doubles Tournament semifinals, reaching the championship match in 2010.