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Guido Baumann is in his 12th season at the helm of the Pacific men's tennis program. Baumann owns a 133-116 career record, including a 31-19 mark in Big West Conference dual matches.
After leading the Tigers to the Big West Conference Championship match for the sixth consecutive season and posting a 14-8 overall record in 2006, the Tigers completed the season with an overall record of 3-18 and a Big West Conference mark of 0-4 in 2007. Individually however, Baumann guided Moritz Starke to a singles record of 19-8, which earned the sophomore Big West Athlete of the Year honors. Starke was the fourth Tiger to receive the award under Baumann's direction.
During the 2005 season, the Tigers made it to the Big West Confernence Championship match. Along the way, Buamann earned his 100th victory as head coach for the Tigers in Pacific's 5-2 win over Portland on April 1, 2005. Following the year, Baumann earned his second consecutive Big West Coach of the Year Award. It was the third time he had claimed the award in his career.
The 2004 season saw Baumann lead the Tigers to their second Big West Conference title in four seasons and their third NCAA Tournament appearance in five seasons.
He guided the team to a 15-10 overall record and a 3-1 mark in Big West dual matches, earning the No. 3 seed for the Big West Tournament. Pacific then rolled to the conference championship with tournament victories over Utah State, No. 71 UC Irvine, and No. 64 UC Santa Barbara.
Following the season, Baumann earned his second career Big West Conference Coach of the Year Award. In addition, five Tigers received Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete All-America honors, and the team received the ITA All-Academic Team Award.
In 2003, Pacific fell just one team point shy of the conference title, falling to UC Santa Barbara, 4-3, in the championship match. Pacific's 17-7 overall record was the best of Baumann's tenure, as was the squad's perfect 5-0 mark in Big West Conference dual matches. Six Tigers combined to earn a total of 10 all-conference honors in singles and doubles competition, while the ITA recognized four Tigers as Scholar-Athlete All-Americans.
In 2001, Baumann led the program to its first Big West Conference championship and was honored as Big West Coach of the Year for the first time in his career. He followed that effort by guiding Pacific to a 13-9 overall record in 2002 and a second consecutive appearance in the championship match of the Big West Conference Tournament.
Baumann led the 2001 Tigers to a 14-11 dual match record and 2-1 mark in Big West Conference action. After two defeats to UC Irvine in the regular season, Baumann guided his troops to a victory over the Anteaters in the title match of the Big West Men's Tennis Championships. The win gave Pacific an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, which marked the second straight season the Tigers appeared in the postseason under Baumann.
In 2000, Baumann led Pacific to a 13-9 overall record and a Big West record of 5-3. Under his direction, the Tigers were ranked as high as 36th in the nation, finishing with a final ranking of 53rd. For its efforts, Pacific received an at-large bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Tournament. The at-large bid marked Pacific's first NCAA Tournament berth.
A native of Schwanfeld, Germany, Baumann came to Pacific after serving as an assistant coach at Georgia College and Augusta State. During his five seasons as an assistant coach (1993-97), Baumann coached previously unranked squads to consistent Top-10 NCAA Division II rankings. In addition, he obtained USPTR certification in 1995 and worked as an assistant tennis professional at the Newman Tennis Center in Augusta, Ga., from 1994-97.
Baumann also had a stellar playing career at Georgia College following two years at Brunswick College, where he was an All-American in singles and doubles. He was named the Georgia College Student-Athlete of the Year and earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award in 1992, his senior season. He helped his squads to four Top-15 finishes and was named Most Valuable Player once and Best Doubles Player twice during his playing career.


