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Kristy Schroeder was hired as the men's tennis head coach in 2008 just in time for the 2008 fall tournament season. It will be the second stint at Pacific for Schroeder, who was the assistant softball coach for the Tigers from 1995-98. While at Pacific, she earned a Master's in sport sciences (`97) with an emphasis in sports psychology and helped to develop a mental training program for Pacific's athletes. Schroeder is currently working with some of Pacific's teams in that area. Prior to donning orange and black as a Tiger, Schroeder served as the head coach of UC Santa Barbara softball program from 2002-07. She collected 173 wins in six years with the Gauchos. Kristy turned UCSB's softball program into an annual contender for postseason play in her time on the coast. In 2003, her second year with the Gauchos, she led UCSB to a 34-22 mark, the best overall record in school history. In 2007, Schroeder led UCSB to its third 30-win season after posting a 30-23 record and also coached the Gauchos to three NCAA Tournament appearances. She earned Big West Conference Co-Coach of the Year honors in 2002, with Pacific's Brian Kolze. In her first head coaching position during the 1999 season, Schroeder took a sub-.500 program at Division II Truman State in Kirksville, Mo., to its first Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) championship in 13 seasons and a national ranking of 23rd. Truman State also made the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in more than 10 years, an accomplishment that earned Schroeder her first of back-to-back MIAA Coach of the Year honors. Schroeder followed up her inaugural season at Truman State with another conference title and a South Central Regional berth, improving the Bulldogs' ranking to 17th in the nation in 2000. Schroeder left Truman State after the 2001 season as the winningest coach in school history, finishing with an overall record of 134-34-1. A former UCLA shortstop and two-time national champion with the Bruins, Schroeder also played for the Bruins' women's tennis team in 1994. She was recognized as the shortstop on the Pac 10's All-Decade Team for the 1990s after helping the UCLA to Pac-10 Championships in 1991 and 1993. A women's soccer player as well, Schroeder is the only three-sport athlete in UCLA history. Kristy lives in Stockton with her husband Pete Schroeder, who is a professor in Pacific's sport sciences department. They have two children, Johnna and Ashter. |
 
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