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Sachire Hires Ross Wilson as Assistant Coach

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Callaghan Family Head Men’s Tennis Coach Ryan Sachire announced the hiring of Shields Family Assistant Men’s Tennis Coach Ross Wilson on Monday afternoon. Wilson joins the Irish from the University of Iowa, where he had served as the head coach since 2014.

“I would like to thank Coach Sachire for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the Notre Dame family,” Wilson said. “I look forward to upholding the values and traditions of the University and assisting Coach Sachire in giving our student-athletes a great experience on and off the court.”

Wilson coached his student-athletes at Iowa to a No. 20 ITA final ranking during the 2020 season, the highest in program history and earned six All-Big Ten selections during his tenure. His student-athletes earned the highest team GPA among all Iowa sports from 2018-2021.

“I couldn’t be more excited about having Ross and wife Jamie become a part of the Notre Dame Tennis family,” Sachire said. 

Wilson captained Ohio State’s tennis team as a student-athlete, earning Big Ten Conference & Tournament champion titles for the first time in program history. An ITA Doubles All-American in 2005 and 2006, Wilson was a three-time ITA National doubles champion and part of the only doubles team in the history of college tennis to win the ITA National Indoors back to back years.

After graduating from Ohio State, Wilson joined the ATP, where he won two ITF Futures doubles titles and earned a career high ATP Doubles ranking of #587 and singles ranking #1098.

“I have known Ross for close to 20 years,” Sachire said, “and during that time, I have seen him excel at the highest level of our sport as both a player and as a coach. The reputation that Ross has as a developer of talent and as a recruiter will be a tremendous asset to our program, and I can’t wait to work with him as we continue to build Notre Dame into one of the premier college tennis programs in the country.” 

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