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KERRY
MCDERMOTT
Head Coach I 34th year I Nebraska
(1980) I Career Record: 364-387
Coach Kerry McDermott has been at the helm of the Nebraska program for more
than 30 years since taking over in 1982. With 33 years of experience on his side
as head coach of the Huskers, McDermott owns the second-longest tenure among
active Big Ten coaches.
McDermott owns the most victories by a Nebraska tennis coach in the program’s
history with 364 wins. Only one other coach, Ed Higginbotham from 1951 to 1972,
recorded at least 100 career victories, and McDermott has more than tripled
Higginbotham’s mark.
More impressively, McDermott guided the Huskers to back-to-back NCAA
Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011 and has led Nebraska to five consecutive
final top-75 ITA national rankings. In fact, the Huskers have finished the season
ranked among the ITA top 75 in nine of the last 10 seasons.
With a record of 12-15 in 2014, McDermott pushed the Huskers to a 3-8 Big Ten
mark. Junior Dusty Boyer earned first-team All-Big Ten honors with Marc Herrmann,
who won the Nebraska Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. McDermott had six players
earn spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team. Sophomore Court Clark earned
the HERO Leadership Award during his second season as a Husker.
In 2013, McDermott led the Huskers to a 10-15 overall finish, including a 2-9 Big
Ten mark. The Huskers finished the season ranked No. 62 in the final ITA standings.
Freshman Marc Herrmann earned the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for Nebraska
in his first season of Big Ten play. The season saw three members of the squad earn
academic All-Big Ten honors in Eric Sock, Sebastian Florczyk and Brandon Videtich.
In 2012, McDermott led the Huskers in their first year in the Big Ten Conference.
McDermott guided the Huskers to an 11-15 overall record and a 3-8 mark in conference
play, as NU finished the season ranked No. 73. The Big Ten featured seven ranked
teams in 2012. McDermott had two players earn All-Big Ten honors. Christopher
Aumueller captured first-team All-Big Ten honors while Benedikt Lindheim added a
second-team All-Big Ten award. Aumueller and Lindheim teamed up on the doubles
court to finish the season ranked No. 26 after competing in the 2012 NCAA Men’s
Tennis Doubles Championship.
The appearance by Aumueller and Lindheim at the 2012 NCAA Championships,
followed back-to-back NCAA Championship bids by the Husker team in 2010 and
2011. Nebraska finished 15-12 and closed the 2011 season at No. 44 in the ITA
rankings after a narrow 4-3 loss to Miami in the NCAA first round. Aumueller earned
a spot on the All-Big 12 team as a singles competitor, while joining partner Andre
Stenger on the All-Big 12 doubles team.
2010 & 2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
McDermott’s 2010 Husker team finished No. 41 in the ITA rankings with a 1312 record after claiming the school’s first NCAA Tournament bid. NU fell to North
Carolina 4-1 in the first round, but helped propel the Huskers to a repeat bid in 2011.
NCAA Tournament appearances and national rankings are just a small part of
McDermott’s successful career at Nebraska. McDermott’s players regularly refer to
his character and commitment to them off the court. McDermott routinely recruits
individuals who are focused on team success, and he serves as an invaluable resource
to young men in navigating their paths to maturity and graduation.
In the classroom, Nebraska annually places student-athletes on academic allconference teams and contends for the Herman Award, which is presented each
year at Nebraska to the men’s and women’s teams that produce the top grade-point
average. McDermott’s men’s tennis teams have captured the award five times
(1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002).
In 2012, Aumueller, Lindheim and Sock earned spots on the academic All-Big Ten
team. Aumueller added NU’s first-ever Big Ten Sportsmanship award and claimed
the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship award for the Central Region.
Nebraska’s roster regularly features players from around the country and the world.
McDermott is committed to keeping Nebraska’s top players at home, while attracting
some of the best competitors from the Midwest and Big Ten region. McDermott also
has had great success throughout his career in bringing top talent from overseas.
After completing his playing career at Nebraska in 1980, McDermott earned his
first career win as the Husker coach in 1982 and quickly started his climb up the
NU coaching ledger.
That early success was realized behind a solid foundation of players who earned
regional and national acclaim. The leader of that group and one of the top players
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