Staff Report
Tim Cass, a former tennis player and head coach at UNM, will be returning to the University this fall.
Athletic Director Paul Krebs announced Monday that Cass will take over as the senior associate director of athletics at UNM on Aug. 1. Cass is replacing Conrad Colbert, who retired in June.
Cass spent the past 10 years coaching tennis at Texas A&M University, where he compiled a 196-84 overall record. In that time, A&M qualified for the NCAA Tournament every season, won three Big 12 Tournament championships and one Big 12 regular season championship.
Cass began coaching when he was just 23 years old, taking over the job at UNM in 1988. In 1991, Cass led the Lobos to their first Western Athletic Conference championship in 23 years. Cass coached the team to five consecutive conference titles from 1991-95, and a No. 6 national ranking in 1995.
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Cass coached a total of 18 years and was named conference coach of the year eight times, regional coach of the year three times and a finalist for national coach of the year four times. In his eight years at UNM, Cass led the Lobos to an overall record of 127-86. For his coaching career, Cass is 323-170.
In addition to an impressive coaching career, Cass has experience as an administrator. He has raised money at UNM and Texas A&M, as well as helping search for the athletic director and various head coaches at Texas A&M.
As a tennis player at UNM, Cass was named to the All-WAC team three times and was an All-American in doubles in 1986.
