# Nebraska Cornhuskers men's tennis

The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's tennis team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska has played its home matches at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center since 2015.
The program was established in 1928 and has made the NCAA Division I championships twice, most recently in 2011. Five Cornhuskers have won conference championships and seventeen have been named all-conference selections. In 1989, Steven Jung was the NCAA Singles runner-up and was named NU's first All-American.
The team has been coached by Peter Kobelt since 2023.

## Conference affiliations

* Independent (1928)
* MVIAA / Big Eight Conference (1929–1996)
* Big 12 Conference (1997–2011)
* Big Ten Conference (2012–present)

## Coaches
### Coaching history

| No. | Coach | Tenure | Overall | Conference |
| 1 | Gregg McBride | 1926–1942 | 38–33–14 (.529) | 13–13–2 (.500) |
| 2 | Adolph J. Lewandowski | 1946 | 1–6–1 (.188) | 1–6 (.143) |
| 3 | Harold Rundle | 1947 | 3–6 (.333) | 0–6 (.000) |
| 4 | Francis Leighton | 1948–1949 | 5–13 (.278) | 2–10 (.167) |
| 5 | Robert Slezak | 1950 | 2–5 (.286) | 0–4 (.000) |
| 6 | Ed Higginbotham | 1951–1972 | 119–155 (.434) | 15–93 (.139) |
| 7 | Jim Porter | 1973–1981 | 113–113 (.500) | 18–49 (.269) |
| 8 | Kerry McDermott | 1982–2018 | 405–448 (.475) | 79–183 (.302) |
| 9 | Sean Maymi | 2018–2022 | 23–58 (.284) | 8–28 (.222) |
| 10 | Peter Kobelt | 2023–present | 30–20 (.600) | 10–8 (.556) |

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | First year | Alma mater |
| Peter Kobelt | Head coach | 2023 | Ohio State |
| Brett Forman | Assistant coach | 2024 | Michigan State |
| Shunya Maruyama | Assistant coach | 2024 | Nebraska |

## Venues

For most of its history, Nebraska's tennis facilities and offices were spread across the city of Lincoln and lacked the amenities of most of NU's conference peers. Playing at indoor and outdoor courts miles apart was challenging when weather forced last-minute venue changes. At the time it joined the Big Ten in 2011, Nebraska was the only school in the conference without an indoor on-campus tennis facility.
Nebraska constructed the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center, its first standalone tennis complex, in 2015. It was built north of Nebraska Innovation Campus as part of a larger $20.4-million project which also included Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium. The Dillon Tennis Center has 1,400 permanent seats across six indoor and twelve outdoor courts, each with a DecoTurf hardcourt surface.

## Championships and awards
### NCAA Championship qualifiers

Singles
* Steven Jung – 1987, 1988, 1989
* Matthias Mueller – 1990, 1991, 1992
* Karl Falkland – 1993
* Lance Mills – 2002
Doubles
* Jim Carson / Craig Johnson – 1984
* Steven Jung / Stuart Jung – 1989
* Ken Feuer / Matthias Mueller – 1990
* Anthony Kotarac / Matthias Mueller – 1993
* Christopher Aumueller / Benedikt Lindheim – 2012

### Conference champions

Singles
* Matthias Mueller – 1993
* Calvin Mueller – 2023
Doubles
* Ken Feuer / Matthias Mueller – 1990
* Anthony Kotarac / Matthias Mueller – 1993
* Adrian Maizey / Dinko Verzi – 1996
* Dusty Boyer / Toby Boyer – 2015

### First-team All-Americans

* Steven Jung – 1989

## Seasons

| Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Conference tournament | Postseason | Final rank |
| Independent (1928) |||||||||
| 1928 | Gregg McBride | 3–1 | | | | |
| MVIAA / Big Eight Conference (1929–1996) |||||||||
| 1929 | Gregg McBride | 1–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 5th | | |
| 1930 | Gregg McBride | 1–6–2 | 1–3 | 4th | | |
| 1931 | Gregg McBride | 1–3–2 | 1–3–1 | 4th | | |
| 1932 | Gregg McBride | 1–5 | 1–4 | 6th | | |
| 1933 | Gregg McBride | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4th (2 pts) | | |
| 1934 | Gregg McBride | 4–1 | 4–1 | Not held | | |
| 1935 | Gregg McBride | 5–0–1 | 5–0–1 | | Not held | |
| 1936 | Gregg McBride | 1–4–1 | 1–4–1 | 4th (2 pts) | | |
| 1937 | Gregg McBride | 3–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 5th (1 pt) | | |
| 1938 | Gregg McBride | 3–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd (13 pts) | | |
| 1939 | Gregg McBride | 0–2–4 | 0–2–4 | T–2nd (7 pts) | | |
| 1940 | Gregg McBride | 7–0 | 6–0 | 2nd (11 pts) | | |
| 1941 | Gregg McBride | 2–3–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd (2–2–1) | | |
| 1942 | Gregg McBride | 3–1 | 2–1 | Not held | | |
| 1943 | Did not compete |
| 1944 | Did not compete |
| 1945 | Did not compete |
| 1946 | Adolph J. Lewandowski | 1–6–1 | 1–6 | 4th (2–2–1) | | |
| 1947 | Harold Rundle | 3–6 | 0–6 | Not held | | |
| 1948 | Francis Leighton | 2–7 | 0–5 | Not held | | |
| 1949 | Francis Leighton | 3–6 | 2–5 | 4th (5 pts) | | |
| 1950 | Robert Slezak | 2–5 | 0–4 | 6th (2 pts) | | |
| 1951 | Ed Higginbotham | 0–6 | 0–4 | 7th (1 pt) | | |
| 1952 | Ed Higginbotham | 2–7 | 2–4 | 5th (4 pts) | | |
| 1953 | Ed Higginbotham | 2–10 | 0–6 | 6th (4 pts) | | |
| 1954 | Ed Higginbotham | 2–13 | 0–5 | 7th (1 pt) | | |
| 1955 | Ed Higginbotham | 4–8 | 0–3 | 7th (1 pt) | | |
| 1956 | Ed Higginbotham | 4–9 | 0–4 | 7th (2 pts) | | |
| 1957 | Ed Higginbotham | 6–4 | 0–4 | 7th (2 pts) | | |
| 1958 | Ed Higginbotham | 7–5 | 2–3 | 6th (3 pts) | | |
| 1959 | Ed Higginbotham | 8–6 | 2–4 | 4th (5 pts) | | |
| 1960 | Ed Higginbotham | 6–10 | 0–5 | 8th (0 pts) | | |
| 1961 | Ed Higginbotham | 1–10 | 0–4 | 8th (2 pts) | | |
| 1962 | Ed Higginbotham | 7–3 | 1–2 | 5th (4 pts) | | |
| 1963 | Ed Higginbotham | 11–5 | 0–4 | T–5th (1 pt) | | |
| 1964 | Ed Higginbotham | 11–5 | 3–3 | T–5th (2 pts) | | |
| 1965 | Ed Higginbotham | 11–5 | 1–4 | T–5th (1 pt) | | |
| 1966 | Ed Higginbotham | 5–9 | 1–6 | 7th (2 pts) | | |
| 1967 | Ed Higginbotham | 3–7 | 0–6 | 8th (6 pts) | | |
| 1968 | Ed Higginbotham | 5–9 | 0–7 | 8th (5 pts) | | |
| 1969 | Ed Higginbotham | 9–8 | 1–6 | 5th (4 pts) | | |
| 1970 | Ed Higginbotham | Results not available | Results not available | Results not available | Results not available | Results not available |
| 1971 | Ed Higginbotham | 7–7 | 1–5 | 7th (3 pts) | | |
| 1972 | Ed Higginbotham | 8–10 | 1–4 | 8th (15.5 pts) | | |
| 1973 | Jim Porter | 6–10 | 0–7 | 8th (6.5 pts) | | |
| 1974 | Jim Porter | 0–18 | 0–7 | 8th (7.5 pts) | | |
| 1975 | Jim Porter | 9–10 | 1–6 | 7th (13.5 pts) | | |
| 1976 | Jim Porter | 16–15 | 2–2 | 6th (10 pts) | | |
| 1977 | Jim Porter | 20–12 | 2–6 | 6th (5.5 pts) | | |
| 1978 | Jim Porter | 16–14 | 3–6 | T–8th (18 pts) | | |
| 1979 | Jim Porter | 15–10 | 3–5 | 5th (29 pts) | | |
| 1980 | Jim Porter | 19–11 | 2–5 | 6th (48 pts) | | |
| 1981 | Jim Porter | 12–13 | 5–5 | 6th (45 pts) | | |
| 1982 | Kerry McDermott | 9–11 | 3–4 | 5th (65 pts) | | |
| 1983 | Kerry McDermott | 14–6 | 4–2 | 3rd (77 pts) | | |
| 1984 | Kerry McDermott | 11–12 | 2–4 | 4th (62 pts) | | |
| 1985 | Kerry McDermott | 10–13 | 4–2 | 3rd (59 pts) | | |
| 1986 | Kerry McDermott | 14–7 | 4–2 | 4th (54 pts) | | |
| 1987 | Kerry McDermott | 15–8 | 3–3 | 4th (66 pts) | | |
| 1988 | Kerry McDermott | 14–6 | 5–1 | 2nd (84 pts) | | |
| 1989 | Kerry McDermott | 17–7 | 5–1 | 2nd (94 pts) | | |
| 1990 | Kerry McDermott | 17–9 | 4–2 | 3rd (80 pts) | | |
| 1991 | Kerry McDermott | 10–6 | 3–3 | 4th (58 pts) | | |
| 1992 | Kerry McDermott | 9–11 | 2–4 | 4th | | |
| 1993 | Kerry McDermott | 14–6 | 4–2 | 2nd | | |
| 1994 | Kerry McDermott | 8–16 | 1–5 | 5th | | |
| 1995 | Kerry McDermott | 6–15 | 1–5 | Semifinal | | |
| 1996 | Kerry McDermott | 4–16 | 1–8 | Quarterfinal | | |
| Big 12 Conference (1997–2011) |||||||||
| 1997 | Kerry McDermott | 9–15 | 1–8 | First round | | |
| 1998 | Kerry McDermott | 13–12 | 1–8 | First round | | |
| 1999 | Kerry McDermott | 10–11 | 3–4 | Semifinal | | 58 |
| 2000 | Kerry McDermott | 7–13 | 0–8 | First round | | |
| 2001 | Kerry McDermott | 9–14 | 3–5 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2002 | Kerry McDermott | 10–12 | 2–5 | Quarterfinal | | 72 |
| 2003 | Kerry McDermott | 10–11 | 1–6 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2004 | Kerry McDermott | 9–13 | 0–7 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2005 | Kerry McDermott | 9–15 | 0–7 | Quarterfinal | | 75 |
| 2006 | Kerry McDermott | 10–13 | 0–7 | Quarterfinal | | 62 |
| 2007 | Kerry McDermott | 9–11 | 2–4 | Quarterfinal | | 56 |
| 2008 | Kerry McDermott | 10–16 | 0–6 | First round | | |
| 2009 | Kerry McDermott | 16–10 | 0–6 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2010 | Kerry McDermott | 13–13 | 1–5 | Quarterfinal | NCAA Division I First Round | 41 |
| 2011 | Kerry McDermott | 15–13 | 1–5 | Quarterfinal | NCAA Division I First Round | 44 |
| Big Ten Conference (2012–present) |||||||||
| 2012 | Kerry McDermott | 11–15 | 3–7 | Quarterfinal | | 73 |
| 2013 | Kerry McDermott | 10–15 | 3–8 | First round | | 62 |
| 2014 | Kerry McDermott | 12–15 | 3–8 | First round | | |
| 2015 | Kerry McDermott | 11–14 | 3–8 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2016 | Kerry McDermott | 14–13 | 4–7 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2017 | Kerry McDermott | 5–19 | 1–10 | First round | | |
| 2018 | Kerry McDermott | 11–15 | 1–10 | First round | | |
| 2019 | Sean Maymi | 10–17 | 2–9 | First round | | |
| 2020 | Sean Maymi | 2–10 | 0–1 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Sean Maymi | 2–16 | 1–15 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2022 | Sean Maymi | 9–15 | 5–3 | Quarterfinal | | |
| 2023 | Peter Kobelt | 13–10 | 5–4 | Quarterfinal | | 52 |
| 2024 | Peter Kobelt | 17–10 | 5–4 | Semifinal | | 49 |