Head Coach Barry Schoonmaker
E-Mail -
bschoonmaker@colby-sawyer.edu
Phone - (603) 526-3606
Barry Schoonmaker enters year number 15 at Colby-Sawyer in 2023-24.
Schoonmaker has been very successful in New London as he was named the 2012, 2014, 2016 NEAC and 2021 GNAC Coach of the Year, while winning nine conference championships and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearances. The team won NCAA Tournament first round matches in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023.
In 2022-23 Schoonmaker led the Chargers to a 13-8 overall record and another GNAC Championship. Colby-Sawyer would end the year with a perfect 6-0 conference record, while also winning a round in the NCAA tournament against UMass Boston by a 5-2 final on May 5th.
In 2021-22 Schoonmaker guided the Chargers to a 16-7 overall record and a GNAC Championship. For his efforts Schonmaker was named the GNAC Coach of the Year as the Chargers went 6-0 in the GNAC en route to the conference title.
Prior to Colby-Sawyer, Schoonmaker spent fourteen years as the head men's tennis coach at Cornell University, guided the Big Red to ten straight winning seasons and five national rankings in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2007.
Prior to his tenure at Cornell, Schoonmaker was head tennis coach at Siena College from 1986-91 and assistant manager and assistant tennis pro at Southwood Tennis Club (Albany, NY) from 1986-89. He also served as the head tennis pro at Colonie Country Club (Voorheesville, NY) from 1987-93.
A 1986 graduate of Houghton College in Houghton, NY, Schoonmaker earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He is a USPTR certified pro and a USRSA certified racket stringer.
| Year |
Record |
Conf. Record |
Result |
| 2009-10 |
17-6 |
10-1 (CCC) |
CCC Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round |
| 2010-11 |
11-6 |
7-4 (CCC) |
CCC Semifinals |
| 2011-12 |
9-9 |
7-1 (NEAC) |
NEAC East Runner-Up
NEAC Co-Coach of the Year |
| 2012-13 |
18-5 |
9-0 (NEAC) |
NEAC East Champion
NEAC Crossover Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round |
| 2013-14 |
11-9 |
5-0 (NEAC) |
NEAC East Champion
NEAC Crossover Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round
NEAC Coach of the Year |
| 2014-15 |
12-11 |
6-0 (NEAC) |
NEAC East Champion
NEAC Crossover Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round |
| 2015-16 |
19-6 |
7-0 (NEAC) |
NEAC East Champion
NEAC Crossover Champion
NCAA Tournament Second Round
NEAC Coach of the Year |
| 2016-17 |
17-6 |
7-0 (NEAC) |
NEAC East Champion
NEAC Crossover Champion
NCAA Tournament Second Round |
| 2017-18 |
17-6 |
7-0 (NAC) |
NAC Champion
NCAA Tournament Second Round |
| 2018-19 |
12-7 |
7-0 (GNAC) |
GNAC Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round |
| 2019-20 |
3-13 |
3-4 (GNAC) |
GNAC First Round |
| 2021-22 |
16-7 |
6-0 (GNAC) |
GNAC Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round
GNAC Coach of the Year |
| 2022-23 |
13-8 |
6-0 (GNAC) |
GNAC Champion
NCAA Tournament Second Round |
| 2022-24 |
10-8 |
6-0 (GNAC) |
GNAC Champion
NCAA Tournament First Round
GNAC Coach of the Year |
| Total |
185-107 |
28-4 GNAC
48-1 NEAC/NAC
17-5 CCC
|
10 NCAA Tournament Appearances
4 GNAC Championship
1 CCC Championship
1 NAC Championship
5 NEAC Crossover Championships
5 Coach of the Year |
Assistant Coach Lynn Miller
Lynn Miller returns for her fourth season as the assistant coach on the Colby-Sawyer tennis coaching staff.
Miller comes to Colby-Sawyer following a 35 year stint as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis teams at Wheaton College from 1980-2015. Miller posted a 373-236-2 record as the head coach of the women's tennis program and a 259-160 record in men's tennis.
Miller has been inducted into the United States Tennis Association (USTA) New England Hall of Fame, Wheaton College Athletics Yowell Hall of Fame and the Plymouth State University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Miller also has collected nine Coach of the Year awards and multiple United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) New England Coach of the Year accolades.
Lynn graduated from Plymouth State University in 1974. Miller played field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse as an undergraduate at PSC excelling in each of these team sports but it was on the tennis courts where Miller really left her mark.
