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Kevin Epley
Kevin Epley

Position:
Head Coach

Experience:
1st Season

Alma Mater:
SMU, 1996

04/17/2013

South Carolina Set to Face Ole Miss at SEC Tournament on Thursday

Gamecocks and Rebels Face Off at 9 a.m. ET From Starkville, Miss.

04/01/2013

Alawi, Kanakova to Compete at Family Circle Cup on USC Night

South Carolina's Top Doubles Team Will Play as Wild Card in WTA Event

03/31/2013

South Carolina Concludes Undefeated Weekend of SEC Play

Gamecocks Take Care of LSU 5-1 in Baton Rouge, La.

03/22/2013

Gamecocks Pick Up 4-1 Victory Over No. 18 Auburn

Kevin Epley Records First Top-25 Win as Gamecocks' Head Coach

03/21/2013

Women's Tennis Hosts USTA Ladies League Day on Saturday

Free Clinic for USTA Ladies League Players Who Attend Friday's Match

04/11/2013

South Carolina vs. Ole Miss (4/7/2013)

South Carolina vs. Ole Miss (4/7/2013)

04/05/2013

South Carolina vs. Alabama (3/24/2013)

South Carolina vs. Alabama (3/24/2013)

03/01/2013

South Carolina vs. College of Charleston (2/23/2013)

South Carolina vs. College of Charleston (2/23/2013)

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Kevin Epley was named the women's tennis head coach at the University of South Carolina on June 11, 2012. Epley returns to the collegiate coaching ranks for the first time since 2008, having spent the past four years as a full-time traveling coach for WTA player Megan Moulton-Levy and her doubles partner, Lindsay Lee-Waters. As a collegiate head coach from 2000 to 2008, he posted a 151-59 (.719) record in eight seasons at two different schools while mentoring nine players to 18 All-America citations and five players to eight conference player of the year awards.

Epley's most recent collegiate coaching endeavor came at the College of William and Mary, where he served as the head coach of the women's program from 2003 to 2008. In his five seasons with the Tribe, Epley led the squad to a 96-40 (.706) dual match record, including four Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships and five NCAA Tournament appearances. His teams finished among ITA's top 25 three times, including a No. 15 ranking in 2007. On four occasions, he was named the CAA Coach of the Year and in 2008 he garnered the Wilson/ITA East Region Coach of the Year award. In total, five W&M players competed in singles and doubles at the NCAA Championships and earned 11 All-America honors over his five seasons. On 21 occasions during Epley's tenure, a Tribe player garnered All-CAA singles honors, while doubles teams received 11 all-league nods.

Epley's 2006-07 William & Mary squad enjoyed a great deal of success despite having five freshman on its roster. A recruiting class that entered the season ranked No. 2 by TennisRecruiting.net, the Tribe opened the season with an 11-0 record. In just its fourth match of the season, the young W&M team stunned the college tennis world with a 4-3 victory over No. 1 Georgia Tech, a team that went on to win the national championship. The squad climbed as high as No. 9 in the rankings and ended the season with a 22-3 (.880) record after appearing in the NCAA Sweet 16.

The 2006-07 season also provided W&M's second individual national championship, as the duo of Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic claimed the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Doubles Championship in November. They were also NCAA finalists during the outdoor season. Moulton-Levy graduated from the College as a six-time All-American, a four-time CAA Player of the Year and a two-time ITA National Arthur Ashe Award winner for Leadership and Sportsmanship.

In just his second season with William and Mary, Epley guided his team to one of the top rankings in school history when it ascended to No. 6 in March. The Tribe began the season with a 10-1 mark, posting an impressive 4-3 victory at No. 5 Duke and a dominant 6-1 win over No. 16 Clemson along the way. The team maintained a top-20 ranking the remainder of the season after cracking the top 10 and finished No. 20 after advancing to the second round of NCAA play.

Prior to his stint in Williamsburg, Va., Epley served as the head coach at Fresno State University from 2000 to 2003. In his three seasons with the Bulldogs, he compiled a 55-19 (.743) record, coached four players to seven All-America honors and had the top-ranked doubles team in the country, the first of three No.1-ranked doubles team he has mentored. He led his team to two WAC championships and was a two-time WAC Coach of the Year recipient. In all three seasons at Fresno, his teams posted top-25 finishes, including a No. 14 ranking in his first year.

A 1996 graduate of Southern Methodist University where he was an All-Southwestern Conference performer as a senior, Epley began his collegiate coaching career with a pair of one-year stays as an assistant coach at Alabama (1998-99) and Arizona (1999-2000). He has also served as a personal traveling coach for Lindsay Davenport and Patty Schnyder, the head coach of the St. Louis Aces in the World Team Tennis league, an assistant for the U.S. Olympic team for the 2000 Sydney games, an assistant for the U.S. Federation Cup team from 1997 to 2002, and as an instructor at the renowned Nick Bolliettieri Tennis Academy in Florida.

KEVIN EPLEY YEAR-BY-YEAR

YEAR SCHOOL WINS LOSSES PCT RANKING CONF FINISH NCAA FINISH
2000-01 Fresno State 21 5 .808 14 2nd Round of 32
2001-02 Fresno State 17 6 .739 25 1st Round of 32
2002-03 Fresno State 17 8 .680 20 1st Round of 32
2003-04 William & Mary 20 13 .606 35 1st Round of 32
2004-05 William & Mary 20 6 .769 20 1st Round of 32
2005-06 William & Mary 16 9 .640 27 2nd Round of 64
2006-07 William & Mary 22 3 .880 15 1st Round of 16
2007-08 William & Mary 18 9 .667 21 1st Round of 32
Total 2 Schools 151 59 .719 6 Top 25 6 Titles 8 NCAAs

INDIVIDUAL HONORS UNDER KEVIN EPLEY

FRESNO STATE
WILLIAM & MARY
All-America Singles
Chloe Carlotti (2002, 2003)
Liesl Fichtbauer (2001)

All-America Doubles
Simone Jardim (2001, 2002)
Kim Niggemeyer (2001, 2002)

ITA Northwest Region Player to Watch
Kim Niggemeyer (2001)

All-WAC Singles First Team
Chole Carlotti (2002, 2003)
Liesl Fichtbauer (2001)
Kim Niggemeyer (2001, 2002)
Lucia Tallo (2003)

All-WAC Singles Second Team
Simone Jardim (2001, 2002)

All-WAC Doubles First Team
Chloe Carlotti/Lucia Tallo (2002, 2003)
Simone Jardim/Kim Niggemeyer (2001, 2002)

WAC Player of the Year
Chloe Carlotti (2003)
Liesl Fichtbauer (2001)
Kim Niggemeyer (2002)

WAC Freshman of the Year
Chloe Carlotti (2002)

WAC Coach of the Year
Kevin Epley (2002, 2003)
All-America Singles
Megan Moulton-Levy (2006, 2007, 2008)

All-America Doubles
Candice Fuchs (2005)
Megan Moulton-Levy (2005, 2007, 2008)
Megan Muth (2004)
Amy Wei (2004)
Katarina Zoricic (2007, 2008)

ITA/Arthur Ashe National Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship
Megan Moulton-Levy (2006, 2007)

ITA East Region Senior Player of the Year
Megan Moulton-Levy (2007)

ITA East Region Rookie of the Year
Megan Moulton-Levy (2005)

ITA East Region Player to Watch
Megan Moulton-Levy (2006)
Megan Muth (2004)

ITA/Arthur Ashe East Region Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship
Megan Moulton-Levy (2006, 2007)

Wilson/ITA East Region Coach of the Year
Kevin Epley (2008)

CAA Player of the Year
Megan Moulton-Levy (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Megan Muth (2004)

CAA Rookie of the Year
Katarina Zoricic (2006)
Ragini Acharya (2007)

CAA Coach of the Year
Kevin Epley (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)

CAA Tournament MVP
Megan Moulton-Levy (2005, 2007, 2008)
Megan Muth (2004)

CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (2008)
Lena Sherbakov (2005)

CAA Silver Anniversary Team
Candice Fuchs
Megan Moulton Levy
Megan Muth
Katarina Zoricic

All-CAA Singles First Team
Ragini Acharya (2007, 2008)
Candice Fuchs (2005)
Megan Moulton-Levy (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Megan Muth (2004, 2005)
Lena Sherbakov (2004)
Amy Wei (2004)
Katarina Zoricic (2006, 2007, 2008)

All-CAA Singles Second Team
Magdalena Bresson (2007)
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (2008)
Emily Mowery (2004)
Megan Muth (2006)
Lena Sherbakov (2005)
Amy Wei (2005)

All-CAA Singles Third Team
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (2007)

All-CAA Doubles First Team
Ragini Acharya/Katarina Zoricic (2008)
Candice Fuchs/Megan Moulton-Levy (2005)
Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (2006, 2007, 2008)
Megan Muth/Amy Wei (2004, 2005)
Megan Muth/Barbara Zidek (2006)

All-CAA Doubles Second Team
Ragini Acharya/Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (2008)
Kate Bommershine/Lena Sherbakov (2005)
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec/Barbara Zidek (2007)

ESPN The Magazine At-Large Academic All-District III Second Team
Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (2007, 2008)

NCAA TEAM RESULTS UNDER KEVIN EPLEY

FRESNO STATE
WILLIAM & MARY
2001 • Fresno, Calif.
R64: def. Cal State Northridge, 4-1
R32: lost UCLA, 3-4

2002 • Berkeley, Calif.
R64: def. Washington State, 4-0
R32: lost California, 1-4

2003 • Tempe, Ariz.
R64: def. San Diego State, 4-0
R32: lost Arizona State, 2-4
2004 • Durham, N.C.
R64: def. Illinois, 4-2
R32: lost Duke, 0-4

2005 • Clemson, S.C.
R64: def. Wisconsin, 4-1
R32: lost Clemson, 0-4

2006 • Richmond, Va.
R64: lost NC State, 3-4

2007 • Williamsburg, Va.
R64: def. Richmond, 4-0
R32: def. Wake Forest, 4-1
Athens, Ga.
R16: lost Georgia, 1-4

2008 • Durham, N.C.
R64: def. NC State, 4-0
R32: lost Duke, 1-4

NCAA INDIVIDUAL RESULTS UNDER KEVIN EPLEY

FRESNO STATE
WILLIAM & MARY
2001 • Stone Mountain, Ga.
Liesl Fichtbauer, singles
R64: def. Paulina Janus, UNLV, 6-3, 6-1
R32: def. (#9-16 seed) Nataly Cahana, Old Dominion, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
R16: lost (#1 seed) Laura Granville, Stanford, 6-4, 7-5

Kim Neggemeyer, singles
R64: lost Martina Ondrejkova, South Alabama, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4

(#5-8 seed) Simone Jardim and Kim Niggemeyer, doubles
R32: def. Phillips/Dohlman, Oklahoma State, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
R16: lost Mayorga/Witten, Kentucky, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

2002 • Stanford, Calif.
Chloe Carlotti, singles
R64: def. Marion Kruse, Middle Tennessee State, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-2
R32: def. Katarina Markovski, South Carolina, 6-4, 6-4
R16: lost (#9-16 seed) Vilmarie Castellvi, Tennessee, 6-2, 6-0

Kim Niggemeyer, singles
R64: def. Delia Causevic, Maryland, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
R32: lost (#1 seed) Bea Bielik, Wake Forest, 6-3, 6-2

Simone Jardim Kim Niggemeyer, doubles
R32: def. Roland/Hedberg, Texas A&M, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
R16: lost (#1 seed) Kalvaria/Lastra, Stanford, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

2003 • Gainesville, Fla.
(#9-16 seed) Chloe Carlotti, singles
R64: def. Liina Suurvarik, Illinois State, 6-4, 6-2
R32: lost Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Chloe Carlotti and Lucia Tallo, doubles
R32: lost (#5-8 seed) Fusano/Kops-Jones, California, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2004 • Athens, Ga.
Megan Muth, singles
R64: def. Anca Dumitrescu, Florida State, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6
R32: lost (#5 seed) Anda Perianu, Oklahoma, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1

Megan Muth and Amy Wei, doubles
R32: def. (#1 seed) Barnikow/Burdette, Stanford, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
R16: def. Thompson/Thompson, Notre Dame, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
QF: lost (#2 seed) Schmandt/Tsoubanos, Vanderbilt, 6-4, 6-3

2005 • Athens, Ga.
Megan Moulton-Levy, singles
R64: lost Emma Murphy, San Diego, 6-2, 7-5

Candice Fuchs and Megan Moulton-Levy, doubles
R32: def. Dullens/Maksovic, Denver, 6-4, 6-2
R16: def. Hollands/Mlakar, Arizona, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
QF: lost (#2 seed) Cohen/Grier, Northwestern, 6-4, 6-0

2006 • Stanford, Calif.
Megan Moulton-Levy, singles
R64: def. (#9-16 seed) Diana Srebrovic, Florida, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
R32: def. Federica van Adrichem, Clemson, 6-4, 6-2
R16: def. (#5 seed) Alice Barnes, Stanford, 6-3, 6-3
QF: def. Tatsiana Uvarova, VCU, 7-5, 6-1
SF: lost Lindsey Nelson, Southern California, 6-3, 6-2

Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic, doubles
R32: lost Clifford/Foster, Texas A&M, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

2007 • Athens, Ga.
(#8 seed) Megan Moulton-Levy, singles
R64: def. Madina Rakhim, Wichita State, 6-0, 6-3
R32: lost Tracy Lin, UCLA, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

(#1 seed) Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic, doubles
R32: def. Pooler/Clarke, Arizona State, 6-2, 6-4
R16: def. Collins/Marand, North Carolina, 6-1, 6-2
QF: def. (#5-8 seed) Fish/Taylor, Vanderbilt, 6-2, 6-3
SF: def. Mijacika/van Adrichem, Clemson, 6-3, 7-5
F: lost (#2 seed) Anundsen/Long, North Carolina, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2

2008 • Tulsa, Okla.
(#9-16 seed) Megan Moulton-Levy, singles
R64: def. Hannah Grady, Long Beach State, 6-3, 6-2
R32: def. Kellie Schmitt, Marshall, 6-2, 6-0
R16: lost (#6 seed) Amanda Fink, Southern California, 6-2, 6-1

Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic, doubles
R32: def. Barte/Burdette, Stanford, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
R16: def. Brito/Petrauskaite, Florida International, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
QF: lost (#1 seed) Lin/Zalameda, UCLA, 7-5, 6-2

FINAL INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS UNDER KEVIN EPLEY

FRESNO STATE
WILLIAM & MARY
2001
Kim Niggemeyer29
Liesl Fichtbauer33
Simone Jardim/Kim Niggemeyer6

2002
Chloe Carlotti35
Kim Niggemeyer44
Simone Jardim103
Simone Jardim/Kim Niggemeyer10
Chloe Carlotti/Lucia Tallo50

2003
Chloe Carlotti10
Lucia Tallo106
Chloe Carlotti/Lucia Tallo18
2004
Megan Muth23
Lena Sherbakov116
Megan Muth/Amy Wei16

2005
Megan Moulton-Levy40
Megan Muth72
Candice Fuchs108
Candice Fuchs/Megan Moulton-Levy17
Megan Muth/Amy Wei55

2006
Megan Moulton-Levy13
Katarina Zoricic86
Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic45

2007
Megan Moulton-Levy12
Katarina Zoricic69
Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic2

2008
Megan Moulton-Levy18
Ragini Acharya115
Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic8
Ragini Acharya/Katarina Zoricic44

KEVIN EPLEY VERSUS ALL-TIME OPPONENTS

OPPONENT HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL LAST RESULT
Air Force1-01-0-2-0Win, 7-0, March 12, 2007
Arizona1-0--1-0Win, 4-3, March 15, 2003
Arizona State-0-1-0-1Loss, 2-4, May 11, 2003
Arkansas1-0--1-0Win, 4-3, Feb. 15, 2008
Baylor-0-1-0-1Loss, 3-4, Feb. 23, 2008
Boise State1-0--1-0Win, 6-1, March 24, 2001
Boston1-0--1-0Win, 5-2, March 21, 2004
BYU1-01-00-12-1Loss, 3-4, Feb. 7, 2004
Cal Poly2-0--2-0Win, 5-2, Jan. 25, 2003
Cal State Northridge1-0--1-0Win, 4-1, May 12, 2001
California0-10-4-0-5Loss, 2-5, March 5, 2008
Clemson1-00-2-1-2Loss, 3-4, Feb. 12, 2006
College of Charleston1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, Feb. 5, 2006
Colorado1-00-1-1-1Win, 7-0, Feb. 16, 2008
Delaware--1-01-0Win, 5-0, April 21, 2006
Denver-1-0-1-0Win, 7-0, March 11, 2007
Duke1-01-2-2-2Loss, 1-4, May 10, 2008
East Tennessee State3-0-1-04-0Win, 7-0, Jan. 27, 2007
Florida-0-1-0-1Loss, 0-7, March 11, 2004
Fresno State1-01-1-2-1Win, 5-2, March 7, 2008
George Washington1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, Jan. 18, 2004
Georgia-0-2-0-2Loss, 1-4, May 18, 2007
Georgia State--2-02-0Win, 4-0, April 19, 2008
Georgia Tech--2-02-0Win, 4-3, Feb. 10, 2007
Harvard3-01-00-14-1Win, 7-0, Feb. 18, 2008
Hawaii1-0-1-02-0Win, 4-0, April 25, 2003
Illinois1-01-01-03-0Win, 6-1, Feb. 9, 2007
Iowa1-0--1-0Win, 5-2, March 16, 2001
James Madison2-0-1-03-0Win, 4-0, April 18, 2008
Kansas State1-0--1-0Win, 4-3, March 19, 2001
Loyola Marymount2-0--2-0Win, 7-0, Feb. 14, 2004
Marshall2-01-0-3-0Win, 7-0, March 21, 2008
Maryland2-01-1-3-1Win, 5-2, Feb. 14, 2007
Miami (Fla.)-0-10-10-2Loss, 1-4, Feb. 8, 2008
Michigan State-1-0-1-0Win, 5-2, Jan. 19, 2003
NC State--1-11-1Win, 4-0, May 9, 2008
Nevada1-01-0-2-0Win, 7-0, April 7, 2002
North Carolina-0-10-10-2Loss, 1-6, March 3, 2004
Northern Arizona1-0--1-0Win, 5-2, April 5, 2003
Northwestern1-20-10-21-5Loss, 0-7, Jan. 20, 2008
Notre Dame1-00-10-11-2Loss, 3-4, Feb. 9, 2008
Ohio State1-11-0-2-1Win, 6-1, Feb. 18, 2007
Oklahoma0-1--0-1Loss, 3-4, March 17, 2004
Oklahoma State--1-01-0Win, 6-1, Feb. 8, 2002
Old Dominion2-03-01-06-0Win, 7-0, April 2, 2008
Ole Miss--1-01-0Win, 4-2, Feb. 15, 2003
Oregon1-0--1-0Win, 4-2, March 4, 2001
Pacific3-0--3-0Win, 7-0, April 12, 2003
Pennsylvania5-0-1-06-0Win, 6-1, March 23, 2008
Pepperdine-3-0-3-0Win, 5-2, March 28, 2003
Princeton1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, Feb. 3, 2008
Purdue-1-0-1-0Win, 5-2, Feb. 11, 2007
Rice2-0-2-04-0Win, 7-0, April 7, 2006
Richmond5-0--5-0Win, 7-0, April 9, 2008
Sacramento State1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, Feb. 13, 2002
San Diego1-01-0-2-0Win, 7-0, Feb. 24, 2002
San Diego State--1-01-0Win, 4-0, May 10, 2003
San Jose State--1-01-0Win, 4-0, April 26, 2002
Santa Clara1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, April 6, 2003
SMU1-0-2-03-0Win, 4-0, April 28, 2002
South Alabama1-10-1-1-2Loss, 2-4, March 15, 2004
South Florida1-01-0-2-0Win, 5-2, April 1, 2005
Southern California-0-1-0-1Loss, 1-6, March 20, 2002
Stanford-0-40-10-5Loss, 2-5, March 4, 2008
TCU1-10-2-1-3Loss, 3-4, Feb. 24, 2008
Temple1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, Feb. 14, 2004
Tennessee--1-01-0Win, 4-3, Feb. 6, 2004
Texas0-20-2-0-4Loss, 2-5, Feb. 22, 2008
Texas A&M--0-10-1Loss, 3-4, March 11, 2001
Towson1-0-2-03-0Win, 4-0, April 20, 2007
Tulane-1-0-1-0Win, 5-2, March 6, 2005
Tulsa-1-01-02-0Win, 4-2, April 27, 2003
UC Santa Barbara1-0--1-0Win, 6-1, Feb. 18, 2001
UCLA0-11-2-1-3Loss, 3-4, Feb. 19, 2003
UNC Wilmington1-0-1-02-0Win, 4-0, April 23, 2005
UNLV1-02-0-3-0Win, 5-2, March 12, 2005
Utah1-01-0-2-0Win, 7-0, April 19, 2003
VCU4-12-02-18-2Win, 4-0, April 20, 2008
Virginia2-02-0-4-0Win, 7-0, Jan. 30, 2008
Virginia Tech1-01-0-2-0Win, 7-0, April 3, 2005
Wake Forest2-21-1-3-3Loss, 2-5, Feb. 27, 2004
Washington1-0-1-12-1Loss, 1-6, March 25, 2003
Washington State-1-03-04-0Win, 6-1, March 30, 2003
West Virginia2-0--2-0Win, 7-0, Jan. 28, 2006
William & Mary0-1--0-1Loss, 2-5, March 6, 2003
Winthrop1-0--1-0Win, 7-0, April 7, 2007
Wisconsin-1-01-02-0Win, 5-2, Feb. 10, 2008
Yale--1-01-0Win, 6-1, March 9, 2001
Total (88 Opponents)83-1435-3333-12151-59

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