YEAR SCHOOL RECORD PCT MW FINISH MW TOUR
2023 UNLV 12-11 .521 3-3 T3rd 0-1/T5th
2022 UNLV 12-15 .444 1-5 7th 0-1/T5th
2021 UNLV 11-11 .500 5-2 T2nd N/A
2020 UNLV 13-1 .929 N/A N/A N/A
2019 UNLV 13-9 .541 2-5 T5th 0-1/T5th
2018 UNLV 14-10 .583 3-4 T4th 1-1/T3rd
2017 UNLV 19-9 .679 4-3 T3rd 2-1/2nd
2016 UNLV 15-10 .600 5-2 T2nd 3-0/1st
2015 UNLV 13-10 .565 3-4 6th 0-1/T5th
2014 UNLV 13-11 .541 3-3 5th 0-1/T5th
2013 UNLV 17-7 .708 4-2 3rd 1-1/T3rd
2012 UNLV 7-16 .304 1-4 5th 0-1/T5th
2011 UNLV 14-11 .560 3-3 4th 0-1/T5th
2010 UNLV 13-12 .520 2-4 T5th 1-1/T3rd
2009 UNLV 14-12 .538 2-4 6th 1-1/T3rd
2008 UNLV 10-12 .455 3-3 T3rd 0-1/T5th
2007 UNLV 13-14 .481 3-3 T3rd 3-0/1st
2006 UNLV 13-9 .591 2-4 4th 0-1/T5th
2005 UNLV 16-8 .667 2-3 3rd 1-1/3rd
2004 UNLV 12-7 .632 3-1 2nd 0-1/3rd
CAREER 20 YRS 264-205 .562 54-62 13-16
*2018 USPTA Intermountain College Coach of the Year*
*2007 ITA Mountain Region Head Coach of the Year*
The man who brought UNLV men's tennis program its first (and then second) Mountain West championship -- Owen Hambrook -- finished in his 20th season in 2023, which is the longest tenure in program history and second-longest among all current UNLV head coaches.
The 2007 ITA Mountain Region Coach of the Year and 2018 USPTA Intermountain College Coach of the Year became the school's all-time leader in victories in 2021, passing original men's coach Fred Albrecht, who tallied 230 from 1974-83.
In 2021, his squad finished second in the regular season with a 5-2 Mountain West mark.
Before the 2020 season was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hambrook's squad looked to be headed to historic heights. Even with the abbreviated schedule, the team posted its first 10-0 start in school history and ended with a record-breaking season winning percentage of .929. In fact, the only blemish on the 13-1 mark was a heartbreaking 4-3 loss at Arizona State of the Pac-12.Â
In 2018, Hambook produced the Mountain West Men's Tennis Player of the Year in Alexandr Cozbinov, who also qualified for the NCAA Singles Tournament and was named ITA Mountain Region Senior of the Year. That came just one season after Jakob Amilon was also voted the league's MVP and regional Senior of the Year.
In 2016, Hambrook led the program to its second Mountain West Tournament championship and a return trip the NCAA Tournament.
The 2013 Rebels finished at 17-7 overall, which marked the most wins for the program since 1997, and produced the MW Freshman of the Year.
The 2011 men's squad produced the program's first Mountain West Player of the Year -- Mehdi Bouras -- in six seasons while Hambrook sent both a singles player (Bouras) and a doubles team (Bouras and Bernard Schoeman) to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1999. The Rebels also led the way in the classroom as a league-leading seven players earned Academic All-MW honors.
The 2010 team made it two consecutive winning seasons after the 2009 squad finished with more dual wins (14) than all but one Rebel squad since 1997 and reached the semifinals of the MW tournament for the third time under Hambrook.
In 2007, the Rebels' team title was not only the first league crown since the school was part of the Big West Conference in 1996, but it also took a program with a proud history back to the NCAA Championships as a team for the first time in nearly a decade. That season was also highlighted by Elliot Wronski earning a spot in the NCAA singles event and the squad turning in the highest combined GPA of any Rebel sport.
Named the sixth head coach in Rebel history but the first new leader since 1992, Hambrook moved over to the men's side in 2003 after serving as the top assistant for Kevin Cory and the UNLV women's team.
After leading the men's team to a 10-win improvement in his first season overseeing the program as an interim coach, Hambrook was rewarded for his efforts by getting the job permanently, the athletic department announced on June 4, 2004. That decision paid off immediately for the school as the 2005 Rebels posted the most victories (16) since 1997, finished 10-1 at home, downed a top-10 team for the first time in school history and returned to the ITA top 40 for the first time since 2001.
The list of accomplishments also included the school's first MW Player of the Year and ITA Regional Senior Player of the Year in NCAA singles qualifier Henner Nehles.
The 2006 squad won 13 times and continued to successfully defend its home courts with a 9-1 mark at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. In fact, the UNLV men boast a shiny 70-23 home record under Hambrook.
All of this success was not the norm at the beginning of the decade as Hambrook took over a squad that had set a school record for futility in 2003 with a 2-14 record. However, he quickly pushed the team back into the national rankings for the first time in two years and UNLV's 12-7 overall mark in 2004 included a second-place regular-season finish in the MW and the best home record (9-2) since 1997. The season also produced a qualifier for the NCAA Singles Championship.
Prior to taking over the men's squad, Hambrook spent four years as an assistant with Lady Rebel tennis, including serving on the staff of the 2003 MW regular-season champions, and the 2000 and 2002 league tournament champion women's teams. In 2002, Hambrook was recognized for his work when he was named ITA West Region Assistant Coach of the Year, only the second such honor in school history.
Hambrook joined UNLV after having served as director of the state's largest junior program -- the Junior Tennis Academy at the Sports Club of Las Vegas from 1996-2000. Previously, the certified tennis professional worked as the tennis pro at the MGM Grand Hotel for two years.
Before moving to the Silver State, he served as pro at the Barrybrooke Tennis Club in Kansas City, Mo., and then was director of the Heartland Tennis Camp at Missouri Western State College from 1993-95. Active in the USTA, he has been head coach for the Southern Nevada USTA Training Center and was honored as a USTA High Performance Coach in both 1998 and 2000.
A 1991 graduate of Northwest Missouri State, Hambrook was a three-year member of the Bearcats' tennis team. He and his wife Julie, have a son, Jack, who was a member of the Rebel tennis team, and a daughter, Hannah.
