Jennifer Hyde Hometown: Alpharetta, GA High School: Crestwood High Position: Head Coach Experience: 7th Season Alma Mater: Florida State '95

Jennifer Hyde enters her eighth season at the helm of the Florida State program. Hyde has led the Seminoles to five straight NCAA appearances, including their first ever Sweet 16. With an exceptional list of accomplishments and milestones from her career at FSU, including her most recent honor as the ITA South Region Coach of the Year, Hyde looks to guide the Seminoles to another solid season in 2011-12.

Hyde and the Seminoles continued to rewrite the history books in 2011. Their most recent establishments occurred when she led the Seminoles to a fifth straight NCAA appearance, which marks the first time in school history the feat has been accomplished. In addition, senior Katie Rybokova qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship, marking the fourth-straight year a Seminole competed in the tournament.

The Seminoles concluded the 2011 season with an eight-match winning streak, landing the Seminoles back to the ACC Title Match for just the second time in program history. The first time occurred in 1994 when Hyde was an athlete on the team. During the span, the Seminoles knocked of four teams ranked inside the top 10 en route to Hyde earning her 100th career victory.

In addition, the Seminoles jumped to No. 11 in the ITA National Rankings, breaking the previous high mark of No. 12 set by the 2007-08 team.

Just one season earlier, Hyde led the Seminoles to perhaps the most successful season in Florida State history leading her team to its first ever NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. After being selected to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Championship for just the second time in program history, both under Hyde, the Seminoles dominated both North Florida and No. 17 South Carolina to punch their ticket to Athens, Ga., and to the highly coveted Sweet 16 round of the NCAAs. Hyde also watched her first `Nole earn ACC Freshman of the Year in Francesca Segarelli.

The 2007-08 season also welcomed several firsts for the program with Florida State hosting the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Seminoles reached a No. 12 national ranking, the highest ranking in women tennis program history at the time. With the help of big wins against top ranked programs during the 2008 season, the Seminoles finished the year with an overall record of 19-7, the highest winning season since 1999 and second highest all-time at Florida State. Also, Hyde coached freshman Katie Rybakova to a top 20 national ranking in which Rybakova also received a bid to participate in the NCAA Singles Championships as a freshman.

Off the court, Hyde athletes have continued their brilliance in the classroom by securing the Golden Torch Award seven times since her arrival, which is given to the Florida State athletic team with the highest GPA. In addition, numerous Seminoles have landed spots on the All-ACC Academic team, All-ACC Honor Roll and ITA Scholar-Athletes list in Hyde's seven years as head coach.

After graduating from FSU in 1995, Hyde began her coaching career as an assistant for the Seminoles prior to heading north to the University of Iowa in 1995. Hyde spent two years in the Midwest before returning to the south with an assistant coaching stint at the University of Alabama (1997-98).

Hyde moved onto on to coach at the University of North Carolina in 1998-99 where she established herself as one of the best young coaches in the sport. With her assistance, UNC enjoyed one of its best seasons in program history, moving from outside all the national polls to a top-25 ranking and the school's first NCAA tournament berth.

In 1999, Hyde accepted her first head coaching position at the University of Houston. Hyde spent five increasingly successful years with the Cougars before returning to Tallahassee, where she first started her collegiate tennis career.

The Alpharetta, Ga., native posted an impressive career with the Seminoles--establishing herself as a four-year letter winner, NCAA Tournament participant (1994) and ACC flight champion in doubles alongside teammate Jenny Graf. Hyde captained the 1994 Seminole squad whose No. 17 ranking previously stood for sixteen years as the highest year end ranking until 2010's No. 14 finish.

Hyde at Florida State

Year Record Pct.

2011* 16-9 .640

2010** 16-11 .593

2009* 17-8 .680

2008* 19-8 .704

2007* 16-8 .667

2006 9-13 .375

2005 11-12 .478

*Qualified for NCAA Postseason

**NCAA Round of 16