Brian Rector '89
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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Phone:
- 440-826-3819
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- Email:
- brector@bw.edu
Brian Rector enters his 36th season as head men's tennis coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2024-25.
Rector at Baldwin Wallace
- Winningest men's tennis coach at BW, in the Ohio Athletic Conference and in Ohio Division III collegiate tennis history
- Career-record 592-133 for an outstanding .817 winning percentage,
- Ohio Athletic Conference record of 214-65 for an .767 winning percentage
- Three Ohio Athletic Conference Regular Season Championships (2004, 2005 & 2011)
- Four Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championships (1992, 2004, 2005 & 2012)
- Three-time Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (2004, 2005 & 2012)
Rector Accomplishments
- Coached five Ohio Athletic Conference Champions
- Mentored five College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans
- Kevin Peacock '98
- Josh Myers '01
- Bryan Bartunek '02
- Alex Trzeciak '12
- Doug Ganim '16
- Dominic Polifrone '19
Coaching Background
- Took over the reins of the program from his coach and mentor Truman Fields after graduation from BW in spring of 1989
Tennis Career
- Four-year letterman and four-time BW team Most Valuable Player
- Three-year captain
- CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-American
- Won the 1989 Ohio Athletic Cionference Championship at second singles
- Won the 1989 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship at first doubles with Bill Doraty '89
- Set a single-season school-record for wins a season with 15 and doubles wins in a season with 14 in 1988-89
- Owned all of the BW single-season and career-records for singles (46-15 with a .754 winning percentage), doubles (41-20 with a 672 winning prercentage) and combination victories (87-35 with a .713 winning percentage). Now, many of his current and former Yellow Jacket players own those marks.
Personal
- Network Engineer at KeyBank
- Bachelor of Arts in business administration
- Rector and his wife, Amanda, reside in Berea and the couple four boys, Adam, Kyle, Ben and Zach
| Rector By The Years | ||
| Year | Overall Record | OAC Record |
| 1990 | 15-2 | 8-1 |
| 1991 | 16-2 | 9-0 |
| 1992 | 16-5 | 8-1# |
| 1993 | 12-5 | 8-0 |
| 1994 | 10-4 | 6-1 |
| 1995 | 13-7 | 6-3 |
| 1996 | 17-3 | 7-2 |
| 1997 | 19-2 | 8-1 |
| 1998 | 17-5 | 7-2 |
| 1999 | 18-3 | 7-2 |
| 2000 | 18-5 | 5-3 |
| 2001 | 12-4 | 5-3 |
| 2002 | 18-6 | 6-3 |
| 2003 | 20-4 | 7-1 |
| 2004 | 22-0 | 9-0^ |
| 2005 | 23-2 | 9-0^ |
| 2006 | 19-3 | 7-2 |
| 2007 | 21-3 | 7-2 |
| 2008 | 20-5 | 8-1 |
| 2009 | 19-4 | 7-2 |
| 2010 | 19-4 | 7-2 |
| 2011 | 21-5 | 6-3 |
| 2012 | 29-1* | 9-0^ |
| 2013 | 23-1 | 8-1 |
| 2014 | 19-4 | 6-2 |
| 2015 | 15-6 | 4-4 |
| 2016 | 24-5 | 7-1 |
| 2017 | 17-4 | 6-2 |
| 2018 | 15-5 | 6-3 |
| 2019 | 15-6 | 3-4 |
| 2020 | 6-2 | * |
| 2021 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 12-7 | 2-4 |
| 2023 | 16-4 | 3-3 |
| 2024 | 15-7 | 3-3 |
| CAREER | 592-133 | 214-65 |
* - denotes B-W school record for wins in a season
# - denotes OAC Tournament Champions
^ - denotes OAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions