Head Coach Stephan Zweifel
Email: szweifel@carleton.edu

Stephan Zweifel, the MIAC Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2008, has coached the men's tennis team since 1991. A biology professor at Carleton, Zweifel earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Davis, and a Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has guided the Knights to two of the three NCAA Championship appearances in school history (2004 and 2010). In 2010, he was named the Central Region Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and he was one of four finalists for National Coach of the Year. Zweifel has posted a 226-77 record (through 2010-11 season) as the Knights’ head coach.

Assistant Coach Zach Pruitt ‘00
Email: zpruitt@carleton.edu

The 2011-12 season will be Zach Pruitt's 10th as assistant coach and recruiting liaison for the Carleton men's tennis program. A two-time Wisconsin state doubles champion and all-state selection, Pruitt was captain and played #1 singles for the Knights as a senior. In 2000, he received the MIAC’s Arthur Ashe Award, given to a player who combines tennis and academic excellence with sportsmanship and humanitarian concern. Pruitt earned his B.A. in political science from Carleton in 2000 and his M.A. from the University of Chicago in 2006. In addition to his tennis duties, Pruitt is the executive director of the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, a local non-profit youth organization.