California State University, Sacramento Hornets’ associate head women’s tennis coach Jack Maddocks speaks with student-athletes Mayya Gorbunova and Reese Walker during a dual match at home against Nevada in 2024. Photo courtesy of Sacramento State Athletics

SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - California State University, Sacramento associate head women’s tennis coach Jack Maddocks was honored by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and named the Northwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year on June 10.

“I am so excited for Jack to be named ITA Region Assistant Coach of the Year,” head coach Sophie Breault said. “He’s shown great leadership, commitment and a team-first mindset every single day. This award is a well-deserved recognition of the impact he’s had on our team over the past few years.”

Recently wrapping up his fourth season with the Hornets, his first as associate head coach in 2025, Maddocks has helped shape a resurgence in the Sacramento State University program since coming on as an assistant in 2022. He teamed up with Breault and volunteer assistant Enrique Alcacer to return the Hornets back to the top of the Big Sky Conference.

In his four years, Maddocks has helped California State University, Sacramento rise from a five-win team in his first season to claiming the 2024 Big Sky Conference regular season title, the 10th in the history of the program and the first since 2012 and winning each of the last two Big Sky Tournament crowns, giving the Hornets a league-best 13 titles.

As a result California State University, Sacramento has advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments in back-to-back years, the program’s 14th and 15th all-time trips to the postseason, while compiling 41 wins over the last two campaigns. The program posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2004 and 2005.

The 21-4 overall record during spring 2025 marked the most victories for the Hornets since 2008 as California State University, Sacramento returned to the national rankings for the first time since 2015, reaching as high as No. 49 in the nation, while ending the year in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s northwest regional rankings for the second straight season, finishing No. 10 in 2024 and No. 5 this past year.

Under Maddocks’ tutelage, 10 student-athletes have gone on to collect a total of 22 All-Big Sky honors and 16 conference Player of the Week awards on the court, while claiming three Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team honors, a total of 20 individual academic citations from the organization, and 20 Big Sky All-Academic Team awards off the court over the past three years.

Academic awards for the 2025 season will be released at a later date.