Amy Sargeant

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Amy Sargeant completed her third season with Clemson women’s tennis having joined Christy Lynch’s staff on November 9, 2020, and was named the interim head coach on Nov. 17, 2022. Sargeant joined the Tiger staff from the University of Oklahoma.

Sargeant led Clemson to a 16-12 record overall in the 2023 season, where she served as head coach following Lynch’s departure.

Sargeant experienced improvement in their first two seasons at the helm, leading the Tigers to a 13-13 record in 2022 and sending the doubles pair of Samantha Buyckx and Ali DeSpain to the NCAA Doubles Championship Tournament. The pair earned their first ranked wins and first top-25 victory in 2022, as well as their first ACC Tournament match victory, a 4-3 thriller over Virginia Tech.

Sargeant, native to Birmingham, England, competed at Florida State from 2009-2013. During her time with the Seminoles, Sargeant was among the top-100 tennis players in the country and was named co-captain for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Sargeant also posted 30 singles wins during her senior campaign which is the fifth most in program history. Additionally, Sargeant was named the winner of the ITA Southeast Region Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship in May of 2013.

Following her graduation from Florida State, Sargeant went on to compete on the ITF circuit where she played until 2015. While on the tour, Sargeant served as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater in addition to working as professional tennis coach, developing several blue chip and five-star recruits, and studying for her master’s degree in sport management and administration, which she earned in 2015. In 2015, Sargent joined the staff at the University of New Mexico, serving as the assistant women’s tennis coach for one season before heading to Norman.