University of Redlands

Jake De Vries has experience coaching at both the professional and collegiate levels. He is the University of Redlands men's and women's tennis interim head coach after being elevated to the role in December 2023.
 
De Vries arrived at the University of Redlands after spending the 2020 season as an Assistant Coach with the Women's Tennis team at USC.  Before that in 2018-19 he was the Graduate Student Manager with the North Carolina women's tennis team. The Tar Heels finished third in the country that season with five players ranked in singles (four in the top 21) and two doubles pairs nationally ranked. De Vries led the team's video reviews, charting and tracked match-by-match statistics.
 
De Vries currently coaches professional tennis player Hayley Carter. Carter, an NCAA All-American from North Carolina, has won one WTA doubles title, three ITF doubles titles and achieved career-high WTA rankings in singles (438) and doubles (71) while being coached by De Vries. He creates her on-court training plans and serves as her hitting partner.
 
De Vries attended Boston University where he was a member of the men's tennis team from 2013-2017. He earned the Aldo "Buff" Donelli Leadership Award for his outstanding leadership on and off the court and was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
 
He graduated in the spring of 2017 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in business administration and management.