Alabama State University Men's Tennis

Christiansz spent eight years at Auburn University Montgomery and was a part of seven national championships during his career with the Senators. He joined the AUM staff as an assistant coach for both the mens and womens programs in 2002, winning his first national title that season as the AUM men won the championship, while the womens program finished the season as the national runners-up.   He took over both programs in 2003 and started a run which saw the men win four titles, including three consecutive (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008). He also won two national titles with the womens program in 2004 and 2005.  AUM was a dual-national titlist in 2004, as both the mens and womens teams won titles.   He led the mens program only from 2006-09, leading them to four consecutive national championship appearances as they finished runners-up in 2009. It was one of three times his teams finished second (2002 and 2003 womens teams).   He had his programs involved in the community as the programs were involved in the Read Across America Program as well as being involved with The Metro Fitness Road Race each year helping raise funds for the Montgomery Food Bank.   He has also been involved at both the Arrowhead Golf and Country Club and at Wynlakes Golf and Country Club as the tennis professional.    Among his accomplishments, Christiansz: Represented the 1983 Sri Lanka National Team in Davis Cup Competition; Won six national championships has a head coach(Men: 2004, 06, 07, 08; Women: 2004, 05) and one as an assistant (Men: 2002); Has a .906 career winning percentage (204-21 overall record; 59-2 womens record; 145-19 mens record); Is a seven-time NAIA National Coach of the Year(Men: 2004, 06 ,07, 08; Women: 2004, 05, 06); Won five regional titles (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009-men; 2005-women) and six conference titles (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009-men 2005-women); Has coached 31 All-American players (22 men, including two National Players of the Year; nine women); Teams had the highest team GPA at Auburn-Montgomery (2006-08) and a achieved 100 percent graduation rate; Led ASU to a SWAC Men's Title in 2015, the first in the program's history; Named the 2015 SWAC Men's Coach of the Year.

Seman joined the Alabama State University staff as assistant tennis coach in October 2011. Richard was born in New York but moved to the South of France at an early age. Despite moves to Orlando, Florida and Montreal, Canada he was able to continue his tennis training. By playing club tennis he was able to play at one of the highest levels. Richard started to teach and coach during the summer of 1990. He joined the United States Air Force in 1994 and spent 7 years in the military. Upon separating from the Air Force, Richard went back into teaching tennis in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. With 21 years of teaching and coaching experience in France, Canada and the United States, Coach Seman has an international background in tennis. -District President for the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), Florida Section. -2004 USTA/USPTA Florida Volunteer of the Year Award -USTA Florida 2003 Clinician of the Year Award Richard moved to Montgomery with his wife Christine who is active duty in the U.S. Air Force and assigned to Maxwell AFB.