Sonoma State University Men's Tennis

Cunninghame Head Men's Tennis Coach Alma Mater: Sonoma State University (1984) Twitter: Steve Cunninghame returns for his 25th season as the head coach of the Sonoma State mens tennis team in 2017. Since taking over the reigns of the program in 1988, Cunninghame has compiled a record of 176-301, and since 2000, led the Seawolves to six NCAA tournament appearances. Recording just three wins in 2013, Cunninghame led a resurgence in 2014, scoring 11 victories and earning a spot in the Pacific West Conference Tournament during the program's first season as an affiliate member of the PacWest.  The Seawolves went 1-2 in the tournament to finish in sixth place and with a season record of 11-13 -- it was the most wins in a season for Cunninghame and crew since the 2001 campaign. After starting the 2012 season at 2-8, many of the losses against the top teams in the nation, including Division I opponents, the Seawolves ended 2012 on a six-match win streak and became nationally-ranked at No. 45 and regionally-ranked at No. 4.  Being that SSU has one of the toughest schedules in the nation every year, the 2012 campaign was the program's most successful since 2000. A player for the Cossack tennis team in 1979 and again from 1981-83, Cunninghame served as an assistant coach to Jay Potter from 1984-87, focusing his coaching skills on the mens team. In 1988, Cunninghame was named the head coach of the womens team and he took over the head coaching duties for both teams the following year. As head coach of the SSU womens squad, Cunninghame compiled a 70-42 record, coached the Cossacks first tennis All-American (Megan Lowrey), and led five nationally-ranked teams.  His 1989-90 team finished ranked ninth in the nation. In mens tennis, Cunninghame compiled a record of 36-64 before the sport, along with five others, was dropped at the end of the 1991-92 school year due to budget constraints. The team was resurrected in 1997-98, and Cunninghame returned to lead the team to a 11-9 mark in their first season back in NCAA competition.

Hutton begins his second season as the assistant coach of the Sonoma State men's tennis team in 2017. Coach Hutton returns to SSU after spending the past four years coaching at nearby Santa Rosa JC.  As a collegiate student-athlete, Hutton also attended SRJC where he played tennis as a freshman and sophomore from 2006-08.  Hutton was a team captain and Big 8 All-Conference both years.  At SRJC in 2007, Hutton was the Big 8 doubles champion and was a CCCAA state meet qualifier in singles and doubles.  In 2008, he was named the ITA California JC Winner for the Arthur Ashe Jr. Award for Sportsmanship and Leadership for his accomplishments on and off the tennis court. Hutton, who is a native of Santa Rosa, Calif., then transferred to Sonoma State to compete as a junior and senior from 2009-11.  He went 13-18 in singles play and 1-5 in doubles over two seasons, including an 11-10 record in singles during the 2011 campaign.   Stewart Hutton