University of Indianapolis Men's Tennis

Tabet has led the Hounds to three Midwest ITA Regional individual championships, four NCAA Tournament appearances, back-to-back trips to the NCAA Sweet 16 (men's and women's programs had never reached Sweet 16 prior to Tabet's tenure), and two GLVC Tournament championships (2015, women; 2016, men). Tabet and the Greyhound men's team enter the 2016-17 season winners of their last 18 regular season matches against GLVC opponents. Not since April 13, 2013 have the UIndy men dropped to a conference foe. Last season, Tabet helped guide a pair of Hounds to record-breaking years. Luke Hubert, who graduated following the season, broke the program's 13-year record for singles wins in a career with 82. Additionally, Tabet helped Arklon Huertas del Pino tie a program single-season record for wins with 26 in his first year with the Greyhounds. Both were named All-GLVC selections. On the female side, Tabet returns four starters from last year's lineup including GLVC Freshman of the Year Hanna Volikova. After not arriving on campus til January, the Ukrain-native, under the constant guidance of Tabet, thrived. She finished the season 16-2 in singles play, primarily playing in the No. 1 singles position. Tabet also looks to return former GLVC Player of the Year Stephanie Hirsch to this year's lineup, after the junior missed all of the 2016 spring with a hip injury. In the fall of 2014, Tabet helped lead Hirsch to an ITA Midwest Regional Championship, the first Greyhound to reach the national tournament since 1997. Hirsch followed that up with another regional title in 2015, while newcomer Arklon Huertas del Pino also took home a title on the men's side. A total of six Hounds received top-20 regional recognition following the 2015 fall season, headlined by Hirsch, the top-ranked female in the Midwest Region. Allie Smith, who fell in the semifinals of the Regional tournament, checked in at No. 4 in the inaugural rankings, and the doubles pairing of Hirsch and Florence Renard ranked No. 2 in the doubles poll. Huertas del Pino finished the fall ranked No. 2, with Luke Hubert (No. 3), Christoph Drechsler (No. 7) and Andrea Morlet (No. 13) all finding spots inside the top-15 of the Midwest polls. Both teams also found themselves in the initial Oracle/ITA Division II National polls; the men checking in at No. 22 with the women claiming a No. 24 ranking. Tabet led the men's team to a 16-5 and perfect 6-0 conference record in the spring of 2015, while the women's team also finished an unbeaten 6-0 in GLVC play and 15-6 overall. Tabet's women's squad brought home the 2015 GLVC Championship, the program's first since 2005, earning Tabet conference Coach of the Year honors. The mens and womens teams each made NCAA tournament appearances, and both advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. This all followed a 2013-14 campaign, Tabets second with Indianapolis, in which he garnered Midwest Region Wilson/ITA Women's Coach of the Year, as well as GLVC Mens Coach of the Year honors. Tabet led the UIndy women to an 11-7 mark (11-4 against Division II competition) and a 9-3 record against regional foes. Allie Smith rose to No. 14 in singles and a No. 8 ranking in doubles alongside Taylor Eckert in the Midwest Region, while also earning All-GLVC accolades. On the mens side, the Hounds finished 16-4 and were ranked as high as 25th in the nation and second in the Midwest Region. More importantly, the team picked up the programs first NCAA Tournament victory in a 5-3 decision over Missouri-St. Louis. The men also won the GLVC East division for the first time since 2006, and advanced to the GLVC tournament title match for the first time since 2005. Then-freshman Nico Kastunowicz finished the year ranked No. 7 in singles in the region, and sophomore Ryan Frankel was tied for No. 11. The duo also ranked No. 7 in doubles. Tabets impact on the Greyhound program was felt immediately, taking the women's team which finished 12-8 the year prior to a 10-4 record (9-2 against Division II competition) and a third-place finish at the 2013 GLVC Championship Tournament, its best finish since 2007, in his first season. The Greyhounds were ranked No. 6 in the ITA Midwest Region and just narrowly missed making the NCAA Tournament. Allie Smith, a freshman at the time, finished the year ranked No. 20 in singles and No. 9 in doubles with Eckert in the Midwest Region after being named All-GLVC along with then-fellow freshman Macey Speer. Tabet made the transition to Indianapolis from Austin Peay State University where he served as the head mens and womens coach. Prior to that, Tabet had a six-year stint at Indiana State. In three seasons with the Governors, Tabet led the men to a 34-21 mark, while the women went 36-30 and won the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship to advance to the schools first NCAA Tournament. Under Tabets tutelage, APSU churned out the 2011-12 OVC Men's Tennis Player of the Year (Sean Bailey) and the 2009-10 OVC Women's Tennis Player of the Year (Vanja Tomic) as the program tallied 17 combined all-conference nods over his three seasons as head man. Bailey was the schools first male conference POY since 1983, while Tomic was the first APSU women's winner since 1994. Tabet also coached the first OVC Freshman of the Year in school history for the women (Carolin Weikard, 2009-10) and the men (Jasmin Ademovic, 2010-11). Tabet moved to Clarksville, Tenn., after spending the previous six seasons in Terre Haute at Indiana State before the program was shut down. He coached the women for six seasons to a record of 107-51, before spending just one year as the men's coach during the final season of tennis at ISU (2008-09). He led the Sycamore women to three Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championships (2005, 2006, 2008) and an NCAA tournament appearance in 2008 following the Sycamores' MVC tournament championship. Tabet was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2008 while earning ITA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2007. He helped produce 12 singles and six doubles titles at MVC Individuals, with 12 players earning All-MVC honors As a student-athlete himself, Tabet played a significant role in propelling the University of Mobile (Ala.) to the 1997 NAIA National Championship. Tabet reached as high as fifth in the nation in singles, and 12th in doubles for the Rams during their championship season. In 1997 and 1998, the University of Mobile won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship with Tabet earning NAIA All-American each year. After transferring to the University of West Florida his senior season, Tabet helped the Argonauts earn the 1999 Gulf South Conference Championship and a third-place finish at the 1999 NCAA Division II National Tournament. He was named a Division II All-American after attaining national rankings in singles (No. 12) and doubles (No. 18) play. Tabet also enjoyed a standout career as an international player, competing for the Algerian National Team from 1991-95, as well as the Algerian Davis Cup team. He won more than 90 tournaments in France. Tabet won the 1995 Sham International Tennis Open in Damascus, Syria, before taking top honors at the 1995 Gillette International Tennis Open in Rosas, Spain. In 1996 and 1997, he was champion of the French Rhone-Alps Region and qualified for the French National Championship, held at Rolland Garros, in Paris. A 1999 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Mobile, Tabet earned a bachelor's degree in foreign languages and holds a master's in applied linguistics from the University of New Orleans, where he worked in the foreign language department as a French instructor. Tabet also earned a baccalaureate in accounting from CUEFA in Grenoble, France.