University of North Georgia Men's Tennis

Norsworthy is entering his 12th season as head coach of the University of North Georgia mens and womens tennis programs. In 2016, Norsworthy led both the men's and women's programs to their best seasons in modern history and was honored as the Peach Belt Conference men's Coach of the Year. The 2016 men's squad made a run to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in school history. It was just the second time a UNG program other than softball finished in the top 16 in the country since moving to the NCAA in 2005-06. Norsworthy coached the men's team to its first-ever birth into the NCAA Division II Tournament, ending the 2012 season ranked No. 26 nationally (14-9). The men returned to the regional tournament in 2014 ending their season ranked No. 34, making two out of the three years reaching the NCAA tournament. During the 2013 season, the Nighthawks saw their first NCAA All-American honor awarded to Felipe Friedrich reaching the No. 17 spot nationally.  He also reached a ranking of 43rd nationally in 2012. Mateus Camasmie reached a No. 12 regional ranking ending the 2014 season. UNG garnered two more All-Americans in 2016 as Philipp Mueller and Niklas Zielen as the doubles team finished the year ranked ninth nationally, marking the first UNG doubles team to earn All-America honors.  Norsworthy is a product of the UNG tennis program, where he competed for four years. He was named to the All-Conference team for the GACC in 1998 while winning the Conference Tournament Championship during the 1998 season, earning a spot in the 1998 NAIA national tournament. The North Georgia mens team reached a No. 21 national ranking during his junior season (2000). Since graduating, Norsworthy taught lessons professionally in Alpharetta at Windward Lake Club Along with Crooked Creek where he was the Assistant Academy Director. He also was the director of junior tennis at the Fields Club in Duluth from 2003-05. He earned certification by the USPTA (United States Professional Tennis Association) in 2001, being awarded a P-1 certification. He is also a member of the GPTA (Georgia Professional Tennis Association). Norsworthy is currently the Director of Tennis at Achasta Golf Club since 2010. Norsworthy has served on the NCAA Division II womens regional advisory committee since 2011. He also began a term on the NCAA Division II mens regional advisory committee during the 2014 season. The Smyrna, Ga., native is a 2001 graduate of North Georgia. Norsworthy attended Mount Vernon Christian Academy graduating in 1997. He was a four-sport letter winner in tennis, basketball, soccer and baseball. During his tennis career, he was ranked as high as 18th in the state of Georgia and reached a Southern ranking of 61st. Norsworthy trained at ATA with Danny Carlson in Marietta. He still plays ALTA at the AA-1 level.  

Justin Miles is entering his fourth year with UNG and first as the head men’s tennis coach. Miles spent his first three seasons in Dahlonega as the assistant coach for both the men's and women's tennis teams. In a groundbreaking move from the UNG athletic department, he was promoted to the Nighthawk head men’s tennis coach in June 2025. With Miles’ selection as the head coach of the men’s program, and the promotion of former head coach Kent Norswortthy –now Director of Tennis and head women’s coach– North Georgia has two tennis head coaches for the first time in school history. Miles takes over as the head coach of the UNG men’s tennis program and will steward one of the fastest rising squads in the nation. He leads the Nighthawk men’s team after being named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Assistant Coach of the Year a season ago in 2024.  In just three seasons in Dahlonega, Miles quickly earned recognition as one of the best assistant coaches in the country. He was also named the ITA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2024, as the Nighthawk staff swept the coaching honors with Norsworthy being named Southeast Region Coach of the Year.  Miles has worked very closely with both men's and women's tennis programs at UNG and is an integral part of their record breaking success. The Nighthawks are a combined 99-41 (.707 winning percentage) in the last three years with Miles on the coaching staff.  Miles arrived at North Georgia after serving in the private sector as the Director of Tennis at Glen Kernan Golf & Country Club in Jacksonville, Fla. He has 15 years of experience both coaching and playing NCAA Division I tennis with his previous coaching stops including Jacksonville, Georgia Southern and Morehead State. At Jacksonville, he served as head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs before they were discontinued in 2012. Prior to his time on the First Coast, Miles was the head men’s tennis coach at Georgia Southern for ten years. Miles graduated and played collegiately at Eastern Illinois where he earned his Bachelor of Science before receiving his Master’s in Sports Administration from Morehead State. He has also maintained a United States Tennis Professional Association Top Level Elite Tennis Teaching and Coaching certification since 2012. Updated: June 2025