University of Sioux Falls Men's Tennis

Grebin was named the 2010 GPAC Women's Coach of the Year for the second straight season. The women were perfect in regular season conference play with a 8-0 record and went on to win the GPAC tournament in dramatic fashion to earn their ticket to the NAIA National Tournament in Mobile, Ala. The Cougars also boasted the 2010 Women's Great Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Year in Jenny Lewellen, the second straight year she won the award. Lewellen was one of five first team all-conference performers in singles and on one of three all-conference doubles teams. The Cougar men in 2010 won the GPAC tournament as well and joined the women in Mobile, Ala. for the NAIA National Tournament. Juan Carlos Mata-Buxade represented the men in singles play as a honorable mention selection and was also a No. 1 doubles player with partner Borjan Jaksic. Grebin coached seven all-conferece singles players and three all-conference doubles teams on the men's side in 2009. Four women landed on the GPAC team for singles play and Lewellen and Osterloo were all-conference No. 1 doubles perfomrers. In 2008, the men's tennis program rebounded from a 3-10 start and won 10 of their final 12 matches, including a 5-2 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan on May 3 to clinch their second consecutive GPAC tournament title. They also made the NAIA national tournament for the second consecutive season. The women's team finished with an overall mark of 9-13, and a second-place finish in the GPAC. They ended strong, winning five of their final eight matches, including a huge upset of then-undefeated Nebraska Wesleyan. Karmyn Marchand, Meggie Gough, Amanda Forest, and Meghan Klein all took home accolades for the GPAC all-singles team. The 1979 graduate of Sioux Falls College played No. 1 singles all four years of his collegiate career. In 1979, Grebin was named to the All District team. He has served the program as an assistant coach for the past four years and was named the 2005 Region III Women's Coach of the Year and the 2007 and 2008 Region III Men's Coach of the Year. Grebin has remained very active in South Dakota tennis. For two years, he taught and coached at Colman High School. He has also coached at Westward Ho Country Club and the Sioux Falls Parksand Recreation Department. He continues to play in tennis tournaments across South Dakota. Grebin has won the Black Hills Open in doubles, C.C. Lee Tournament, South Dakota Closed Tournament, and the City Doubles Tournament multiple times. Kevin Grebin will be a full-time employee at the University of Sioux Falls, also working as the Director of Security and teaching criminal justice courses.

Kevin Grebin is in his 25th year as the head coach of the University of Sioux Falls Women’s Tennis Team.  Under his direction, Grebin has led the program through a DII transition and into success in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).  As a 2019 SD Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, Grebin has been involved with tennis for over 50 years.  A Sioux Falls native, Grebin was a standout player and later served as an instructor before taking over the USF program. His program has advanced to the NSIC Tournament four straight years, owns an overall record of 78-73 at the DII level, including a 54-43 record as a member of the NSIC.   Grebin worked for the Sioux Falls City Recreation Department for several summers teaching tennis and was the Director of Tennis for the Minnehaha Country Club from 2001-2010. A 1980 graduate of Sioux Falls College (Now USF), he played both singles and doubles and was selected to the all-district team his senior year at #1 singles. Grebin was also all-league and the team’s leading tackler as a member of the SFC Football Team. Kevin and his wife, Deb, have two daughters and six grandchildren.  USF Records and Accomplishments -         -  122 wins entering the 2026 season -         - Four NSIC Tournament Semifinals Appearances -        -  NSIC Tournament Victory -         - Seven NSIC winning seasons -         - Three NSIC Myles Brand All Academic with Distinction Honorees -         - Five-time seven NSIC winning seasons -          -68 Academic All-NSIC Honorees -         - 18 named to the NSIC Academic Team of Excellence -         - Five-time named to All-NSIC Team-Singles -         - Three-time named to All-NSIC Team- Doubles -          -1 NSIC Freshman of the Year -          -Six-time ITA Scholar Team -          -Six-time recipient conference/district coach of the year awards Grebin Year-by-Year Year School Overall Conf. Finish 2011-12 Sioux Falls 1-10 ---   2012-13 Sioux Falls 7-10 6-6 8th 2013-14 Sioux Falls 8-11 5-6 7th 2014-15 Sioux Falls 9-8 7-4 5th 2015-16 Sioux Falls 12-8 7-4 4th 2016-17 Sioux Falls 7-9 3-8 9th 2017-18 Sioux Falls 11-7 7-4 6th 2018-19 Sioux Falls 8-9 6-5 6th   2019-20     Sioux Falls 8-5 6-2 5th 2020-21 Sioux Falls 7-6 7-4 6th 2021-22 Sioux Falls 10-10 5-6 7th 2022-23 Sioux Falls 13-6 7-4 4th 2023-24 Sioux Falls 12-8 6-3 4th 2024-25 Sioux Falls 9-12 7-2 3rd  TOTAL 122-119 79-58   Updated: 7/2025