University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Tennis
Frost, Matt
Matt Frost
- Title:
- Head Men's Tennis Coach
- Email:
- mfrost1@unca.edu
- Phone:
- 569-0887
The Bulldogs posted another solid year under Frost in 2024-25, as the Bulldogs reached the Big South Conference Championship match for the second straight year marking the first back-to-back title match appearances in the program's Division I history before playing in the UTR Sports NIT Championship. Asheville posted a 12-9 record on the season, going 8-2 at the Asheville Racquet Club Downtown. Asheville sported two First Team All-Conference selections in singles play in Freddy Murray and Tarek Erlewein, while Olle Sonesson Lidholt was named to the All-Conference Second Team in singles play. Asheville also had two Second Team All-Conference pairs in doubles in Murray/Cian Ingles and Lidholt/Erlewein. Lidholt was the Big South Conference's Co-Newcomer of the Year in the first year of the award, while Erlewein was the Big South Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year and also named to the All-Academic Team. Erlewein and Ingles also earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors.Â
Frost had an incredible year in his first season leading the Bulldogs in 2023-24, as Asheville went 16-8 on the season on the way to capturing the team’s first Big South Conference Championship since 1986 and the team’s first-ever berth in the NCAA Tourmament. Frost coached nine total Big South Conference All-Conference honors, including Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jon Brann Reid. Sam Nicholson and Freddy Murray each earned First Team All-Conference Singles honors, while Reid and Rafa Serra teamed up for First Team All-Conference Doubles honors. The teams of Bruno Serra/Cian Ingles and Nicholson/Murray each earned Second Team All-Conference honors in doubles, while Reid was also named to the Big South Conference All-Academic Team. Brann Reid, Rafa Serra and Bruno Serra earned College Sports Academic All-District honors, while Reid was also named the Big South Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the year, a first for the program. The Bulldogs also earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team honors in addition to posting five ITA Scholar-Athletes.
Matt Frost was named Asheville's new head men's tennis coach on Monday, May 22, 2023.Â
Frost comes to Asheville after two seasons as the head coach at Division II Tusculum University, where he had great success building both the men’s and women’s programs into contenders in the competitive South Atlantic Conference. Through two seasons, Frost helped the men’s program become a mainstay in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings while helping the women’s program go from unranked to No. 36. His women's program was ranked as high as No. 18 during his time, while his men's team ranked as high as No. 23. He also had two individuals who earned their first national ITA singles rankings. Both years, both of his programs were recognized as ITA All-Academic Teams. He was also the SAC Coach of the Year on the women’s side in 2023.
The last two summers, Frost has also worked as the tennis pro at the Asheville Racquet Club, the home of the Asheville men’s and women’s tennis programs.
“I would like to thank the Associate Athletic Director Aaron Bessey, Director of Athletics Janet Cone and the search committee for entrusting me to be the next Head Men’s Tennis Coach at UNC Asheville,” said Frost. “I am incredibly honored to lead this program and I believe that we have everything in place to be successful. I cannot wait to get to work as part of the Bulldog family to create champions both on and off the tennis court.”
Prior to Tusculum, Frost was the assistant women’s coach at the University of New Mexico. Prior to New Mexico, he was an assistant coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University and also the performance coach at the Great Britain Lawn Tennis Association. He was also previously involved on the professional circuit, both as a player and a hitting partner for players such as Novak Djokivic and former Women’s Tennis Association World No. 1 player Simona Halep. He got his start in coaching as an assistant for his alma mater Drake University.Â
Frost played collegiately at Southern Miss for two seasons before transferring to Drake. As a player, he was a two-time Conference USA Player of the Month and a six-time Conference USA Player of the Week. At Drake, he was a nationally-ranked singles player and was also a member of two Missouri Valley regular season and conference tournament championship teams. He was a four-time All-Conference selection between two schools, and also excelled in the classroom being a two-time Conference USA academic medalist and being named to the Missouri Valley Conference Academic Honor Roll twice.
Frost currently resides in Johnson City with his wife Meredith. Meredith was a track and field athlete at Sewanee, where she holds the outdoor record for the 200-meter dash.
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Frost had an incredible year in his first season leading the Bulldogs in 2023-24, as Asheville went 16-8 on the season on the way to capturing the team’s first Big South Conference Championship since 1986 and the team’s first-ever berth in the NCAA Tourmament. Frost coached nine total Big South Conference All-Conference honors, including Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jon Brann Reid. Sam Nicholson and Freddy Murray each earned First Team All-Conference Singles honors, while Reid and Rafa Serra teamed up for First Team All-Conference Doubles honors. The teams of Bruno Serra/Cian Ingles and Nicholson/Murray each earned Second Team All-Conference honors in doubles, while Reid was also named to the Big South Conference All-Academic Team. Brann Reid, Rafa Serra and Bruno Serra earned College Sports Academic All-District honors, while Reid was also named the Big South Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the year, a first for the program. The Bulldogs also earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team honors in addition to posting five ITA Scholar-Athletes.
Matt Frost was named Asheville's new head men's tennis coach on Monday, May 22, 2023.Â
Frost comes to Asheville after two seasons as the head coach at Division II Tusculum University, where he had great success building both the men’s and women’s programs into contenders in the competitive South Atlantic Conference. Through two seasons, Frost helped the men’s program become a mainstay in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings while helping the women’s program go from unranked to No. 36. His women's program was ranked as high as No. 18 during his time, while his men's team ranked as high as No. 23. He also had two individuals who earned their first national ITA singles rankings. Both years, both of his programs were recognized as ITA All-Academic Teams. He was also the SAC Coach of the Year on the women’s side in 2023.
The last two summers, Frost has also worked as the tennis pro at the Asheville Racquet Club, the home of the Asheville men’s and women’s tennis programs.
“I would like to thank the Associate Athletic Director Aaron Bessey, Director of Athletics Janet Cone and the search committee for entrusting me to be the next Head Men’s Tennis Coach at UNC Asheville,” said Frost. “I am incredibly honored to lead this program and I believe that we have everything in place to be successful. I cannot wait to get to work as part of the Bulldog family to create champions both on and off the tennis court.”
Prior to Tusculum, Frost was the assistant women’s coach at the University of New Mexico. Prior to New Mexico, he was an assistant coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University and also the performance coach at the Great Britain Lawn Tennis Association. He was also previously involved on the professional circuit, both as a player and a hitting partner for players such as Novak Djokivic and former Women’s Tennis Association World No. 1 player Simona Halep. He got his start in coaching as an assistant for his alma mater Drake University.Â
Frost played collegiately at Southern Miss for two seasons before transferring to Drake. As a player, he was a two-time Conference USA Player of the Month and a six-time Conference USA Player of the Week. At Drake, he was a nationally-ranked singles player and was also a member of two Missouri Valley regular season and conference tournament championship teams. He was a four-time All-Conference selection between two schools, and also excelled in the classroom being a two-time Conference USA academic medalist and being named to the Missouri Valley Conference Academic Honor Roll twice.
Frost currently resides in Johnson City with his wife Meredith. Meredith was a track and field athlete at Sewanee, where she holds the outdoor record for the 200-meter dash.
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