ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Stephanie Wooten-Quijada has been named as the sixth head coach of the University of New Mexico women’s tennis program by Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs.
Wooten-Quijada comes to New Mexico after one year as the head coach at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in Edinburg, Texas, where she led the Vaqueros to the university’s first-ever Western Athletic Conference title.
During her one year leading the UTRGV women’s tennis program, Wooten-Quijada compiled an overall record of 11-11 and a mark of 3-2 in WAC play. The Vaqueros advanced to the NCAA Championships in 2016, falling to top-seeded California.
Prior to UTRGV, Wooten-Quijada spent a year as one of the tennis professionals at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas, where she was part of one of the highest rated private tennis programs in the country.
Brookhaven Country Club is known for producing high-caliber athletes across several sports, including golf star Jordan Spieth.
Additionally, Wooten-Quijada was the assistant coach at the University of Houston in 2013-14, helping the Cougars to a 21-6 record and an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
She also has a stop at Stephen F. Austin from 2011 to 2013, including one season as the head coach. While in Nacogdoches, Wooten-Quijada led SFA to a combined 33-18 record, a Southland Conference Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
Her first coaching experience came as the head coach at Lee College from 2010 to 2011, where she helmed the program to a runner-up finish at the 2011 NJCAA Championships while developing three NJCAA Division I All-Americans that season.
A native of Crandall, Texas, Wooten-Quijada was a four-year letter winner at Purdue where she finished her career with a combined 116 victories. As a senior, she recorded 41 victories while finishing sixth on Purdue’s all-time doubles victories list.
Her hire is pending final HR approval.