Berkowitz walks away with one year left on coaching contract
Arizona did not force men’s tennis coach Tad Berkowitz to resign last week. He had one year remaining on his contract, but chose to leave the school after 12 seasons at the top. Coaching tennis in the Pac-12 is about as difficult as it gets for a school not named Stanford, USC or UCLA. Those schools have combined to win 20 of the last 30 NCAA championships and dominate the small recruiting market of elite players. Arizona hasn’t had a first-team All-Pac-12 men’s tennis player since 2006 and has never won a Pac-12 singles or doubles title. The next UA coach? The job pays about $70,000, and it won’t be getting any easier. One name to keep in mind is ex-UA assistant coach Tom Lloyd, head coach at Loyola Marymount. He was Arizona’s team captain in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and won 52 singles matches while a Wildcat. Last month, Lloyd’s LMU Lions beat Arizona in Tucson.
