Rob Hubbard begins his third season as head men's and women's tennis coach at The University of Texas-Pan American.

Hubbard was a standout for the Pan American University men's tennis program from 1974-78 where he was the top-ranked player on the nationally-ranked Broncs' squad. In 1978, Hubbard was part of a Broncs' team that achieved the first top-10 ranking in program history where he was invited to the NCAA Division I National Singles' and Doubles' Championships in his final two seasons with the squad.

Following the 1978 season, Hubbard turned professional and enjoyed three seasons on the ATP Tour where he was ranked in the top 300 in the world and competed in a pair of U.S. Opens during the 1979 and 1980 seasons.

Hubbard took over the reigns of the UTPA men's and women's tennis program in November of 2005 and made the most of the short year with the Broncs and Lady Broncs. The women's tennis team finished with a 7-14 record, which were the most victories that the Lady Broncs had achieved over the course of the last five seasons.

The Lady Broncs recorded a fourth-place finish at the 2006 National Independent Women's Tennis Tournament where they had a pair of players earn all-tournament honors in Silke Buksik and Marine de Bourqueney.

The Broncs struggled in the first season with Hubbard as the head coach where they posted a 3-11 record, but collected victories over Grambling State, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern.

The Broncs and Lady Broncs biggest success came in the classroom where they were one of 22 programs in the nation to have both squad selected as All-Academic Scholar Teams by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. This was the second time in three seasons that the Broncs and Lady Broncs earned the academic distinction.

The Lady Broncs were represented by Elysia Sloan, Buksik and Jessica Nanez on the ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete Team while Enrique Montemayor and Rosendo Cantu represented the Broncs on that academic squad.

Hubbard made his return to the Rio Grande Valley after serving as the head men's tennis coach at Goucher College, a NCAA Division III institution, in Baltimore, MD, for the previous five seasons. During his time with the Gophers' program, Hubbard guided the squad to its first NCAA Appearance during the 2005 season where his top-two players were ranked among the top-40 in the nation.

That season, Goucher was ranked in the top-30 in the NCAA Division III polls, and Hubbard was selected as the ITA Atlantic South Region Coach of the Year as well as Capital Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.

Hubbard guided the Gophers to a 15-4 mark during the 2003-04 season and finished 14th in the Atlantic South Region rankings, which was the first time in program history that the squad was ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association at the end of the season.

Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Goucher College, Hubbard spent eight years as the Owner and Director of Tournament Tough Training Center in Baltimore, MD, where the program trained elite junior tournament players for national, sectional and state competition.

In the program, players were mentored throughout on-court drilling and match-play as well as off-court weight training, conditioning, nutrition and mental training. In his time with Tournament Tough Training Center, Hubbard produced more than 25 nationally-ranked junior players.

The UTPA head coach served as the Co-Head Coach of the USTA Junior Player Development Area Training Center in Baltimore, MD, from 1992-94 after he spent seven years as the Director of Tennis at The Elkridge Club where he was responsible for developing senior, adult and junior events, programs, clinics and lessons.

Hubbard served as the Head Tennis Professional at the Orchard Indoor Tennis Club from 1989-93 as well as co-owned the Tennis Institute Tennis Camp for six years. He got his start in the coaching profession as the Assistant Tennis Professional at The Wimbledon Racquet Club in Arlington, TX, in 1981.

The former Pan American standout was a two-time USTA National Champion and was selected to represent the United States at the Italia Cup, which was a 35-and-over Davis Cup competition, during his post-professional playing days. He was also the USPTA Maryland Pro of the Year in 2000 and was the USPTA Mid-Atlantic 35-and-over Player of the Year during his elite playing career.

Hubbard is a certified coach by the USPTA as well as a member of the Wilson National Advisory Staff and a former member of the Board of Directors of the USTA Player Development Area Training Center. He has earned a USPTA (P-1) Certification.

Hubbard resides in Edinburg.