2015

Pacelli named tennis coach By ECCC sports information ,Joseph Anthony "Jay., Pacelli, the head tenni pro– fessional at the YMCA-Reser– voir and at ca. ... tlewoods Country Club in Brandon ...tnce 2011, Is the nev. head men'~ and women' tennis coach at East Central Com– munity Colle!!e in Deauur. Pacelli "ill as'1UI!e hh du– u at E

season victories since 1993; and head men's andwomen's tennis coach at NCAA Divi– sion m :Millsaps College in Jackson, where he led the 2010 men's team to 12 victo– ries, the most overall at the time in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference history. He also has served as the tenni. director and head ten– nis professional for the Court– house Racquet and Fitness Center in Byram. "I look forward to develop– ing a championship program at ECCC \\ith many terrific young men and women who \vill find success both on and off the court," Pacelli said. Pacelli and his wi!e, Katy, are the parents of one son, JameR. Katy Pacelli is the ex– ecutive director of the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chw-itable Foundation in Jackson.

After a brief stint with Olivet, Pacelli became the head men's andwomen's ten– nJs coach at Pratt Community College in Pratt, Kan., where he guided the men's program to a No. 26 national ranking among community colleges and coached two players to Top 20 national rankings. Pacelli also has served as head women's tennis coach at former Gulf South Confer– ence member andNCAA Divi– sion II Mississippi UnJversity for Women in Columbus, where his team improved by six victories from his first to second season; bead women's tennis coach at NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, where his 2006 teamhad the best single season winning percentage since 1997 and most single

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ogy from the ·university of Northern Iowa.in Cedar Falls. While a student at Mora– vian, he lettered four seasons as a tennis player, splitting time at No. 1-3 singles and served as team captain his senior year. Pacelli's first coaching ex– perience came as a graduate assistant coach at theUniver– sityofNorthern Iowa in 1996- 97 ·while working on his mac;ter's degree. In 2000, after working toward a Ph.D. in sport psychology, Pacelli decided to return to coaching, taking the women's head coaching position part-time at Olivet College. an NCAA Diti JOil III program, in Oli\ ct. Mich.

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sippi area. I am confident that ------- - - he will serve ECCC, our stu- ____

dents, and our student-ath- letes well. He is committed to doing all be can to see our vi- sion of student success be- come a reality in the men's and women's tennis pro- grams, the EC Wa~ - Ex<'el- lence '\1th Class."