AMHERST, Va. --- Head tennis coach Teresa Boylan has been named the Interim Director of Athletics at Sweet Briar College, as announced by Dean Amy Jessen-Marshall this week.

Boylan will be Sweet Briar's official liaison to the NCAA and ODAC, along with overseeing budgets and managing the Vixens' athletics staff.

"I have great confidence in Teresa's ability to help shepherd the department," said Dean Jessen-Marshall. "I would like to thank her for taking on this responsibility."

Boylan is entering her seventh season as the Vixens' head tennis coach. She has brought multiple nationally-ranked recruiting classes to Sweet Briar, along with coaching an NCAA national qualifier in 2011.

She has been involved in a wide range of administrative duties in recent years with with the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, Intercollegiate Tennis Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and United States Tennis Association organizations.  Boylan has served as Sweet Briar's Senior Woman Administrator since 2010. She was the ODAC Women's Tennis Chair for the past two years, and previously spent two years as an NCAA Regional Advisory Committee representative.

"This is a positive opportunity to continue working with a supportive and pro-active department on a more administrative level while continuing to coach our tennis program, which I truly enjoy," said Boylan.

"Our coaches and teams want to be productive and competitive, and it is my objective to guide our department in that positive direction. I am appreciative of Dean Amy Jessen-Marshall, and my department, for their support of me in this new position."

Boylan earned a bachelor of science in education from Cleveland State University, and later earned a master's degree in Sport Management and Exercise Science.

In 1997 she became the head women's tennis coach at Cleveland State, and later took over the men's program as well- a team she restarted after a seven-year hiatus.

Boylan was the 2001 Horizon League Coach of the Year, and also received the ITA/USTA Nancy Mickler Community Service Award during her time at CSU. Her teams also led the CSU athletic department in GPA for three straight years.

Prior to coaching at Sweet Briar, Boylan was the Coordinator of New Tennis Programs at the River Oaks Racquet Club in Rocky River, Ohio. She introduced Cardio Tennis, Youth Rally Ball, World Team Tennis and USTA sanctioned tournaments to the club.

In recent years she has coached with the USTA Mid-Atlantic Section, leading a U18 team to the 2012 national tournament in California.

--- This release is courtesy of the Sweet Briar College sports information department. ---
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