Suzanne Merritt enters her 15th year as head coach of the LeTourneau men's and women's tennis programs in 2026-27. It will be her 16th year overall at LeTourneau.
Merritt also serves the department as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator. She was elevated to the SWA role in 2017.
FAST FACTS
- Years at LeTourneau (head coach): 14 (2013-present)
- Overall record (M/W): 197-291 (.403)
- Conference Tournaments (M/W): 22
- ASC Coach of the Year: 1 (2019, Men's East Division)
- Overall record (M): 117-127 (.480)
- Conference record (M): 35-33 (.515)
- Conference Championships (M): 1 (2019, ASC East regular season)
- Conference Tournaments (M): 10
- Overall record (W): 80-164 (.328)
- Conference record (W): 35-33 (.515)
- Conference Tournaments (W): 12
PROGRAM ACCOLADES UNDER MERRITT (M)
- 2019 ASC East Division regular season champions
- 2022 Ojai Regional Tournament Doubles champions (Julian Lee/Patrick Baney)
- 69 All-Conference selections
- 22 first team All-Conference honorees
- 2 ASC East Most Valuable Player awards (Christian Farris, 2019; Julian Lee, 2022)
- 5 ASC East Freshman of the Year awards
- 5 ASC East Sportsmanship Athletes of the Year
- 53 ITA Scholar Athletes
- 6 ITA All-Academic Teams (2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- 6 ASC East SAAC Team Sportsmanship Awards (2023, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014)
- 101 conference all-academic selections
PROGRAM ACCOLADES UNDER MERRITT (W)
- 38 All-Conference selections
- 10 first team All-Conference honorees
- 2 ASC East Division Newcomer of the Year awards (Maddison Brackenreg, 2018; Katharine Waldthausen, 2019)
- 3 ASC East Division Sportsmanship Athletes of the Year
- 51 ITA Scholar Athletes
- 6 ITA All-Academic Teams (2016, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- 5 ASC East SAAC Team Sportsmanship Awards (2023, 2022, 2019, 2014, 2013)
- 67 conference all-academic selections
AT LETOURNEAU
Merritt began at LeTourneau as an assistant coach in 2012. In 2013, she took over the reigns of both programs and is the longest-tenured coach currently at LeTourneau.
Her teams have combined for 197 wins in 14 seasons and 22 conference tournament appearances. Merritt has coached 107 all-conference selections, including nine conference major award winners.
Her 2019 men's team captured the ASC East Division regular season crown as LeTourneau went 4-0 in conference play and earned the right to host the ASC Tournament. Merritt earned ASC East Division Coach of the Year.
As new members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2026, Merritt led both programs to the conference tournament. The women got off to the best start in program history and finished with nine wins, including a program-record six in conference play. The women had a pair of All-SCAC honorees in singles play and the top doubles team earned All-SCAC. The men won eight matches and tallied four All-SCAC honors, two in singles and two in doubles.
BEYOND LETOURNEAU
In addition to her duties as head coach and assistant director of athletics, Merritt also served on the NCAA National Women's Tennis Committee, rotating off the committee following the 2024 NCAA Championships.
PERSONAL
Originally from Albuquerque, N.M., Merritt graduated from Baylor University. She and her husband, Ed, have two children, Jacob and Jessica, and two grandchildren.
YEAR-BY-YEAR
Men's Tennis (117-127, 35-33 ASC)
2026: 8-9, 5-5 SCAC (SCAC Tournament)
2025: 9-11, 1-3 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2024: 5-10, 0-4 ASC
2023: 4-10, 1-3 ASC
2022: 10-9, 3-1 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2021: 11-5, 4-1 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2020: 9-3, 0-0 ASC
2019: 12-8, 4-0 ASC (East Division champions, ASC Tournament)
2018: 4-14, 1-4 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2017: 6-12, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2016: 4-14, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2015: 7-9, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2014: 14-7, 7-3 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2013: 14-6, 3-3 ASC
Women's Tennis (80-164, 35-33 ASC)
2026: 9-8, 6-4 SCAC (SCAC Tournament)
2025: 8-12, 1-3 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2024: 10-9, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2023: 5-10, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2022: 4-14, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2021: 5-11, 3-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2020: 1-10, 0-0 ASC
2019: 8-10, 3-1 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2018: 8-10, 3-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2017: 2-15, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2016: 5-13, 1-3 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2015: 3-12, 2-2 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2014: 8-13, 5-5 ASC (ASC Tournament)
2013: 4-17, 3-3 ASC
