HAVERFORD, Pa. – Brendan Kincaid, head coach of the Haverford College men's tennis team for the past three seasons, has announced that he is stepping down from his role at Haverford to accept the head men's tennis coaching position at Johns Hopkins.
Kincaid joined the Fords for the 2018-19 academic year and was honored as the Centennial Conference's Coach of the Year during his inaugural season. During that campaign, he mentored Josh Moskovitz '19 to Centennial Conference Player of the Year honors while Kevin Yan '20 was named the Centennial Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year. George Jiang '22 was additionally recognized as the athletic department's Archibald MacIntosh 1921 Award recipient, presented to the top scholar-athlete in a first-year class.
The Fords went 13-8 (7-2 CC) during that 2018-19 season and advanced to the Centennial Conference Tournament semifinals after a third-place finish in the regular season standings. Haverford rose to as high as No. 11 in the Atlantic South Regional team rankings. Moskovitz was ranked 11th in the final regional singles rankings while he and Yan combined to form the 14th-ranked doubles pairing.
Although the two most recent seasons were shortened and canceled due to COVID-19, Kincaid took on solely nationally-ranked competition in 2020 and came away with a win against No. 31 Stevens. That victory marked the Fords' first nationally-ranked win since the 2016 season. Haverford also won its lone match during the 2021 season, giving Kincaid a 15-10 record leading the Fords.
Haverford's excellence in the classroom was a total team commitment. The Fords combined for 41 student-athletes recognized on Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team and 29 selections to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll. The Fords were also recognized as an ITA All-Academic Team during each of his three seasons.
Kincaid came to Haverford after seven years as the head coach at Goucher after leading that program to its first three Landmark Conference Titles in program history. That success included a pair of trips to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Kincaid got his start in college coaching as an assistant at his alma mater, Salisbury University.
Kincaid will continue his coaching responsibilities at Haverford through the rest of the month while a national search will be undertaken to find his replacement.