Dominic Modise - Tennis Coach - University of Colorado Athletics

Dominic Modise

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Assistant Coach

Dominic Modise was an assistant coach with the University of Colorado tennis team during the 2006-07 season which became one of the most exciting seasons in recent memory on the Boulder campus.

Modise helped the Buffaloes earn an NCAA Tournament berth and a third place finish in the Big 12 Conference. Both overall records during the dual season (16-8) and in the conference (9-2) were school-bests since the 1999 season.

Among his responsibilities, Modise assisted the CU success on the singles court at the No. 4, 5, and 6 positions. All three slots were a combined overall mark of 65-26 (.714), 47-21 (.691) in dual play, and 22-10 (.688) against the conference. He also coached the No. 3 doubles tandem of Melisa Esposito and Martina Sedivec to position champion conference honors with a perfect 9-0 record.

Prior to coming to Boulder, Modise spent two years as the head coach of the Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, La.) rebuilding the men’s tennis program after a 15-year absence.

Last season, Modise guided NSU to the conference tournament for the first time in school history and coached the team to a top-five finish in the conference with only two scholarship student-athletes. He was responsible for the every day operation of the tennis program from recruiting, budget, traveling and fundraising.

Prior to his successful efforts at Nicholls State, Modise was the assistant men’s and women’s tennis coach at the University of New Orleans. There he coached a pair of women to nation recognition among the elite Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Top-100 rankings and guided both programs to top five finishes in the Sun Belt Conference. In addition to the everyday facets of the tennis programs, Modise helped raise $15,000 to benefit the tennis programs and assisted with the children’s wish and the prestigious Privateers fundraising tournament.

From 2000-02, Modise was the interim head coach University of Louisiana, Lafayette. At ULL, he helped the Lady Cajuns reach a Top-75 national ranking and led the team to its best finish in school history. During his tenure he coached one of his women’s players to a national ranking of No. 111, the highest ranking of any ULL tennis student-athlete in school history.

Modise was also involved with fundraising through the annual Legg Mason and the ATP Tour Futures Tournaments. With solid coaching credentials under his belt, Modise has also worked with some of the top players in the world as a tennis instructor at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, including Top-100 players Cecil Mammit and Andre Sa.

Modise earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu in the December of 1999. In 2003, he earned his masters degree in human performance with a concentration in sport management from the University of New Orleans.

During his collegiate playing days at Central Alabama Community College where he earned his associates degree in 1997, Modise excelled on the court ranking among the Top-20 in the NJCAA singles rankings and was nominated as a NJCAA Player to Watch. He was voted the most inspirational and the most valuable player by his teammates. In the classroom, Modise was named an All-WAC scholar athlete.

Originally from South Africa, Modise, 32, speaks four languages, English, Dutch, Tswana and Zulu. He is single and enjoys biking, running, photography and traveling in his spare time.