John Browning is the fourth person in NCAA history, for any division, to win a national team championship as a coach and player. He did the former with Emory University in 2003, the first in school history, and the latter with California-Santa Cruz in 1989.
Browning, who had been head coach at two other NCAA Division III institutions, was appointed the head coach at Emory University in the summer of 1999.
In his 12 seasons at Emory, Browning's teams have both
advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals and finished in the top-five in
the national rankings on 12 occasions and won 11
conference championships.
Browning has two national championships to his credit, the first
coming in 2003 and the most recent in 2006. Following the 2008-09
season, his teams had advanced to the semifinal round of the NCAA
D-III Championships for eight straight years. Emory finished as
national runners-up in 2007 and 2008 and claimed third place in
2009. During the 2010-11 campaign, the Eagles finished
runner-up at the national championships.
Browning has coached a pair of NCAA Division III singles champions
with Michael Goodwin becoming the first player in school history to
earn that distinction when he took home first place in 2009.
In 2011, Chris Goodwin, Michael's younger brother, claimed the
title after defeating teammate Dillon Pottish in the championship
encounter.
During his distinguished stint at Emory, he has guided the program
to six seasons of 20 or more wins while fashioning an
impressive mark of 237-60 (.798).
Browning and his assistants have been honored eight times as the conference Coaching Staff of the Year by the University Athletic Association, most recently in 2011. In addition, he has been tabbed the ITA as the Atlantic South Region Coach of the Year on three occasions, in 2003, 2009 and 2011.
For five years prior to Emory, Browning was the men's and women's tennis head coach at Salisbury State University (Md.). Before that, he spent three years as the head men's tennis coach at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (Calif.) and one year as an assistant men's tennis coach at University of California-Santa Cruz.
His overall career coaching record for men and women combined is 373-131 (.740) in 20 years. His 200th win came in the finals of the conference championship, a 5-2 win against Washington (Mo.), on April 27, 2003, while his 300th triumph took place on March 15, 2008, when the Eagles won at Hawaii-Hilo, 5-2.
Browning is a 1990 graduate of California-Santa Cruz where he received his bachelor's degree. He completed his master's degree at Azusa Pacific University in 1994.
Browning assisted with the development of Emory's recreational outdoor tennis complex that debuted in Spring 2003. In addition, he is the co-chair of the ITA National Ranking Committee and is a member of the Division III Tennis Committee.
Coach Browning's Year-by-Year Emory Record
| Year | W | L | PCT | UAA Finish |
NCAAFinish |
| 2000 | 17 | 5 | .772 | 1st | Quarters |
| 2001 | 17 | 6 | .739 | 1st | Quarters |
| 2002 | 18 | 5 | .782 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2003 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 1st | 1st |
| 2004 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 1st | 3rd |
| 2005 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 1st | 3rd |
| 2006 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 1st | 1st |
| 2007 | 22 | 9 | .709 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2008 | 19 | 7 | .730 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2009 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2010 | 16 | 8 | .667 | 1st | Quarters |
| 2011 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 1st | 2nd |
| TOTALS | 237 | 60 | .798 |
Chris Redmond joined the Emory men's tennis coaching staff for
the 2010-11 season.
Redmond enjoyed a fine four-year playing career (2006-07 through
2009-10) for the Eagles, compiling a singles mark of 28-10 and
doubles slate of 28-13. During the 2008-09 season, he
recorded an overall record of 17-4 (16-3 dual) playing at No. 6
singles before joining forces with Dillon Pottish the following
season at No. 3 doubles where the duo finished with a mark of
11-2. The tandem of Redmond and Pottish earned First Team
All-University Athletic Association honors at No. 3 doubles after
going 3-0 at the conference championships.
A native of Bedford, Mass., Chris obtained his bachelor's degree
from Emory in 2010.
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