Simon Earnshaw begins his tenth year as head coach of the highly successful Armstrong Atlantic State University tennis programs.

In 2008, Earnshaw became just the second coach in NCAA history to lead both the men's and women's tennis teams to NCAA Division II National Championships in the same season. The Pirate men completed an undefeated season, going 31-0 and defeating Barry, 5-0, for the school's first NCAA National Championship in a men's sport. The Lady Pirates, meanwhile, went 32-1 en route to the program's fourth national title, defeating Lynn, 5-2, in the final. 

The feat is a culmination of two different approaches with his programs. With the women's team, simply maintaining the status quo as one of the premier DII programs in the nation was not enough as Earnshaw has led the Lady Pirates to two NCAA titles in four seasons, adding to the program's first national championships back in the mid-1990s.

The men, meanwhile, have steadily improved each season since Earnshaw took over the program. Each of the prior three seasons the Pirates have been ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation, until breaking through in 2008 with the program's first ever No. 1 national ranking and eventually the National Championship win.

The AASU women's tennis team has enjoyed unparalleled success over the last five seasons under Earnshaw. The Lady Pirates have won 149 of 153 matches played in this stretch, including the two National Championships in 2005 and 2008. AASU has also not lost a home match in Savannah since 2003, a span of 64 consecutive matches.

For the third straight year, the Lady Pirates featured the top-ranked singles player in the nation - senior Iuliia Stupak went undefeated in singles play en route to the top singles ranking and also earned CoSIDA/Academic All-America honors, the first-ever such honor for a tennis player, as well as earning ITA Senior Player of the Year honors and being honored as a finalist for the Honda Woman of the Year award. 

Earnshaw succeeded Andreas Koth as the Pirates' head coach in 1999-2000 and has led the AASU women to seven PBC Championships and seven NCAA Quarterfinal appearances with four national championship match appearances. His women's players have earned 51 ITA All-America honors in eight seasons and he coached the 2004 NCAA/ITA Division II Senior of the Year, Zsofi Golopencza, 2006 NCAA/ITA Division II Senior of the Year, Luisa Cowper and 2008 NCAA/ITA Division II Senior of the Year Iuliia Stupak. He also coached the 2000 NCAA/ITA Division II Rookie of the Year in Stephanie Kovacic and the 2001 NCAA/ITA Division II Rookie of the Year [Golopencza].

He added a second ITA National Women's Coach of the Year award in 2006, in addition to his 2004 award, and Earnshaw has four times been named the ITA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the Year and five times earned the Peach Belt Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year award.

As head coach of the men's squad, Earnshaw has directed the Pirates to the last four PBC Championships in 2005-2008, as well as winning the title in 2000, and made nine trips to the NCAA Championships. He was named the ITA Mid-Atlantic Region Men's Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2008, and his men's players have earned 17 ITA All-America honors in nine seasons, including Davor Zink, the 2006 ITA National "Player To Watch."

Both Pirate tennis teams have also maintained a high level of excellence in the classroom, earning ITA All-Academic Team honors from 2004 to 2008, along with numerous ITA Scholar-Athlete awards. The 2006 women's team had an unprecedented all eight members earn ITA Scholar-Athlete honors. Both the AASU men's and women's tennis programs have also advanced to the NCAA Championships for 14 straight years.

Earnshaw served as the Pirates' assistant coach in 1998-99 and was previously an assistant coach at Georgia College & State University for two seasons.

At GC&SU, Earnshaw helped coach the women's team to consecutive NCAA Division II National Championship appearances. Both the men's and women's teams were ranked in the Top 15 during his two seasons in Milledgeville and seven players earned All-America status.

Earnshaw competed for GC&SU from 1992-1996 and helped the Bobcats to four seasons in the Top 10 of the ITA Division II National Rankings. He received his Bachelor's of Science degree in chemistry in 1996 and completed his Master's of Education in health and physical education in 1998.

In his native England, Simon is a Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) qualified coach at the national level. He also worked extensively for the Nick Bolletieri Sport Academy during the summer months of 1993 to 1998.

Simon and his wife, Nichole, have two daughters, Abigail (8) and Ella (6), as a son, Luke (4) and are currently expecting their fourth child. The family resides in Savannah.

David Secker begins his third season as the assistant men's and women's tennis coach at Armstrong Atlantic in 2008.

A former four-year standout for the Pirates, Secker assisted head coach Simon Earnshaw in 2007 and 2008, helping to lead the Pirates and Lady Pirates to NCAA Division II National Championships last season.

As a member of the Pirates, Secker compiled a career 80-38 singles record and a 48-38 doubles record in his four seasons, including a career-best 29-6 singles mark in 2005, helping AASU to its second Peach Belt Conference title and a third-place NCAA Championships finish.

Secker received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Armstrong Atlantic State in 2007 and is currently pursuing his master's degree in sports medicine.