Rodrigo da Silva is Men's Tennis Coach on the University of Louisville Men's Tennis staff in Louisville, Kentucky. Head Coach - 10th season at DI level, 13th season overall Sixth season at Louisville; 81-71 overall, 23-27 ACC DI Record: 117-131 Overall head coaching record: 169-152 Team Accomplishments As a head coach 2023 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to second round 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance As an assistant 2014 NCAA Tournament appearance 2012 NCAA Tournament appearance 2011 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to second round 2010 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to Round of 16 2009 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to national quarterfinals Player Honors at Louisville Doubles All-Americans as head coach Natan Rodrigues (2023, 2024), Etienne Donnet (2024), Fabien Salle (2023) Doubles All-Americans as assistant Viktor Maksimcuk (2011), Austen Childs (2011) Singles All-American as assistant Austen Childs (2010) Austen Childs was the national runner-up in the NCAA Singles Championship when da Silva was an assistant at Louisville in 2010 Rodrigues and Donnet advanced all the way to the national semifinals in the NCAA Doubles Championship under da Silva's leadership in 2024 Coaching Honors 2011 ITA Ohio Valley Region Assistant Coach of the Year Head coach Rodrigo da Silva is heading into the program's seventh season in 2025-26 as the head coach of the men's tennis program at the University of Louisville. da Silva before the program's collegiate coaching career before the program's stint at Anderson, da Silva was on the staff at the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla., where he worked as a coach from 2003-05.
Anderson Head Coach (2006-08) Da Silva arrived on Cardinals' coaching's staff in the fall of 2008, after three seasons as the head men's and women's coach at the program's alma mater Anderson College. As a player at Anderson, da Silva was a member of the 1996 National Christian College Athletic Association championship team and won the 1996 NCCAA championships in singles and doubles.
