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07/07/01 - Mississippi State announced Friday the hiring of Sylvain Guichard as MSU's head men's tennis coach. Guichard takes over the MSU tennis post that was vacated by 17-year veteran Andy Jackson on June 19. Guichard's hiring is pending approval of the Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning.
Guichard, who becomes the 17th head coach in MSU men's tennis history, has served the past six seasons as State's assistant coach. During that time, he has aided in leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" five times, including the national semifinals once and the quarterfinals three times. He also assisted in coaching State to its 1996 Southeastern Conference Tournament championship.
A native of Grenoble, France, Guichard was also a student assistant coach at MSU in 1994, when the Bulldogs made their other semifinal appearance in the NCAA Championship and Bulldogs Laurent Miquelard and Joc Simmons won the NCAA Doubles crown. Miquelard and Simmons are two of nine all-Americans that Guichard has been instrumental in developing at MSU.
A Mississippi State graduate, Guichard was a two-year letterman (1992-93) for the Bulldogs. An Academic all-SEC selection in 1993, he posted an impressive career 50-17 (74.6%) singles record for MSU and compiled a 12-8 mark in doubles play.
Guichard was part of the solid lower half of the MSU lineup in '93, which was an integral part of MSU's 1993 SEC Championship. He went 32-8 in singles in 1993, including a perfect 12-0 record at the #6 position and an incredible 10-0 mark in SEC play, an MSU record. He attained his highest national ranking as a collegian in April of that year, coming in at 76th in the country, while winning 14-straight matches to end his career.
"We are extremely excited about turning over the reigns of our men's tennis program to Sylvain," MSU director of athletics Larry Templeton said. "He has been outstanding for us as a player and as an assistant, and we are confident that his experience and direction as our new head coach will keep our team in the national limelight of college tennis."
Guichard is married to the former Sophie Brauge, also of Grenoble. The couple has one daughter, Eileen, born in August 1999.
Reprinted with the permission of the MSU Athletic Department