University of Hartford

Jeff Splinter enters his first season as the head coach of the men's and women's tennis programs after being hired on August 5th of 2024.

Splinter comes to Hartford from Frostburg State, where he was the head men's and women's tennis coach. Over his time at Frostburg State, Jeff climbed the coaching ranks serving as a graduate assistant coach for both tennis programs for the 2017-18 season before being elevated to the interim head tennis coach for the 2018-19 season and eventually earning the head coach title for both programs.

During the 2023-24 season, the women's program compiled a 12-9 record, which marked the first winning season for the women in over 20 years. In addition, both the men's and women's teams mad the Mountain East Conference (MEC) Playoffs for the first time in school history. The women were the 3rd seed, and the men were the 4th seed.
 
In his first two years at Frostburg State, Splinter helped revitalize both the men's and women's programs. Both teams improved in every major statistical category and won a combined 11 matches, the second-highest total since Frostburg joined the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC).
 
In Splinter's second season with Frostburg's program, both teams were recognized by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as All-Academic teams with five women's players and three men's players lauded as ITA Scholar-Athletes.
 
Before his time in Frostburg, Splinter spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Millikin University. He served as the recruiting coordinator for The Big Blue. Millikin men's tennis posted a 26-17 record and the women's squad went 21-12 in his two years in Decatur, Illinois.
 
He also had a one-year stay as an assistant tennis coach and intern at The College of New Jersey where both the men's and women's tennis teams reached the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Splinter was a team assistant for Judson University from 2013-14 and has served as the head of the tennis department for Camp Walden since 2012.
 
Splinter played two years of tennis and earned his Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Judson University in 2014. He completed his Master's degree Educational Leadership from Frostburg State in 2018.

The Hawks will grow both programs over the next academic year and begin varsity competition in the Conference of New England (CNE) beginning fall 2025.