05/18/2013 Bulldogs Move Into NCAA SemifinalsBulldogs Move Into NCAA Semifinals 05/15/2013 Bulldogs Head to Illinois for Round of 16Bulldogs Head to Illinois for Round of 16 05/11/2013 Georgia Advances To NCAA Round Of 16Georgia Advances To NCAA Round Of 16 05/09/2013 Bulldogs Set to Open 2013 NCAA TournamentBulldogs Set to Open 2013 NCAA Tournament 04/21/2013 Men's Tennis Wins SEC Tournament TitleMen's Tennis Wins SEC Tournament Title Link: Manuel Diaz Inducted In Georgia Tennis Hall Of Fame, 2000 In his 24th season as the Georgia men's tennis coach and one of only two coaches in program history, former Bulldog Manuel Diaz guided the team to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the eighth straight season. Following the 2011-12 season, Diaz owns a career record of 559-117 (.827). In 2012 Diaz's Bulldogs won the program's 34th overall SEC title and eighth tournament crown, defeating Kentucky in the finals in Starkville, Miss. The 2012 season was also special for Diaz as he captured his 550th career win in a mid-season dual match vs. Vanderbilt, and was named the ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career. It was his 30th season overall coaching in Athens as he completed six seasons as an assistant. With a final ranking of No. 5 in both 2011 and 2012, Diaz's teams have finished in the top-five of the ITA rankings five of the last seven years. The 2011 season saw Diaz and the Bulldogs secure the program's 26th regular-season and 33rd overall Southeastern Conference title before reaching the semifinals of the NCAA Championships for the fifth time in six seasons.In 2010, Diaz became just the sixth head coach in Georgia history to notch 500 career wins as the accolades continue to pile up for one of the nation's top coaches. Manuel Diaz led the Bulldogs to their second consecutive NCAA Championship in 2008. The sixth NCAA team championship title in school history, Diaz has accounted for four of them as the head coach (1999, 2001, 2007, 2008). He was also an assistant coach under Dan Magill on both of the other winning squads (1985, '87). Diaz is currently one of only two active head coaches to win multiple NCAA championships (USC's Peter Smith). Diaz coached the Dogs to their third consecutive SEC Championship in 2008, earning what was then the 25th regular-season championship in school history, far and away the most of any conference school. His teams have also claimed a conference-leading seven SEC Tournament championships. Combined, Georgia has claimed 34 SEC championship titles and has doubled up to win both championships in the same year six times. In addition to his four NCAA Championships, Diaz's teams have reached the NCAA finals seven other times: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2006. Since 2006, Diaz has coached his team to a remarkable 185-25 record that includes an undefeated 32-0 National Championship season in 2007. Georgia was also 30-1 in 2006, with its lone loss coming in the NCAA Finals. From April 23, 2005 to March 19, 2010, Diaz coached the Dogs to 71 straight wins at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, the second-longest home winning streak in program history. Diaz led Georgia to 11 consecutive national top-five finishes from 1989 to '99, a feat no other school in the country can match. Diaz's Bulldogs won the program's first-ever triple crown of tennis in 2001, as the team won its second national title in three years, while Matias Boeker won the NCAA singles crown and teamed with Travis Parrott for the doubles championship. It was only the third time since 1977 that such a feat had been accomplished. Diaz has led Georgia to 13 regular season SEC titles in his 21 seasons to go along with eight SEC Tournament titles. He was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1989, 1995, 2001, 2006 and 2007. |
Saturday Softball Presser
VB vs. Czech Junior National Team
Softball Highlights vs. ASU
Softball Press Conference - ASU
Men's Tennis Highlights/Interviews
Friday BSB Highlights vs. Florida
WTE Friday Highlights/Interviews
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