April 20, 1998
Greenville, S.C. -- Furmanıs menıs tennis coach Paul Scarpa and womenıs tennis coach Debbie Southern were named Southern Conference Coaches-of-the-Year Sunday.
Scarpa, who directed the menıs tennis team to the 1998 Southern Conference Regular Season Title and a perfect 9-0 record was named coach-of-the-year for the fifth time. His last coach-of-the-year citation was in 1986. Scarpa, who holds a 645-382 in 35 seasons as head coach is the second active winningest coach in NCAA Division I.
Southern earned her fifth coach-of-the-year award, the first since 1993. The Lady Paladins claimed the 1998 Southern Conference Tournament Title and finished with a 14-10 overall record, winners of ten of their 11 matches. Southern has accumulated a 179-147 record in 14 seasons.
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