UPDATED Augut 4, 2025
Alex DeMuth joined the Wayne State University men's tennis program as a Volunteer Assistant Coach for the 2024 spring season. The 2025-26 academic year will be his third season on head coach Bryan Morrow's staff.
In his first year, WSU won 17 matches, advanced to the championship round of the GLIAC tournament, won an NCAA regional title and defeated Washburn in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen before falling to top-ranked Saint Leo in the national quarterfinals.
The 2024-25 squad compiled a 15-8 mark overall, and advanced to the NCAA tournament.
DeMuth has a decorated tennis resume that includes a four-year playing career at Bentley University in Massachusetts. He was a team captain his final two years with the program and was named All-Northeast 10 for doubles in his junior season. He competed in the NCAA Tournament for Bentley during his freshman campaign, and helped the Falcons earn a top eight ranking in the NCAA Division II East Region all four years.
DeMuth is now serving as the Tournament Director for the ATP Challenge Tour's Cranbrook Tennis Classic, held in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The Cranbrook Tennis Classic is the second-highest rated ATP Challenge Tour event in the world. He also has been serving as Strategy Director for Detroit-based Doner Advertising since 2016.
Professionally, DeMuth has won four Cilo Sport Awards for Groundbreaking N.I.L (Name, Image, and Likeness) Program with his running shoe brand Saucony. He has also managed several pro tennis exhibition events for Roger Federer and his foundation.
He has previous tennis coaching experience as the Boys Varsity Tennis Coach at Cranbrook Kingswood, where the Cranes won two state championships in 2016 and 2017. DeMuth has also been a coach and consultant for several top NCAA Division I and professional athletes during his career.
DeMuth is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Bentley University in 2015 with a degree in Economics and Finance.
