University of Louisville Men's Tennis

Began at Louisville: July of 2022 Summary of Current Role: Manage, oversee & provide nutrition care for Men’s Soccer, Softball, Rowing, Men & Women’s Tennis, Men & Women’s Golf. Provide individualized nutrition care to student-athletes for health and performance Provide medical nutrition therapy to aid in the health and wellbeing of student-athletes Coordinate and integrate nutrition care services with other facets of health care Career History: Kentucky Athletics :: Graduate Assistant/Team Dietitian (2020-2021) Education: University of Kentucky :: Masters of Science, Nutrition and Food Systems University of Kentucky :: Bachelors of Science, Dietetics and Human Nutrition Personal: A native of Louisville, Kentucky.

Chad Workman is entering his fourth season as the senior performance coach at the University of Louisville. Workman is responsible for coordinating year-round performance program design and implementation for the field hockey, men's soccer, and men's tennis programs. In addition, he helps coordinate the Louisville Sports Performance Mentorship. Before arriving at Louisville in 2018, Workman served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of North Carolina from 2015-2018. While there he was responsible for the performance programs for field hockey, wrestling, men's and women's swim, track and field sprint and jump squads, and women's tennis. Prior to his time at North Carolina, Workman was a graduate assistant with the Louisville Sports Performance staff from 2011-13 while he was earning his master's degree in exercise physiology from UofL. He has also had stops at Virginia Commonwealth University and UNC-Greensboro as an assistant strength and conditioning coach working with numerous Olympic sports including: men's soccer, women's soccer, cross country, and men's golf. The Thomasville, N.C. native graduated from UNC Greensboro with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science. While there, served for two seasons as the strength and conditioning coach serving 15 sports. Workman is certified with the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.

University of Louisville head coach Rodrigo da Silva has announced that Chris McRae has joined his coaching staff as a volunteer assistant in October 2020. “...

Chris Morin-Kougoucheff made his return to the University of Louisville Men’s Tennis team in summer 2025 as an assistant coach. Head coach Rodrigo da Silva h...

A native of Louisville, KY, Dr. Chip Augustus is a Mental Performance Specialist at the University of Louisville, where he has worked since January 2023. He works with teams, student-athletes, and coaches to identify strengths and develop mental skills and approaches for well-being and performance. Augustus has been privileged to work with amazing people through a variety of experiences as a coach and mental performance consultant, and he loves when student-athletes take ownership of their mental skills and teams come together around a common vision. Prior to joining Louisville, he served as a Mental Performance Trainee at West Virginia University (2021-2022), where he was pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. He also worked as a Volunteer Mental Performance Coach at the University of Louisville (2016-2020) and as a Volunteer Coach for Mental Performance at Fairmont State University Swimming (2020-2022). Augustus owns Chip LLC and previously served as Senior and National Coach at Cardinal Aquatics (2011-2020), earning KY Senior Swim Coach of the Year in 2018 and 2020. He holds a Master's of Education in Counseling Psychology from the University of Louisville (2013-2016) and a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology and History from Centre College (2007-2011). Augustus enjoys hiking, cycling, cooking, and live music.

Head Coach - 10th season at DI level, 13th season overall Sixth season at Louisville; 81-71 overall, 23-27 ACC DI Record: 117-131 Overall head coaching record: 169-152 Team Accomplishments As a head coach 2023 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to second round 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance As an assistant 2014 NCAA Tournament appearance 2012 NCAA Tournament appearance 2011 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to second round 2010 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to Round of 16 2009 NCAA Tournament appearance, advanced to national quarterfinals Player Honors at Louisville Doubles All-Americans as head coach Natan Rodrigues (2023, 2024), Etienne Donnet (2024), Fabien Salle (2023) Doubles All-Americans as assistant Viktor Maksimcuk (2011), Austen Childs (2011) Singles All-American as assistant Austen Childs (2010) Austen Childs was the national runner-up in the NCAA Singles Championship when da Silva was an assistant at Louisville in 2010 Rodrigues and Donnet advanced all the way to the national semifinals in the NCAA Doubles Championship under da Silva's leadership in 2024 Coaching Honors 2011 ITA Ohio Valley Region Assistant Coach of the Year Head coach Rodrigo da Silva is heading into his seventh season in 2025-26 as the head coach of the men's tennis program at the University of Louisville. In the last three seasons, da Silva has created two duos of doubles All-Americans in Natan Rodrigues with Etienne Donnet (2024) and Fabien Salle (2023). The tandem of Rodrigues an