Matt Swigart

Matt Swigart is a USPTA certified teaching pro, and has been coaching and teaching tennis since 2013 as the Head Men's and Women's Tennis Coach at the University of Northwestern - St. Paul where he has become UNW's all time winningest tennis coach and as the founder of the Soar Tennis Academy in the Twin Cities, MN. Along with leading the teams Matt also has run summer tennis camps on campus for students of all ages.

Other coaching accomplishments include winning 5 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Championships, earning 4 NCAA National Tournament berths and 3 NCCAA National Tournaments. His teams have won 5 UMAC Sportsmanship Awards. In that time 64 UNW players have been named UMAC All-Conference, 7 have been named UMAC Player of the Year and 16 have earned NCCAA All-American honors. Finally, he has been named UMAC Coach of the Year 5 times.  

Matt is married to Christina for almost 21 years and has three kids, Caitlyn (18), Caleb (15) and Lucy (11)