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Tripp Tuff
Tripp Tuff
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    Assistant Coach
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Tripp Tuff joined Northwestern women's tennis as an assistant coach ahead of the 2025-26 season. A former Big East Champion at DePaul, Tuff came to Evanston after two seasons as the head coach at Hofstra.

Tuff took over head coaching duties at Hofstra after a year assisting both the men's and women's programs. In three seasons with the Pride, he helped multiple players to All-CAA honors. Additionally, he guided the women's team to a program-best nine-seed at the CAA Conference Tournament in his first year at the helm.

During his own playing career, Tuff captained the DePaul men's team during their back-to-back Big East Championship years in 2021 and 2022. He also excelled in the classroom, earning a spot on both the Big East All-Academic Team and the ITA All-Academic Team each year of his collegiate career.

A native of Watermill, N.Y., Tuff graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's of Science in neuroscience and a minor in peace, justice, and conflict studies in 2020 before obtaining his Master's in public health in 2022.
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