Coach Profile
Adam Albertsen
Southern Illinois University-edwardsville
Team:women
Adam Albertsen begins his seventh season as the head coach for SIUE women’s tennis after being named the program's 10th coach in June 2018.
Albertsen and the Cougars are coming off a highly-successful season in which the team won the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament against nationally-ranked Pepperdine.
The 2023 OVC Coach of the Year, Albertsen led a program that has increased its win total in each of his first six seasons. The Cougars finished 18-4 in 2024 and advanced to the OVC Championship match for the second straight season.
In 2024, SIUE set a program best for the number of student-athletes earning All-OVC honors. SIUE captured five spots on the All-OVC team with Margaux Guibal Britt, Jill Lambrechts and Jordan Schifano being named first team. Amelia Gorman and Fabiola Perez earned second team honors. All-Conference honors also extended to the doubles teams of Guibal Britt and Gorman as well as Lambrechts and Schifano.
Once again, SIUE student-athletes have demonstrated classroom success with Albertsen as the head coach. The women's tennis Cougars posted a cumulative 3.78 grade point average in the classroom with Lambrechts earning College Sports Communicators Academic All-American status for the second time in her career.
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, founded in 1957, is a public, comprehensive university. Its art therapy program is the only one of its kind in St. Louis. The School of Nursing and the music and psychology departments are very competitive and have excellent reputations. The music department has recently expanded and offers a state-of-the-art recording studio and acoustically sound rehearsal rooms. The School of Nursing recently approved a degree program offering a master's for nurse practitioners. SIUE is the only St. Louis-area university to offer a textbook rental program for undergraduate students. A third residence hall is scheduled to open fall 2001, increasing on-campus living space for 500 additional students. The new engineering building opened in fall 2000. SIUE's 2,660-acre campus is located in Edwardsville, 18 miles southwest of St. Louis.
8883285168
618-650-3369
Ohio Valley
NCAA 1
May 1
37635
$9404
$14506
Characteristics
Suburb: Large
10,000 - 19,999
15/1
Doctor's degree
Yes
71%
-2.0
Charge for room and board:
$11210
Admission
0.98%
Required
Required
SAT Read Write: Min: 470 Max: 590 Avg: 530
SAT Math: Min: 460 Max: 570 Avg: 515
