Boomer Saia | Women's Head Coach

Boomer Saia (SY-uh) was named the fifth Head Coach of the Women’s Tennis program on June 1, 2023. Saia, the 2021 and 2023 Big 12 Coach of the Year, spent the 2019-2023 seasons as the head coach at Iowa State, leading the program to three NCAA Tournaments and the No. 8 final team ranking in 2023.

Saia achieved a number of firsts at Iowa State, taking the Cyclones to its first three NCAA Tournaments in its 50-year program history, including a quarterfinal appearance and No. 8 final ranking in 2023. The team also advanced to the semifinal of the ITA National Indoor Championships and was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation this season. The ranking marked a 211-spot improvement from when Saia took over the program in 2018.

Iowa State had never been ranked among the top-75 in the nation before Saia took the helm, and he set records in Big 12 wins, overall wins, all-conference selections, NCAA appearances, and broke several winless streaks. The Cyclones were 21-6 this season, and 66-38 (.635) overall in Saia’s five seasons.

Prior to Iowa State, Saia was an assistant at Texas Tech, helping the Red Raiders to the NCAA Quarterfinal in 2018. He spent the 2016-17 season at Vanderbilt as an assistant, winning the SEC and earning a top-five ranking. He was an assistant coach at Oklahoma from 2014-16, bringing the team into the top-25, and served as a volunteer assistant at Kansas from 2010-14.

Saia and his wife Whitney have two sons, Ryder and Weston. He played tennis at Cowley College before earning a B.S. in Sport Management (2011) and an M.S. in Sports Administration (2013) from Kansas.