Howard Joffe
{{Short description|South African tennis player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|10|24}}
| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
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| singlesrecord = 1–1
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 428 (21 Dec 1992)
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 345 (30 Aug 1993)
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{{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}}
{{MedalGold|1989 Israel|Men's singles}}
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Howard Joffe (born October 24, 1971) is a South African tennis coach and former professional player.
Playing career
Born and raised in Johannesburg, Joffe ranked as high as second nationally as a junior.
He was a singles gold medalist at the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, defeating Israel's Shahar Perkiss, 6-4, 6-4, and a silver medalist in men's doubles.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19890809-01.1.20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Jewish Post 9 August 1989|website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}
From 1990 to 1992 he played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University, earning All-American honors his final year after making the NCAA semi-finals. In 1995 he qualified for his only ATP Tour career main draw at the South African Open and won his first round match over David Nainkin, before losing in the next round to Jörn Renzenbrink.{{cite news |title=Scoreboard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/464817752/ |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=4 April 1995}} He had a best singles ranking of 428 in the world.{{cite web |title=Tennis Abstract: Howard Joffe Match Results, Splits, and Analysis |url=http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/player.cgi?p=HowardJoffe |website=www.tennisabstract.com}}
Tennis coach
Joffe has been a collegiate women's head coach since 2008, starting with two seasons at Miami University. He next coached the University of Maryland (2010-11) and Texas A&M (2012-15). His time with Texas A&M included a runner-up finish in the 2013 NCAA championships. In 2016 he became head coach of the University of Texas and he was named Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year in 2018.{{cite web |title=Howard Joffe - Head Coach - Staff Directory |url=https://texassports.com/staff-directory/howard-joffe/256 |website=University of Texas Athletics |language=en}} He coached Texas to back to back Big 12 regular-season championships in 2018 and 2019, then in 2021 guided the Longhorns to the NCAA championship title.{{cite news |title=Newport Beach's Joseph Di Giulio now serves up financial advice |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2021-06-25/newport-beachs-joseph-di-giulio-now-serves-up-financial-advice |work=Daily Pilot |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=26 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{ATP|j093}}
- {{ITF profile|howard-joffe/800180371/rsa}}
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Category:South African male tennis players
Category:South African tennis coaches
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for South Africa
Category:Maccabiah Games silver medalists for South Africa
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
Category:Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games
Category:Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players
Category:South African expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:Texas Longhorns women's tennis coaches
Category:Texas A&M Aggies coaches
Category:Maryland Terrapins coaches