The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's tennis team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska has played its home matches at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center since 2015.

The program was established in 1928 and has made the NCAA Division I championships three times. Five Cornhuskers have won conference championships and seventeen have been named all-conference selections. In 1989, Steven Jung was the NCAA Singles runner-up and was named NU's first All-American.

The team has been coached by Peter Kobelt since 2023.

Conference affiliations Independent (1928) MVIAA / Big Eight Conference (1929–1996) Big 12 Conference (1997–2011) Big Ten Conference (2012–present)

Coaches Coaching history 1 Gregg McBride 1926–1942 2 Adolph J. Lewandowski 1946 1–6–1 1–6 3 Harold Rundle 1947 3–6 0–6 4 Francis Leighton 1948–1949 5–13 2–10 5 Robert Slezak 1950 2–5 0–4 6 Ed Higginbotham 1951–1972 119–155 15–93 7 Jim Porter 1973–1981 113–113 18–49 8 Kerry McDermott 1982–2018 405–448 79–183 9 Sean Maymi 2018–2022 23–58 8–28 10 Peter Kobelt 2023–present 57–44 21–23

Coaching staff Peter Kobelt Head coach 2023 Ohio State Brett Forman Assistant coach 2024 Michigan State

Venues For most of its history, Nebraska's tennis facilities and offices were spread across the city of Lincoln and lacked the amenities of most of NU's conference peers. Playing at indoor and outdoor courts miles apart was challenging when weather forced last-minute venue changes. At the time it joined the Big Ten in 2011, Nebraska was the only school in the conference without an indoor on-campus tennis facility.

Nebraska constructed the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center, its first standalone tennis complex, in 2015. It was built north of Nebraska Innovation Campus as part of a larger $20.4-million project which also included Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium. The Dillon Tennis Center has 1,400 permanent seats across six indoor and twelve outdoor courts, each with a DecoTurf hardcourt surface.

Championships and awards NCAA Championship qualifiers Singles Steven Jung – 1987, 1988, 1989 Matthias Mueller – 1990, 1991, 1992 Karl Falkland – 1993 Lance Mills – 2002

Doubles Jim Carson / Craig Johnson – 1984 Steven Jung / Stuart Jung – 1989 Ken Feuer / Matthias Mueller – 1990 Anthony Kotarac / Matthias Mueller – 1993 Christopher Aumueller / Benedikt Lindheim – 2012

Conference champions Singles Matthias Mueller – 1993 Calvin Mueller – 2023

Doubles Ken Feuer / Matthias Mueller – 1990 Anthony Kotarac / Matthias Mueller – 1993 Adrian Maizey / Dinko Verzi – 1996 Dusty Boyer / Toby Boyer – 2015

First-team All-Americans Steven Jung – 1989

NCAA Division I tournament results Nebraska has appeared in three NCAA Division I tournaments with a record of 0–3.

2010 First round North Carolina L 4–1 2011 First round Miami (FL) L 4–3 2025 First round Baylor L 4–1

Seasons 1928 Gregg McBride 3–1 1929 Gregg McBride 1–3–1 5th 1930 1–6–2 1–3 4th 1931 1–3–2 1–3–1 4th 1932 1–5 1–4 6th 1933 3–1 4th 1934 4–1 Not held 1935 5–0–1 1936 1–4–1 4th 1937 3–2–1 5th 1938 3–1–1 2nd 1939 0–2–4 T–2nd 1940 7–0 6–0 2nd 1941 2–3–1 2–2–1 3rd 1942 3–1 2–1 Not held 1943 Did not compete (World War II) 1944 1945 1946 Adolph J. Lewandowski 1–6–1 1–6 4th 1947 Harold Rundle 3–6 0–6 Not held 1948 Francis Leighton 2–7 0–5 1949 3–6 2–5 4th 1950 Robert Slezak 2–5 0–4 6th 1951 Ed Higginbotham 0–6 0–4 7th 1952 2–7 2–4 5th 1953 2–10 0–6 6th 1954 2–13 0–5 7th 1955 4–8 0–3 7th 1956 4–9 0–4 7th 1957 6–4 0–4 7th 1958 7–5 2–3 6th 1959 8–6 2–4 4th 1960 6–10 0–5 8th 1961 1–10 0–4 8th 1962 7–3 1–2 5th 1963 11–5 0–4 T–5th 1964 11–5 3–3 T–5th 1965 11–5 1–4 T–5th 1966 5–9 1–6 7th 1967 3–7 0–6 8th 1968 5–9 0–7 8th 1969 9–8 1–6 5th 1970 Results not available 1971 7–7 1–5 7th 1972 8–10 1–4 8th 1973 Jim Porter 6–10 0–7 8th 1974 0–18 0–7 8th 1975 9–10 1–6 7th 1976 16–15 2–2 6th 1977 20–12 2–6 6th 1978 16–14 3–6 T–8th 1979 15–10 3–5 5th 1980 19–11 2–5 6th 1981 12–13 5–5 6th 1982 Kerry McDermott 9–11 3–4 5th 1983 14–6 4–2 3rd 1984 11–12 2–4 4th 1985 10–13 4–2 3rd 1986 14–7 4–2 4th 1987 15–8 3–3 4th 1988 14–6 5–1 2nd 1989 17–7 5–1 2nd 1990 17–9 4–2 3rd 1991 10–6 3–3 4th 1992 9–11 2–4 4th 1993 14–6 4–2 2nd 1994 8–16 1–5 5th 1995 6–15 1–5 Semifinal 1996 4–16 1–8 Quarterfinal 1997 Kerry McDermott 9–15 1–8 First round 1998 13–12 1–8 First round 1999 10–11 3–4 Semifinal 58 2000 7–13 0–8 First round 2001 9–14 3–5 Quarterfinal 2002 10–12 2–5 Quarterfinal 72 2003 10–11 1–6 Quarterfinal 2004 9–13 0–7 Quarterfinal 2005 9–15 0–7 Quarterfinal 75 2006 10–13 0–7 Quarterfinal 62 2007 9–11 2–4 Quarterfinal 56 2008 10–16 0–6 First round 2009 16–10 0–6 Quarterfinal 2010 13–13 1–5 Quarterfinal NCAA Division I first round 41 2011 15–13 1–5 Quarterfinal NCAA Division I first round 44 2012 Kerry McDermott 11–15 3–7 Quarterfinal 73 2013 10–15 3–8 First round 62 2014 12–15 3–8 First round 2015 11–14 3–8 Quarterfinal 2016 14–13 4–7 Quarterfinal 2017 5–19 1–10 First round 2018 11–15 1–10 First round 2019 Sean Maymi 10–17 2–9 First round 2020 2–10 0–1 Canceled (COVID-19) 2021 2–16 1–15 Quarterfinal 2022 9–15 5–3 Quarterfinal 2023 Peter Kobelt 13–10 5–4 Quarterfinal 52 2024 17–10 5–4 Semifinal 49 2025 15–10 8–5 Quarterfinal NCAA Division I first round 41 2026 12–14 3–10 Quarterfinal

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