Men's Tennis
- Title:
- Men's Tennis Head Coach
- Email:
- bryan.adinolfi@qu.edu
Bryan Adinolfi enters his fifth season as Head Coach of Quinnipiac Men’s Tennis for the the 2026-27 season. Adinolfi holds over 20 years of coaching and teaching experience at the collegiate and high school levels. Since taking the helm of the Bobcats Adinolfi has led them to a 22-6 conference record.
Most recently, Adinolfi guided the Bobcats to an 8-12 overall record and a 5-3 record in MAAC play during the 2026 spring season. Quinnipiac closed the regular season with back-to-back conference wins to secure the No. 3 seed in the MAAC Tournament before falling to No. 2 Rider 4-2 in the semifinal round.
Junior Carlos Braun-Simo earned All-MAAC First Team singles honors after posting a 7-1 record at No. 1 singles during conference play. Braun-Simo was named MAAC Player of the Week three times and collected his third consecutive All-MAAC singles selection and second career First Team honor.
Braun-Simo also earned All-MAAC Second Team doubles recognition alongside first-year partner Alessandro Sciacca after the duo finished 5-3 at No. 1 doubles in MAAC play. Elias Hoxha garnered his second career All-MAAC singles honor with a Third Team selection after recording five MAAC singles wins. Adinolfi had seven Bobcats earn recognition on the MAAC All-Academic Team.
During the 2024-25 season, QU claimed their first regular season MAAC title in program history and back-to-back MAAC Tournament Championships after going 8-0 in the regular season and defeating fifth-seeded Rider in the MAAC finals. Four Bobcats were named to All-MAAC teams, with Daniel Velek and Elias Hoxha getting first team honors and Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo with second team selections. QU would fall in the NCAA Tournament to No. 23 Clemson 4-0.
A season ago, QU defeated regular season champions Fairfield in the MAAC title match to go to their first NCAA tournament since joining the MAAC. The Bobcats would fall to No. 8 Columbia 4-0.
The 2024 spring season for Adinolfi and the Bobcats was a historic one. They finished with their best record since 2016 at 14-10 and won the first MAAC Tournament title in program history. Adinolfi recruited transfer Daniel Velek to the team this season and he won MAAC Player of the Year and was named First Team All-MAAC along with two other Bobcats. In total, seven Bobcats were named to All-MAAC Teams in spring 2024.
In his first season at the helm, he led the Bobcats to a 10-11 record, finishing second in the MAAC conference gaining a berth into the MAAC Tennis Tournament semifinals with a 4-2 conference record. QU had two players, Shaurya Sood and Kemal Karagozoglu, named to the All-MAAC First Team at No. 1 doubles.
Prior to Quinnipiac, Adinolfi has served as the Director of Tennis at the Madison Beach Club located in Madison, Conn. There he held oversight over all operations of the club, including coordinating events, court maintenance, organizing and running clinics, etc.
Adinolfi also served as the head boys varsity tennis coach at Hopkins School, a prestigious prep school in the New England region, from 2014 to 2020. There he directed all practices and fitness routines for the team, as well as individual on-court coaching. Adinolfi also coordinated social media and media recognition for team stats and matches, as well as marketing for the program.
Before his time at Hopkins, Adinolfi spent three seasons as the Quinnipiac men’s tennis assistant coach from 2007 to 2010. At Quinnipiac he organized and designed practices and assisted in the organization of the travel schedule and recruiting.
Adinolfi graduated from UConn in 2002 with a degree in geology and geography. He holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture that he obtained from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2006. While at UConn, Adinolfi was a four-year member of the men’s tennis program and served as captain in 2001.
Adinolfi also serves as an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute for MSCI 271 - Ecology for Architects. He is also an adjunct professor at Southern Connecticut State, where he teaches ESC 103 - general Geology.
