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During the summer of 2018, Andrew Carlson was hired as Kenyon's senior assistant tennis coach. In 2020-21, he took on duties as acting men's tennis coach and, one year later, was hired as the head coach of both Kenyon's men's and women's programs.

In the 2021-22 season, Carlson's first full season as head coach, the men's team posted a 13-8 overall record, was runner-up at the NCAC Tournament and finished the season with a No. 20 national rank and a No. 5 regional rank. On the women's side, the team was 13-10, also a runner-up at the NCAC Tournament, and gained a national rank of No. 27 and a regional rank of No. 5. Senior Daria Beshentseva was one of just 32 invited to play in the 2022 NCAA Division III Singles Championship and, alongside sophomore teammate Eleni Dakos, was part of just 16 duos that earned the right to play in the NCAA Division III Doubles Championship.

Before the pandemic limited action in the 2021 season, Carlson helped assist both teams to national rankings during the spring 2020 campaign, which was also affected by the pandemic. The men got off to a 7-3 start with wins over three ranked teams, while the women were 6-1.

Four seasons ago, Carlson's first as an assistant at Kenyon, the men won the NCAC Championship for the 13th straight year and finished the season ranked No. 11 in the country. As for the women, they won their third-straight NCAC Championship, advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament and ended the year ranked No. 14.

Carlson played on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour for four years (2001-2004) and earned world rankings as high as No. 825 in singles and No. 350 in doubles. Prior to his time as a pro, Carlson played at The Ohio State University, where he manned the No. 1 spot in both the Buckeyes' singles and doubles lineups. He was named Academic All-Big Ten for two seasons and during his junior campaign earned a No. 2 national rank in doubles play.

After his professional playing career, Carlson worked as a head tennis professional at clubs in North Carolina and Maryland. In 2008, he was hired as the director of tennis at the United States Naval Academy's Brigade Sports Complex. After five years there, he moved on to work as director of junior tennis at Athletic Performance Inc. in Gambrills, Maryland and then as assistant tennis director at Chartwell Country Club in Severna Park, Maryland.

He graduated from Ohio State in 2001 with a degree in business administration.

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