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Entering his fifth year at the helm of the Nova Southeastern women’s tennis record in 2020-21, Doug Neagle has not only returned the program’s momentum, but has orchestrated the Sharks' rise to consistency among the nation’s top tier.

Through his first four years in Fort Lauderdale, Neagle has accumulated a 53-30 record and 21-12 mark against the most challenging league slate in the nation – the Sunshine State Conference (SSC), a conference delivering the National Champion in five of the last 10 championships.

The Sharks closed out the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020 season ranked a program-best No. 3 nationally in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) standings and hold the same ranking into the beginning of the 2021 campaign. The 2020 Sharks defeated five ranked programs en route to a 13-1 record in the shortened season, notching a 4-0 mark in SSC play. Their lone loss came in Edmond, Okla. at the ITA DII Indoor Championships on a tight setback against defending champion Barry. The Sharks earned victory in 86.1 percent of 2020 singles matches and 85 percent of doubles outings, earning nine victories via sweep.

The Sharks produced a phenomenal fall 2019 output that saw Natalie Espinal and Sarah Wardenburg earn the nation's No. 1 doubles ranking and emerge victorious as the first program DII Champions at the ITA Cup in Rome, Ga. Espinal and Wardenburg would later be named ITA Doubles All-Americans, while Espinal joined Karolina Snita with Singles All-America accolades - making Espinal the first Shark and SSC player to earn both doubles and singles honors in the same year. It was also the first time in program history that the Sharks boasted three All-American honorees. Individually, Espinal also ranked at No. 4 in the ITA singles rankings, defeating the No. 1 player in NCAA Division II, Berta Bonardi, en route to a Runner-Up finish at the ITA South Region Championships in the fall.

Neagle was named the 2019 Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year after guiding the 2018-19 Sharks program to a 22-5 record, tying the 2007 squad for the most wins in program history. In addition, the 2019 Sharks carried a 12-win turnaround to NSU’s the first-ever NCAA Regional Final and just the second-ever finish as Sunshine State Conference runner-up. Under Neagle’s leadership, the Sharks received five SSC all-conference honors and boasted four players with at least 17 singles wins – headed by first-year record-holder Chantal Nosievici at 21-3. The Sharks knocked out 14 consecutive wins to open the season and ranked as high as No. 3 nationally.

A seasoned coaching veteran with experience ranging from high school to all three divisions of the NCAA, Neagle brought the steady hand of over 20 years of experience to the NSU women's tennis program. Before his debut in the Sunshine State, Neagle spent the prior seven years as the head coach of Towson women's tennis, leading the program to 78 victories – recording the second-most career wins in the program’s history. Neagle led the Tigers to five winning seasons and six seasons with at least 10 or more wins. In 2016, Neagle pushed his team to a 13-9 overall record and the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament quarterfinals. Two of his players, Nicole Shakhnazarova and Lucy Williams, both earned All-CAA honors marking the first time since joining the CAA that two players collected all-conference honors in the same season.

Prior to Towson, Neagle spent one season (2009) with University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) as the men's and women's associate head coach, was associate head men's coach at the US Naval Academy (1998-99) - helping the Midshipmen to the Patriot League Championship and the team’s first NCAA appearance - and was the head men's coach at Pomona-Pitzer in California (1997-98) - leading the men's team to a No. 12 national ranking in Division III. He has coached at the high school level too, serving as the men's and women's head coach at Severn School in Maryland from 1999-2004. Neagle has also worked as Director of Tennis and Head Tennis Pro for various clubs for over 14 years.

An accomplished collegian, Neagle played his college tennis for Coach John Browning at Salisbury University on Maryland’s eastern shore. During his playing career as a Sea Gull, he was a three-time NCAA Division III All-American. In 1996, finished eighth in DIII singles and 12th in doubles. In 1997, he was fifth in singles and fourth in doubles. After his collegiate playing career, Neagle went on to play on the French Satellite/Money Tour during the summer of 1997. In recognition of his stellar career, Neagle was inducted into the Salisbury University Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

A USPTA Certified Tennis Teaching Professional, Neagle has represented the Mid-Atlantic section and helped win "The Talbert Cup" against the Middle States, New England, and Eastern Sections during the summers of 2012, 2014 and 2015. A 1997 graduate, Neagle received his bachelor's in physical education at Salisbury.

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