Emily Dush

Emily Dush is the assistant women’s tennis coach at Montana State University and serves as a lead coach for Next Athletes and Nike Tennis Camps.

Previously, Dush served as lead recruiter for Cal Poly Women’s Tennis. During the 2023-24 campaign, she helped the program to its first Big West Conference title and NCAA tournament appearance since 2003. Cal Poly finished the season ranked #68 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll. Last season, she contributed to the Cal Poly program that climbed to a ranking as high as #38 in the ITA rankings. In all, the Mustangs maintained an ITA ranking for 11 consecutive weeks. Dush has also served as a tennis professional and coach at the San Luis Obispo Country Club, as well as the Rise Athletic Club in Salt Lake City. As a student-athlete, she played four seasons at Utah where she attained an ITA doubles ranking of #54, while leading the Utes to a #27 team ranking. Dush was part of Utah’s first doubles team since 2018 to compete in the ITA All-American Main Draw. Dush played her final collegiate season at Colorado State, where she earned All-Mountain West Conference honors in doubles and helped the Rams to a #42 ranking. An ITA Scholar Athlete, Dush earned her undergraduate degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism from Utah. Her Master of Science degree in tourism management is from Colorado State.