Joshua Graetz

Graetz arrives in Pullman having spent the past five seasons as the men’s and women’s head coach at Metropolitan State University of Denver. During his time at MSU Denver, Graetz guided the women’s program to an overall 58-44 record, while the men went 49-32. The women’s program posted winning seasons all five years, including a 14-10 record during the 2022-23 campaign, while the men’s team ended last season at 15-5 with a No. 40 national ranking.
A native of Albury, Australia, Graetz enjoyed a decorated career with the Metropolitan State University of Denver tennis program from 2013 through 2018. Over the course of his playing career at MSU Denver, Graetz became the program's all-time leader in singles wins (89), No. 1 singles wins (68), doubles wins (82) and No. 1 doubles wins (70). Additionally, he was a two-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the RMAC Freshman of the Year in 2014 and three-time All-RMAC First -Team selection.

While at MSU Denver, Graetz’s finished with national rankings three times, 2022 (#64) and 2023 (#40) on the men’s side and in 2021, the women finished with a program-best ranking of No. 28. He mentored 21 total individuals to all-conference honors, including Tabitha Porter, who earned 2019 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors, while Helen Steenberg (2019) and Brooklyn Ross (2021) were Freshmen of the Year recipients. He also received the prestigious RMAC Man of the Year award from the league office, an award that honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their college career in areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, community service and leadership. MSU Denver also honored Graetz as the Male Senior Athlete of the Year for 2017-18. Graetz graduated from MSU Denver in the spring of 2018 with bachelor’s degrees in psychology and sport management as well as a minor in international business. Graduating with a 3.8 cumulative grade point average, Graetz was named to the Academic All-RMAC first team three times.