Olivia Leavitt

Olivia Leavitt was named Lehigh’s head women’s tennis coach in July 2022. Leavitt comes to Lehigh after spending the last two seasons in the Patriot League as the assistant men’s and women’s tennis coach at Colgate.

Leavitt’s two seasons at Colgate were highlighted by an 11-win season for the women in 2021-22 and a Patriot League semifinal appearance for the men in 2021.

Prior to her arrival at Colgate, Leavitt spent one season as an assistant coach at Babson, which followed a standout playing career at Brandeis.

In her time at Babson, Leavitt helped lead the Beavers’ men’s team to its first national ranking in program history and helped bring in nationally-ranked recruiting classes for the Babson men and women’s programs.

Leavitt entered the coaching ranks following a successful career as a student-athlete at Brandeis, where she won 44 singles matches and 52 doubles matches. She helped the Judges rise as high as No. 8 in the national rankings, and the program made a regional final in its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2018. Leavitt was a three-time All-University Athletics Association doubles selection and three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete award recipient.

The Falmouth, Maine native captained the Judges in her senior season and was a three-year member of the Brandeis Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, serving as President during the 2018-19 school year.

In addition to her college playing and coaching experience, Leavitt served as an assistant tennis professional at Portland Country Club in 2016 and also worked camps at Bowdoin College and North Yarmouth Academy.

Leavitt is a 2019 graduate of Brandeis with a bachelor’s degree in business. She is currently pursuing an online Master of Science degree in sport management from the University of Florida.