FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Lisa Campos has announced the hiring of Maciej Bogusz as the new head coach of the Northern Arizona women's tennis program. Bogusz, most recently the Associate Head Women's Tennis Coach at Wyoming, takes over the helm of the two-time defending Big Sky regular season champion Lumberjacks.
 
"I am honored to have Maciej as our new head coach for women's tennis," said Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Lisa Campos. "Maciej has experience recruiting and coaching top talent, as his players have ranked amongst some of the best in the mountain region. He understands that it's important to win in the classroom and on the court and we are happy to have him in Flagstaff."
 
Bogusz spent the past five years with Wyoming's women's tennis program, initially starting out as a volunteer assistant coach before being elevated to full-time assistant in 2014. In 2015, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach after being named the ITA Mountain Region's Assistant Women's Tennis Coach of the Year. Bogusz also has served on the Wyoming USTA Board of Directors since 2015.
 
"I would like to thank Vice President Dr. Lisa Campos, and the entire search committee for this great opportunity to join the NAU family," said Bogusz. "NAU has exceptional athletic programs, and together with my wife Ewa I cannot be more excited to be a part of it. I look forward to getting to know my new players and start working with this amazing group of student-athletes. I also want to thank Coach Clower, my former players, and the great tennis community for five wonderful years at University of Wyoming."
 
This past season, Bogusz helped coach Wyoming to an 18-4 record – the 18 wins marked a program best – and a perfect 5-0 record in the Mountain West. Wyoming's only two undefeated Mountain West records have come in the past three years. The team finished the 2017 season ranked fourth in the ITA Mountain Region rankings while the doubles pair of Elisa Koonik and Tessa Van Der Ploeg ranked fifth in the regional doubles rankings. Bogusz also helped guide Magdalena Stencel to her third straight All-Mountain West Conference honor. Stencel wound up No. 14 in the Mountain Region singles rankings, up from No. 19 the year prior.
 
He coached nine different student-athletes to all-conference honors during his time at Wyoming in addition to helping the Cowgirls attain a national top 75 ranking. Meanwhile, Bogusz was part of a program that achieved a perfect mark of 1,000 Academic Progress Rate score three years running, placing them in the top 10 nationally within their respective sport.
 
A native of Wroclaw, Poland, Bogusz arrived at Wyoming following a three and a half year stint as an Assistant Tennis Pro at the Indian Springs Country Club in Broken Arrow, Okla. There, he coached and trained several state and nationally ranked players including the Oklahoma state champion in 2011 and six Oklahoma high school regional champions.
 
Bogusz played collegiately at Lamar where he was ranked in the top 25 nationally in doubles, recording the highest ranking in school history. He was ranked in the ITA South Central Region singles rankings, and was named to the All-Southland Conference First Team at No. 1 doubles in 2008.
 
He was a top juniors player in his native country of Poland and represented Poland in several international tournaments prior to coming to the states. Bogusz achieved an ATP ranking as high as 1,549 in 2003.
 
Bogusz, a 2009 graduate from Lamar with a degree in a management, inherits a Lumberjack program that returns four players, including All-Big Sky honorees Hanneke Lodewijks, Chiara Tomasetti and Brandy Walker. Tomasetti, the reigning Big Sky Co-Freshman of the Year and ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year, was one-half of NAU's No. 84 nationally ranked doubles pair with graduated senior Blanka Szavay. The 'Jacks concluded the season ranked ninth as a team in the Mountain Region.