BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Director of Athletics and Recreation Jennifer S. Baker announced the hiring of Michael Herman as the University’s head women’s tennis coach today. Herman becomes the 11th coach in program history and joins the Blue Jays from Samford University, where he spent the 2024 season as an assistant coach.
Herman helped Samford to a 15-8 record and a berth in the Southern Conference title match last season. The Bulldogs’ 15 wins in 2024 are the most for the program in more than a decade. Two Bulldogs earned First Team All-SoCon honors in singles and teamed up for first team all-conference honors in doubles. Samford also produced a SoCon All-Freshman Team selection.
Herman went to Samford after a three-year stint as an assistant for the Washington College men’s and women’s tennis teams. In the Spring of 2022, he served as interim head coach for both programs. Herman helped the WC tennis programs to a combined 47 wins, including the COVID-shortened 2021 season, along with four berths in the Centennial Conference Tournament. Eight singles players and four doubles teams garnered All-Centennial Conference honors during his three years on the Eastern Shore.
Herman was a four-year letterwinner at Goucher College, where he graduated in May 2020 with degrees in business management and Spanish. He is currently pursuing an MBA from Samford. Herman helped the Gophers to three straight Landmark Conference Championships and ranked seventh in program history in doubles wins (44) when he graduated. He was named the Landmark Co-Rookie of the Year in 2017 and went on to earn all-conference honors in both singles and doubles. Herman was the recipient of the Goucher Athletic Department’s Neumann Award as a senior.
Herman Named Johns Hopkins Women’s Tennis Coach
