Men's Tennis
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- egils@ia.ua.edu
- Phone:
- 205-348-3600
Ezequiel Gils is in entering his first year as the volunteer assistant coach with Alabama after spending last season in the same role with Rice University.
A former two-time NAIA All-American at Tennessee Wesleyan, Gils worked at Rice after spending four years at Cedar Bluff Racquet Club in Knoxville, Tennessee where he recruited and trained junior players. He led an 18A Junior Team Tennis team that finished seventh at nationals, as well as created and implemented an advanced junior development camp that included video analysis and fitness.
Gils began his collegiate career at Tennessee Tech where he was a member of the 2012 OVC regular season champions before transferring to Tennessee Wesleyan in 2014. He earned back-to-back All-America honors, finished his senior season with a 17-0 mark in singles and an 18-2 record in doubles, and was named the AAC Men's Tennis Player of the Year in 2015. A two-time team captain, Gils was named to the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete Team as a senior and named Tennessee Wesleyan's Most Representative Male Student.
While in college, he coached at the Hugo Armando Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida where he worked with a number of players, including 2018 Australian Open junior champion Sebastian Korda. Gils began his collegiate coaching career at Tennessee Wesleyan in 2015. There, he assisted with match coaching, led practices, and recruited players, including an NAIA All-American athlete.
Gils and his wife Hannah make their home in Tuscaloosa.
