Ryan Ruzziconi was elevated to Head Women’s Tennis Coach & Athletic Development Coordinator in September of 2020. Previously, Coach Ruzziconi served as Interim Head Women’s Tennis Coach for SVSU, coming onboard in early February of 2020. Coach Ruzziconi led the SVSU Women’s Tennis Team through its 2020 spring schedule, including the team’s match swing through the state of Florida. Coach Ruzziconi has also navigated the team through the Covid-19 pandemic and recruiting for 2020. Under his guidance the SVSU Women’s Tennis Team was named a 2020 ITA All-Academic Team and four members of the team were named 2020 ITA Scholar-Athletes. Ruzziconi concluded his second full season in 2021-22.

SVSU finished the 2021-22 year at 5-12 overall and 0-8 in GLIAC play. The Cardinals went 3-0 during their spring break trip to Florida, and Sara Neves was named Honorable Mention All-GLIAC following the season.  

In his first full season leading the Cardinals, Ruzziconi led SVSU to a 5-12 overall record and a 2-7 mark in conference play. The season ended on a high note as the Cardinals defeated Ashland 4-1 in the GLIAC seventh place match. Ruzziconi also coached Nicole Johnson to an Honorable Mention All-GLIAC award. 

Coach Ruzziconi brings a wealth of experience to SVSU having been either a player or coach at various levels, including USTA juniors, high school, USTA, NCAA/ITA. For the past several years, Coach Ruzziconi has worked with collegiate level players and some of the top junior players in the Midwest as a teaching professional. In addition, Coach Ruzziconi has spent several years in Michigan as a high school coach. In leading Oxford High School (MI) Boys Varsity Tennis Team, Coach Ruzziconi built the program into conference champions, MHSAA Regional qualifiers, and set records in school wins, with multiple players moving on to the collegiate level to continue their tennis playing careers. His teams were also consistently named MHSAA & MHSTeCA All-State All-Academic Teams. In 2019, Coach Ruzziconi was selected as a USPTA Midwest High School Coach of the Year Nominee. 

Coach Ruzziconi also has experience learning from and working with some of the best international coaches and junior players at Sanchez-Casal Academia in Florida, including earning a Professional Coach Certification from the International Coaches Institute while in the Academia. In addition, Coach Ruzziconi is a graduate of the Van Der Meer Tennis Coaching Academy in South Carolina. Coach Ruzziconi holds multiple teaching and coaching certifications, including from the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), Professional Tennis Registry (PTR), and the United States Tennis Association (USTA – youth tennis instructor). He is also a member of the Wilson Tennis USPTA Advisory Staff. 

Coach Ruzziconi serves on the USTA Midwest executive committee as a Delegate and previously served on the USTA Midwest Nominating Committee. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the USTA Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation. As a tennis player, Coach Ruzziconi was a state champion in high school and collegiately competed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is a 1999 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and a 2003 graduate of Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Coach Ruzziconi also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Foundation. Coach Ruzziconi and his wife Dawn and their three kids, Alexis (17), Isabelle (18), and Rhys (9) reside in Oxford, MI