Jon Choboy
| Position: | Head Coach |
Since 1998, Brown's regional ranking has jumped from 18th in 1998-1999, to 1st in 2001-2002. His team won the ECAC Championship for the first time ever in the Fall of 2001, winning 30 of 33 matches throughout the tournament, going 11 of 12 in doubles and 19 of 21 in singles.
Choboy's team qualified for 2002 National Team Indoors Championship as one of the top 16 teams in the country. This is the first time the Brown Bears have been ranked number one in the region and the first time the Bears have ever qualified for a national team tournament.
Choboy has had four freshmen qualify for National tournaments in the last two years. He has recruited the Ivy League and Region I Rookie of the Year in Jamie Cerretani, while freshmen Nick Goldberg and Adil Shamasdin have achieved a national ranking of 25 so far this year.
Several individuals have gained recognition under Choboy's tutelage. Justin Natale, as a freshman, reached the finals of the Regional Championships and was the only freshman in the country to the national tournament in singles. Justin finished the season at 72 nationally. Nick Malone and Jamie Cerretani competed in the 2001 NCAA Doubles Championships. Freshmen Nick Goldberg and Adil Shamasdin captured the Omni Hotel Regional Championships and qualified for the National Championships.
Choboy was the head coach at Charleston Southern University from 1993 to 1996 and was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996, winning the Big South Conference Championship in 1996 after finishing second in 1995. The Big South Title in 1996 was the first ever title for the tennis team at Charleston Southern University.
Prior to Choboy's arrival at Charleston Southern, he team had never won more than five matches in a single season in school history. The team that was left behind in 1996, all his recruits, competed for two more consecutive Big South Titles.
At the University of Florida, the Gators were ranked 9th and 15th in the nation respectively during his two-year tenure, earning an NCAA Tournament berth in both of those years. His first recruiting class in 1997 was the second ranked recruiting class in the nation.
He was the head coach at Springfield College for two seasons (1991 to 1993), guiding Springfield to the Northeast Conference Championship in 1992, while earning conference Coach of the Year honors. His Springfield team was Northeast Conference Runner-up in 1993. Choboy earned a Master of Science degree from Springfield in 1992. His Master's Thesis "The Influence of Mental Imagery on the Tennis Service Accuracy of Intermediate Level Tennis Players" was published in 1992.
The Youngstown, New York native is a 1989 graduate of Canisius College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. At Canisius he was a three-year All-Conference selection. He competed on the Canadian Satellite Circuit from 1987-1988 and in USPTA sanction tennis tournaments from 1989-1992. Choboy has been a Professional 1 member of the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1989.
Choboy worked as an assistant coach at Canisius College and Springfield College, and has served as the head tennis coach at Niagara Catholic High School and St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute.
Jon Choboy's Career Record: 1992Springfield College**13-21st (Northeast-10) 1993Springfield College12-32nd (Northeast-10) 1994Charleston Southern*14-74th (Big South) 1995Charleston Southern*19-52nd (Big South) 1996Charleston Southern19-61st (Big South) 1999Brown15-55th (Ivy League) 2000Brown 14-11 2001Brown 11-10Career Record:92-28
**Northeast 10 Coach of the Year *Big South Coach of the Year
Choboy's Significant wins..... 1998 #33 University of California at Santa Barbara4-3 1998#69 Dartmouth4-3 1999#63 North Carolina State6-1 1999#44 Middle Tennessee State4-3 1999#25 Harvard4-3 2000#59 Furman4-3 2001#73 Cornell6-1 2001#66 Princeton6-1 2001#56 Yale4-0
