Men's Tennis
Diego Nava
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- diegon@gocards.com
Men's tennis assistant coach Diego Nava enters his third season with the Louisville Cardinals in 2025-26 after being hired in December 2023.Â
In 2024-25, the Cardinals finished 13-18 overall, advancing to the second round of the ACC Tournament Championship before coming up short in a comeback against Florida State, falling 4-3. UofL faced 14 ranked teams throughout the season; all but one ACC opponent the Cardinals played in the regular season was ranked. During the spring, Louisville was ranked as high as No. 59 in the ITA rankings. Junior Will Mayew was ranked as high as No. 80, Natan Rodrigues was No. 88 and Rodrigues and doubles partner Hamza El Amine were as high as No. 77.Â
In Nava's first spring with the Cardinals, he assisted in the development of two doubles All-Americans in Natan Rodrigues and Etienne Donnet on their way to the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Doubles Championships semifinals. The pair were the first ever from Louisville to advance that far, and finished the season with the highest ranking ever for a pair of Cardinals at #4 on the ITA Doubles Rankings. The squad finished 14-14 with a 3-9 record in the highly competitive ACC.Â
Prior to coming to Louisville, Nava most recently spent 18 months as an independent contractor at the United States Tennis Association, traveling and working with the top junior and professional American players. He's worked alongside Troy Hahn, Sylvain Guichard and Dean Goldfine during his time at the USTA Player Development campus in Orlando.
Nava also helped his brother Emilio Nava advance to a semifinal at the Knoxville Challenger, a final at the Stanford Challenger and past qualifying at the US Open before ultimately falling to Casper Ruud in four sets. Nava's brother is now ranked in the top 150 in singles.
Nava played collegiate tennis for five seasons (2017-22), four at Loyola Marymount and one at Xavier, spending his final three seasons as a captain for those programs. He ranked as high as 32nd nationally in doubles as a sophomore at LMU and 51st nationally in singles as a grad student at Xavier. He also brings NCAA playing experience to the program has he participated in the 2022 NCAA DI individual's tournament.
Nava hails from Woodland Hills, California.
In 2024-25, the Cardinals finished 13-18 overall, advancing to the second round of the ACC Tournament Championship before coming up short in a comeback against Florida State, falling 4-3. UofL faced 14 ranked teams throughout the season; all but one ACC opponent the Cardinals played in the regular season was ranked. During the spring, Louisville was ranked as high as No. 59 in the ITA rankings. Junior Will Mayew was ranked as high as No. 80, Natan Rodrigues was No. 88 and Rodrigues and doubles partner Hamza El Amine were as high as No. 77.Â
In Nava's first spring with the Cardinals, he assisted in the development of two doubles All-Americans in Natan Rodrigues and Etienne Donnet on their way to the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Doubles Championships semifinals. The pair were the first ever from Louisville to advance that far, and finished the season with the highest ranking ever for a pair of Cardinals at #4 on the ITA Doubles Rankings. The squad finished 14-14 with a 3-9 record in the highly competitive ACC.Â
Prior to coming to Louisville, Nava most recently spent 18 months as an independent contractor at the United States Tennis Association, traveling and working with the top junior and professional American players. He's worked alongside Troy Hahn, Sylvain Guichard and Dean Goldfine during his time at the USTA Player Development campus in Orlando.
Nava also helped his brother Emilio Nava advance to a semifinal at the Knoxville Challenger, a final at the Stanford Challenger and past qualifying at the US Open before ultimately falling to Casper Ruud in four sets. Nava's brother is now ranked in the top 150 in singles.
Nava played collegiate tennis for five seasons (2017-22), four at Loyola Marymount and one at Xavier, spending his final three seasons as a captain for those programs. He ranked as high as 32nd nationally in doubles as a sophomore at LMU and 51st nationally in singles as a grad student at Xavier. He also brings NCAA playing experience to the program has he participated in the 2022 NCAA DI individual's tournament.
Nava hails from Woodland Hills, California.
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