Head Coach

Mark Hathorn

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Mark Hathorn joined the HPU coaching staff in the summer of 2024 after 17 years of successful head coaching experience at the collegiate level and five as a head coach at the high school level in Texas.

Before HPU, Coach Hathorn spent five years coaching at Abilene Wylie High School where he posted 137-7 record and was named the 2021 5A Texas Coach of the Year.

While at Wylie, he led two teams to the State Finals and had eight individual state qualifiers from 2018 to 2023.

Coach Hathorn spent most of his coaching career as the head coach at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas where he accumulated over 400 career coaching wins over 17 seasons.

He was named the American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year four times and All-Century Coach at McMurry.

Hathorm also has experience as an assistant director of athletics at McMurry serving as a game day administrator and other capacities.

He has been a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Pro since 1984, a United States Tennis Association (USTA) lifetime member, a Texas Tennis Coaches Association (TTCA) member, and a Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) member.

Hathorn is a 1984 graduate of Abilene Christian University where he was an All-Lone Star Conference level player in singles and doubles.