Bode Named New Men's Tennis Head Coach - University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Bode Named New Men’s Tennis Head Coach – University of Hawai’i at Manoa Athletics

Posted by Admin July 10, 2024 Tennis

HONOLULU – Hendrik Bode was named as the University of Hawai’i’s new men’s tennis head coach, Athletics Director Craig Angelos announced. Bode becomes the program’s fourth head coach in the modern era.

Originally from Lehrte, Germany, Bode spent the past 13 seasons as head men’s tennis coach at his alma mater, Division II Hawai’i Pacific University. He also served as HPU’s interim women’s coach during the 2023-24 campaign.

The highlight of Bode’s career was leading the Sharks to HPU’s first-ever men’s tennis national championship in 2016. His teams also finished as national runner-up twice (2014 & ’15); made three Final Four appearances; and nine trips to the Elite Eight.

Bode compiled a 200-64 overall record in 13 seasons with six PacWest Conference titles. He was 2015 ITA National Coach of the Year, a five-time recipient of the PacWest Conference Coach of the Year (2013-17), and a four-time ITA Division II West Regional Coach of the Year (2012, ’13, ’15, ’16).

In 2016, Bode led the Sharks to a historic season. HPU advanced to its third straight NCAA Championship match and defeated top-ranked Saint Leo 5-3 in the title match. HPU finished the season No. 1 in the final ITA rankings for the first time in school history.

As a player, Bode was a member of three NCAA Tournament teams including a third place national finish in 2009. In his senior year, he ranked second in the West Region and was selected as the ITA Senior Male Player of the Year. His highest national rank was No. 5.

Bode finished his three-year career at HPU with a 39-13 overall singles record, almost exclusively at the No. 1 position. He also posted a 45-15 career doubles record. A scholar as well, Bode was named to the 2009 ITA All-Academic Team.

Following his collegiate career, Bode became a graduate assistant coach at HPU in 2010 and was promoted to head coach for the 2011 season.

Bode currently serves on the NCAA Tennis Committee, the ITA Operating Council, and is the co-chair of the ITA DII Operating Committee. He served as the National Chair for the DII Ranking Committee, and was the chair of the USTA Hawai’i Pacific sectiom Coaches Commission. He has also served on the Hawai’i Pacific Section USTA Youth Tennis Committee.

Bode graduated from HPU in Management in 2008 and received his master’s in Business Administration in 2010. He currently resides in Hawai’i Kai with his wife Lauren Conching, who was the HPU women’s tennis head coach from 2010-23, with their nine-year-old daughter, Lana and one-year old daughter Ayla.

“We are excited to welcome Coach Hendrik to our UH Athletcs ‘Ohana!” says Angelos. “He’s a proven head coach with success at the highest levels and a network throughout Hawai’i and around the world that will benefit the team. We look forward to ushering in a new era of Rainbow Warrior tennis under coach Bode. Go ‘Bows!”

“I’ve been lucky to call Hawai’i “home” for more than 2 decades, and it is an absolute honor and a privilege to be named the next head men’s tennis coach at the University of Hawai’i,” says Bode. “I’d like to thank Athletic Director, Craig Angelos, and the entire search committee for providing me with the opportunity to represent the University. I look forward to building on the program’s many achievements and will push us to be better every day going forward. I can’t wait to get started. Go ‘Bows!”