Staff Directory

Tristan Kaye

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Assistant Coach
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Kaye joined the Brown Men's Tennis staff in September 2025 and entere his second season in 2026-27 under Mike Fried '91.

Kaye comes to Brown after serving as an assistant coach at Middlebury for the last three seasons. In 2024, he was named the ITA Northeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. Middlebury reached the NCAA Final Four twice with Kaye on staff, and the Panthers also earned two NESCAC Championships (2023 & 2025). Kaye coached eight ITA All-Americans including four doubles, and one NCAA semifinalist.

At the Kass Tennis Academy, Kaye was a High Performance Travel Coach from January 2021 to July 2022. There, he hit with and coached ATP/WTA/ITF junior players JJ Wolf, Mikael Torpegaard, and Katrina Scott. He accompanied Scott to WTA 125s in Europe, helping her reach a career-high 149 WTA ranking. He also coached Eleana Yu to a 646 WTA ranking after starting at 1216.

A 2017 graduate of Kenyon College, Kaye was an NCAA DIII National Doubles Champion (2016), 2013 ITA DIII National Indoors Team Champion (2013), and a four-time NCAC Team Champion (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017). Also at Kenyon, Kaye reached the NCAA Elite Eight twice (2013, 2016) and the NCAA Sweet 16 twice (2014, 2017).