Bio

Dominic DeNardo joined Roosevelt ahead of the 2023-24 season as the Lakers new men's and women's tennis coach. 

DeNardo arrived in Chicago after leading NCAA Division II Upper Iowa University's women's tennis team in 2022-23. Under his leadership, the Peacocks had one 2022-23 all-conference performer in the competitive Northern Sun Conference. Prior to joining Upper Iowa, DeNardo served two years as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Howard Payne University, in Texas, where he played for three seasons and was a two-time Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the American Southwest Conference. DeNardo coached three more all-academic players in his time as a graduate assistant with Howard Payne.

He began his collegiate playing career at Arizona Christian University before transferring to Howard Payne in 2018 and graduated with his bachelor's degree as well as his masters in business administration. He was a two-time Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the American Southwest Conference as a student-athlete.