Calvin Song spent one season as the assistant coach for the West Virginia tennis team.
Song was part of a historic season for the WVU tennis program as the Mountaineers finished the 2023-24 season 15-13 overall. West Virginia also competed in the UTR Sports 2024 NIT Championship, marking the first postseason tournament appearance in program history.
Song was an integral part of player development and recruitment for the WVU program. He actively participated in practice, working with players individually, and setting up drills for the team.
Prior to West Virginia
Song was an assistant coach at Fresno State, joining the Bulldogs in February 2021. He was part of the team that finished 20-4 during the 2021-22 season, and a program that went a combined 21-9 in conference play in three seasons.
During his time at Fresno State, the Bulldogs won the 2022 Mountain West Conference regular-season championship for the first time in school history. The Bulldogs had three players named Mountain West Player of the Year while Song was on the coaching staff.
Fresno State also had a doubles team that was ranked No. 45 in the country and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2023. Song assisted in assembling a mid-major recruiting class that was ranked No. 14 by Tennis Recruiting Network in 2022.
Prior to his position at Fresno State, Song had stops at Wake Forest as a men’s volunteer assistant coach and at Iowa as a women’s volunteer assistant coach.
During his time at Iowa, he helped the Hawkeyes upset then-No. 50 Kansas State and defeat Michigan State before the season ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before his volunteer assistant position, Song was an assistant tennis professional at Iowa from 2016-20. In this role, he helped organize and coordinate tennis camps, led practice sessions and directed all United States Tennis Association (USTA) events at the facility.
Song is a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) elite pro-certified coach, and he was named the 2020 USPTA Missouri Valley Iowa Pro of the Year. He graduated from Iowa State in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing.
He resides in Morgantown.
