McGlashen completed his third season leading the IUP women's tennis program in 2025-26, guiding the Crimson Hawks to one of the most successful seasons in recent program history. IUP captured the PSAC West regular-season championship, advanced to the PSAC Championship match, and won the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region pod to earn a trip to Surprise, Arizona, for the NCAA Championships.
Under McGlashen's leadership, the Crimson Hawks continued to develop elite talent, including IUP's latest 100-win player, Hannah Beitat. Freshman standout Charlize Tabili earned PSAC Freshman of the Year honors in 2026, highlighting the program's continued success in recruiting and developing championship-caliber student-athletes.
IUP also received significant recognition from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), with Asel Calbay being named the ITA Most Improved Player and Lea von Kozierowski earning ITA Player to Watch honors. The Crimson Hawks dominated the All-PSAC selections and produced three All-Atlantic Region honorees during the historic season.
McGlashen's impact has helped establish IUP women's tennis as one of the premier programs in the region, combining conference success, national postseason appearances and the development of standout student-athletes.
Andrew McGlashen begins his first season as the head coach of the IUP women's tennis program in 2023-24.Â
He was officially hired in July 2023. McGlashen becomes the sixth head coach in the program’s history, which dates back to 1970. A former collegiate tennis player with instructing and coaching experience, McGlashen brings no shortage of experience and knowledge across various levels of the sport. Â
McGlashen arrives in Indiana following a two-year stint as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Cardinal Stritch (NAIA) in Wisconsin. A two-time Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Coach of the Year, McGlashen helped lead the nationally-ranked tennis programs to a combined three conference championships during his time at Cardinal Stritch.
Originally raised in the United Kingdom, McGlashen recruited 12 international student-athletes to Stritch over two years, helping elevate the men’s tennis program up to eighth nationally in the NAIA. Serving as the conference chair for 2022-23, McGlashen oversaw day-to-day functions of the program, practice planning and oversight of a graduate assistant.Â
Prior to his first head coaching stint, McGlashen worked for seven years (2014-21) as head tennis professional and assistant director at the Chira Tennis Academy in San Diego. While there, he designed lesson plans for high performance juniors, also running group practices for those juniors and adults. He helped build the academy into the largest tennis academy in San Diego with over 350 players.Â
He spent less than a year as a full-time tennis coach at the Hitters Sportsplex in Madison, Wisconsin in 2014.
McGlashen began his coaching career as an assistant at Wisconsin-Whitewater, his alma mater, where he served as the team’s captain during his time as a student-athlete. From 2010-2013, he was a part of three straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (WIAC) championships as a player. He attended Sutton Tennis Academy, one of the top academies in the U.K., while playing at a top-50 national level.Â
He earned a bachelor’s in liberal studies with an emphasis in business and a minor in coaching from UWW in 2013. Â