Men's Tennis

Ed Paige
	Title: Head Coach Email: epaige@mail.fairfield.edu Phone: ext. 2344 Class: Second Season

Ed Paige enters his third season at the helm of the men's and women's tennis program.

Paige was named the 2008 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Coach of the Year after leading both the men's and the women's teams to second-place finishes at the MAAC Championships. The men's team, under Paige's tutelage, tied a program record for wins in a season (13) and advanced to the MAAC Championship final for the first time since the 2002-03 season. The women's team won six of the last seven matches en route to a spot in the MAAC Championship final for the first time since 2003-04. 

Paige also coached five All-MAAC selections in 2007-08, including Co-Rookie of the Year and second team pick  Rob Ferrante, first team selection Chip Palumbo, the second-team men's doubles tandem of Palumbo and Balazs Szikla, and the second team women's doubles duo of sophomores Dana Postupack and Paulina Rys. 

In his first season, he guided the men's team to a 13-10 overall record to set the program record for wins in a season. The men concluded the season with a fourth place finish at the 2007 MAAC Championships. On the women's side, the Stags battled through injuries throughout much of the year, going 9-12-1 and tying for fifth place at the MAAC Championships.

Paige, who spent five seasons as an assistant coach for the Stags before accepting the position as head coach, has been involved in tennis as a player, coach and writer for nearly 30 years.

In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Paige has coached extensively at the youth level. He spent two years as the Director of Junior Tennis in the town of Fairfield, and was also an assistant coach for the boy's junior varsity tennis team at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, Conn.

Paige spent six years as an editor at World Tennis Magazine and was the editor of Tennis USA, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) official monthly newspaper. From there Paige worked at some of the top publishing companies in the country, including Paragon House, while teaching feature writing and copy editing at New York University. More recently, Paige spent two years as an editor at The Advocate, Stamford's daily newspaper followed by three years as managing editor of Westport Magazine before turning his attention to tennis full time.

Paige earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974 and attended the Breadloaf School of English at Middlebury College in 1976 and 1977.