Derek Sabedra will be venturing into his fifth season as the head men's and women's tennis teams in 2009-10 after taking over in August 2006. Sabedra has guided both squads to a combined four appearances in the CAC semifinals while mentoring six Seahawks to eight All-CAC honors, including two first team selections in 2008.
Sabedra's teams have also excelled in the classroom, earning ITA All-Academic Team status since 2007-08 and having 19 Seahawks named ITA Scholar-Athletes.
| SABEDRA'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD (M. TENNIS) | |||
| Year | Overall | Conference | Postseason |
| 2006-07 | 4-8 | 1-3 | CAC First Round |
| 2007-08 | 9-9 | 3-3 | CAC Semifinals |
| 2008-09 | 11-10 | 1-5 | CAC First Round |
| 2009-10 | 12-10 | 2-4 | CAC First Round |
| Totals | 36-37 | 7-15 | |
Prior to his first stint as a collegiate head coach, Sabedra was the head coach at Great Mills HS from 2002 to 2006. He led the Hornets to a 15-3 record in his last campaign, earning Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honors. Sabedra captured St. Mary's County Coach of the Year accolades in 2005 after mentoring Great Mills to a 12-5 mark.
He has held numerous coaching positions in the tri-county area. Sabedra held two head coaching positions in basketball, leading the Great Mills boys basketball team in 2004 and The Calverton School Lady Cougars in 2005. In 2000-01, he served as both the assistant boys lacrosse and girls basketball coach at Great Mills.
Currently living in Huntingtown, Sabedra is employed within the St. Mary's County Public Schools system as a behavioral specialist.
Sabedra continues to promote the sport of tennis in St. Mary's County and currently serves as secretary of the St. Mary's County Tennis Association (SMCTA) as well as the co-coordinator for St. Mary's County Juniors Tennis charged with organizing junior leagues throughout the year. He helped coach the SMCTA U-18 Junior Team to their first-ever United States Tennis Association Junior Team Maryland State Championship on July 18, 2010.
A 1987 graduate of Calvert HS, Sabedra received his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1992. He later earned his master's degree from Bowie State University in 2000.
Giac Tran returns for his fifth season with the Seahawk tennis programs in 2010-11.
A former Maryland top 10 junior player, Tran graduated from Chopticon HS in Morganza in 1994 as the No. 1 singles player. He achieved first team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference and All-St. Mary's County as well as Washington Post honorable mention All-Metro status during the 1993-94 season. Tran was also awarded the Louis Benson Memorial Tennis Award.
He continued his playing career at nationally ranked High Point University in N.C. but graduated from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in 1998 where he finished his collegiate career.
He has served as an assistant coach at both Chopticon and Patuxent HS.
Tran is currently a tennis pro, running local programs for the Breton Bay Country Club, Calvert County/St. Mary's County Parks & Recreation, and the Calvert County Tennis Association where he has served as the vice president and delegate to the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
He continues to compete in USTA events and is the holder of 30 championship titles in both singles and doubles.
Jason Wynn is back for his third season as an assistant on the Seahawk tennis coaching staff in 2010-11.
Wynn is a local product having graduated from Leonardtown HS in 1998, where he lettered for three years on the Raider cross country team and two on the baseball squad. He served as a cross country team captain during his senior year.
After Leonardtown, Wynn attended Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. He played three years of varsity tennis and received the Quakers' Best Doubles Player Award as a senior. In his final season at Guilford, Wynn was the No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles player as a team captain. He finished fifth at the 2002 ODAC Singles Tournament.
A 2002 graduate of Guilford with a bachelor's degree in physics, Wynn is back in his hometown as he currently resides in California. Since his return, he has become a highly active member of the local tennis community, both as a player and a steward. Wynn competes in USTA leagues and tournaments each year, volunteering also as a team captain. In 2010, Wynn (and his partner) captured the first-ever Southern Maryland Tennis Cup crown for men's open doubles. He also serves on the St. Mary's County Tennis Association Board of Directors, both as the organization's webmaster and current Vice President.
Before hitting the courts for practice, Wynn works as an Operations Research Analyst with the Special Communications Requirements Division of NAVAIR.
Following a standout career for the Seahawk tennis program, Kenny Nugent steps back on the Somerset Tennis Complex in his first season as an assistant coach.
Nugent finished his four-year career with an outstanding 32-19 singles record as well as 23 career doubles victories. He earned second team All-Capital Athletic Conference at singles as a junior after setting a school single-season record with 15 wins.
The Pocomoke, Md. native was the team's MVP in 2009 and earned the Coaches Award in his final season. Nugent garnered Most Improved honors in his first two years while serving as the team captain as a senior.
Nugent excelled off the court as well, being named an ITA Scholar-Athlete in 2009 and earning CAC All-Academic Team honors all four years.
A member of the Beta Beta Beta Biological and Chi Alpha Sigma College Athlete Honors Societies, he graduated from St. Mary's in May 2010 with a B.A. in biology.
Eric Cahoon becomes the fourth member of Derek Sabedra's coaching staff as the 2010-11 season marks Cahoon's first year as a Seahawk assistant coach.
Cahoon was a two-sport athlete at Oxon Hill H.S. in Maryland, swimming and playing tennis during his junior and senior years. A 2005 graduate, he primarily played doubles and mixed doubles while at Oxon Hill.
He then went to University of Maryland at College Park where he participated in tennis at the club level. Cahoon graduated from Maryland in 2009 with a degree in physics.
Cahoon currently works for NAVAIR doing software engineering. He supports his passion for tennis with his heavy involvement in USTA as well as the ladder at Patuxent Naval Air Station.
