Beth Hayward was named the Texas State Women's Tennis Assistant Coach on July 8, 2024.She joined Coach Brooks as a graduate assistant coach in August 2022 after playing under her at St. Edward’s University from 2016-19.
In her second season as a graduate assistant, Hayward helped the Bobcats earn their first 11-win season since 2011. With her help, the Bobcats earned nine consecutive match wins, which is their longest winning streak since 2011. She also played a part in the Bobcats six road victories, which is their most since 2011.
In her first season with Texas State, Hayward helped the team to a 8-15 record, the first eight-win season since 2017. She played a critical role in coaching doubles court three and singles courts five and six. Hayward assisted the team in the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Championship with a run that ended in the quarterfinals.
Brooks and Hayward accomplished many firsts while at SEU which includes achieving the program’s highest national ranking at No. 16 in 2019 and Hayward being one of the Hilltoppers first ITA All-Americans and finished the season ranked No. 2 in doubles.
In her second season with the Hilltoppers, Hayward was First Team All-Heartland and named the ITA South Central Region Player to Watch when she picked up 16 singles wins and 12 in doubles. In 2018, she had her first 20-win doubles season at SEU. She followed up the 2019 season with 25 doubles wins and made All-Heartland First Team.
Hayward was part of the 2019 season where the Hilltoppers advanced to the NCAA Division II Final 16, and won the Heartland Conference Championship and the South Central Regional Championship.
Prior to being added to the Texas State tennis staff, Hayward was a tennis coach at St. George’s Weybridge for five months in England.
Before SEU, Hayward played one season at UT El Paso with five singles wins and a 10-7 mark in doubles.
The Great Britain native came to the United States with just one ITF junior event played in 2013 at the Nike Junior International Queenswood.
