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A source at Clemson University confirmed to the Daily Journal/ Daily Messenger on Thursday night that Chuck McCuen will be named the Tigers’ new head men’s tennis coach on Monday.

CLEMSON — A source at Clemson University confirmed to the Daily Journal / Daily Messenger on Thursday night that Chuck McCuen will be named the Tigers new head men’s tennis coach on Monday.

McCuen has served as an assistant at Clemson for the past four years, and will succeed Chuck Kriese as head coach, who retired at the end of last season as the ACC’s winningest coach after a 33-year stay with the Tigers to accept a coaching position in Thailand.

The longtime coach helped lead Clemson to 10 ACC titles during his reign, as well as 24 NCAA tournament appearances.

McCuen was to be approved as Clemson’s new head coach on Thursday, but members of the Board of Trustees were unable to convene to approve his hiring, delaying the official announcement until Monday after the July 4 holiday.

In addition to his four years with the Tigers tennis program, McCuen was the Tennis Director at Georgia State for 19 years, where he was honored as the conference coach of the year five times.

During the 1996-1997 season, he helped the team to its first ever ranking in the ITA National Rankings.

Prior to his coaching career, McCuen attended Gainesville Junior College, and reached the semifinals of the NJCAA National Championships in singles play. After transferring to Flagler College, McCuen went on to become an NAIA All-American.

McCuen also helped create the first-ever collegiate wheelchair team in the United States. Since then, seven schools across the country have begun awarding scholarships for wheelchair tennis.

Messages left with McCuen were not immediately returned.