Men's Tennis
Perelman, Scott
Scott Perelman
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- s.perelman@tcu.edu
One of the most respected names in the sport, Scott Perelman joined TCU's staff as an assistant coach in July of 2024 and will start his second season in Fort Worth in 2025-26.
Perelman, who helped guide Florida to its first NCAA title in 2021, has spent more than 40 years on the college and professional sidelines. He was the lead coach for Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton in their run to the NCAA Singles Championships in 2021 and 2022. Perelman also served as the personal coach for Chris Woodruff on the ATP tour from 1993-99.
“It is an honor and privilege to be joining coach Roditi, coach Bowen and the defending national champions, the TCU Horned Frogs,” Perelman said upon his hire. “I am super excited about the challenge in front of us and am looking forward to doing everything I possibly can to help TCU men’s tennis be the best it can be. The TCU tennis community and athletic department have welcomed our family with open arms, and for that, we are greatly appreciative. Working, not wishing, makes dreams come true. Time to go to work!”
Perelman touched down in Fort Worth on the heels of a distinguished 12-year assistant coaching tenure at Florida from 2012-24. He spent the previous three seasons in the same role at North Carolina.
“We are very excited to have legendary coach Scott Perelman, the OG ‘Coach P,’ join our family and coaching staff,” said TCU head coach David Roditi. “He brings an enormous amount of successful coaching experience at all levels of the game. His energy is second to none, and our student-athletes will greatly benefit from his knowledge. Adding him to our team elevates our program in many ways. The truth is, I got tired of being the ‘short coach’ on our campus."
In year one in Funky Town, Perelman helped TCU finish as the national runner-up at both the ITA Indoor National Championships and NCAA Championships and in possession of a final ITA ranking of No. 2. Perelman's influence catapulted TCU to its ninth Big 12 title and the second-most wins in a season in the modern era, as the Frogs posted a 27-4 overall record. He also helped coach Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted to the 2025 NCAA Doubles Championship, mentored three players to five combined All-American accolades, and saw four Frogs receive All-Big 12 first team honors, including Freshman of the Year Cooper Woestendick.
Perelman helped elevate Florida into a national power during his stay in the Sunshine State. Working in tandem with head coach Bryan Shelton, Perelman coached Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton to NCAA Individual singles championships in 2021 and 2022.
Originally from Monroe, Mich., Perelman was a key figure in Ben Shelton’s rise to pinnacle of the tennis world. Shelton primarily played No. 5 singles as a freshman. In 2022, he finished with a combined 37-5 overall record and swept the NCAA Individual Championships and ITA All-American Championships. Shelton has since ascended to a career-high world No. 14 ranking. In Gainesville, Perelman helped refine Shelton’s serve into one of the best on the ATP tour. Shelton led the 2023 US Open in aces, his serve sometimes topping out around 150 miles per hour.
“TCU just keeps getting better,” Bryan Shelton said. “Adding Scott Perelman to the coaching staff will continue to elevate their program. My eleven years coaching beside Coach P at Florida were rewarding in so many ways. He is simply the best, and hundreds of players would say the same. Congratulations to TCU on their NCAA title and this great hire!”
Together, Shelton and Perelman led Florida to three consecutive undefeated SEC championships in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and two SEC tournament titles (2016, 2022). Their Gators squads produced 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, 28 ITA All-American honors and 31 All-SEC players.
North Carolina advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in each of Perelman’s three seasons on staff, including a Super Regional run in 2012. The 2011 and 2012 Tar Heels teams finished second in the ACC.
Perelman first forayed into the college coaching world in 1982, when he was appointed as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Kansas. His dual head coaching tenure saw the Jayhawk women accumulate a 19-6 record and a second-place finish in the Big Eight in 1986.
“Congratulations to TCU on the hiring of Coach Perelman,” said former TCU head coach Michael Center. "Coach Roditi has assembled an outstanding staff to lead the program. Coach Perelman and I met 42 years ago when I was entering my freshman year at the University of Kansas, where he was the Head Coach. We still speak almost daily. He is not only a leader of young men and a fantastic coach but, most importantly, an amazing human being. TCU just hit a home run, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”
Perelman was tabbed director of tennis at Kansas in 1988 while continuing to coach the Jayhawk men through 1992. In his decade at the helm, Kansas won back-to-back Big Eight titles in 1987 and 1988. Over his last three years, Perelman went 49-27 and finished second in the Big Eight in each year. Overall, Perelman held an 86-52 mark as women's coach and a 135-99 record as the men's coach.
In 1992, Perelman departed Lawrence to accept an associate head coaching position at Tennessee. That season, he steered the Volunteers to a runner-up finish at the ITA Indoor National Championships while coaching Woodruff to NCAA Individual singles championship.
He then agreed to become Woodruff’s personal coach when he turned professional the following season. Through Perelman’s guidance, Woodruff won the 1997 Canadian Open and achieved career-high ATP rankings of No. 29 in singles and No. 60 in doubles.
Perelman was a four-year letter winner at Ball State from 1973-77. He held various assistant coaching and administrative positions at colleges and tennis clubs before arriving in Kansas.
Perelman and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Sam, and reside in Fort Worth.
Perelman, who helped guide Florida to its first NCAA title in 2021, has spent more than 40 years on the college and professional sidelines. He was the lead coach for Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton in their run to the NCAA Singles Championships in 2021 and 2022. Perelman also served as the personal coach for Chris Woodruff on the ATP tour from 1993-99.
“It is an honor and privilege to be joining coach Roditi, coach Bowen and the defending national champions, the TCU Horned Frogs,” Perelman said upon his hire. “I am super excited about the challenge in front of us and am looking forward to doing everything I possibly can to help TCU men’s tennis be the best it can be. The TCU tennis community and athletic department have welcomed our family with open arms, and for that, we are greatly appreciative. Working, not wishing, makes dreams come true. Time to go to work!”
Perelman touched down in Fort Worth on the heels of a distinguished 12-year assistant coaching tenure at Florida from 2012-24. He spent the previous three seasons in the same role at North Carolina.
“We are very excited to have legendary coach Scott Perelman, the OG ‘Coach P,’ join our family and coaching staff,” said TCU head coach David Roditi. “He brings an enormous amount of successful coaching experience at all levels of the game. His energy is second to none, and our student-athletes will greatly benefit from his knowledge. Adding him to our team elevates our program in many ways. The truth is, I got tired of being the ‘short coach’ on our campus."
In year one in Funky Town, Perelman helped TCU finish as the national runner-up at both the ITA Indoor National Championships and NCAA Championships and in possession of a final ITA ranking of No. 2. Perelman's influence catapulted TCU to its ninth Big 12 title and the second-most wins in a season in the modern era, as the Frogs posted a 27-4 overall record. He also helped coach Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted to the 2025 NCAA Doubles Championship, mentored three players to five combined All-American accolades, and saw four Frogs receive All-Big 12 first team honors, including Freshman of the Year Cooper Woestendick.
Perelman helped elevate Florida into a national power during his stay in the Sunshine State. Working in tandem with head coach Bryan Shelton, Perelman coached Sam Riffice and Ben Shelton to NCAA Individual singles championships in 2021 and 2022.
Originally from Monroe, Mich., Perelman was a key figure in Ben Shelton’s rise to pinnacle of the tennis world. Shelton primarily played No. 5 singles as a freshman. In 2022, he finished with a combined 37-5 overall record and swept the NCAA Individual Championships and ITA All-American Championships. Shelton has since ascended to a career-high world No. 14 ranking. In Gainesville, Perelman helped refine Shelton’s serve into one of the best on the ATP tour. Shelton led the 2023 US Open in aces, his serve sometimes topping out around 150 miles per hour.
“TCU just keeps getting better,” Bryan Shelton said. “Adding Scott Perelman to the coaching staff will continue to elevate their program. My eleven years coaching beside Coach P at Florida were rewarding in so many ways. He is simply the best, and hundreds of players would say the same. Congratulations to TCU on their NCAA title and this great hire!”
Together, Shelton and Perelman led Florida to three consecutive undefeated SEC championships in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and two SEC tournament titles (2016, 2022). Their Gators squads produced 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, 28 ITA All-American honors and 31 All-SEC players.
North Carolina advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in each of Perelman’s three seasons on staff, including a Super Regional run in 2012. The 2011 and 2012 Tar Heels teams finished second in the ACC.
Perelman first forayed into the college coaching world in 1982, when he was appointed as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Kansas. His dual head coaching tenure saw the Jayhawk women accumulate a 19-6 record and a second-place finish in the Big Eight in 1986.
“Congratulations to TCU on the hiring of Coach Perelman,” said former TCU head coach Michael Center. "Coach Roditi has assembled an outstanding staff to lead the program. Coach Perelman and I met 42 years ago when I was entering my freshman year at the University of Kansas, where he was the Head Coach. We still speak almost daily. He is not only a leader of young men and a fantastic coach but, most importantly, an amazing human being. TCU just hit a home run, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”
Perelman was tabbed director of tennis at Kansas in 1988 while continuing to coach the Jayhawk men through 1992. In his decade at the helm, Kansas won back-to-back Big Eight titles in 1987 and 1988. Over his last three years, Perelman went 49-27 and finished second in the Big Eight in each year. Overall, Perelman held an 86-52 mark as women's coach and a 135-99 record as the men's coach.
In 1992, Perelman departed Lawrence to accept an associate head coaching position at Tennessee. That season, he steered the Volunteers to a runner-up finish at the ITA Indoor National Championships while coaching Woodruff to NCAA Individual singles championship.
He then agreed to become Woodruff’s personal coach when he turned professional the following season. Through Perelman’s guidance, Woodruff won the 1997 Canadian Open and achieved career-high ATP rankings of No. 29 in singles and No. 60 in doubles.
Perelman was a four-year letter winner at Ball State from 1973-77. He held various assistant coaching and administrative positions at colleges and tennis clubs before arriving in Kansas.
Perelman and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Sam, and reside in Fort Worth.
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