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     Matt Halfpenny
    Matt Halfpenny

    Position:
    Assistant Coach
    Experience:
    6th Season

    Matt Halfpenny joined the NC State coaching staff in 2002 with head coach Jon Choboy, whom he played for at Charleston Southern University and coached with at Brown University. He has been an instrumental part in developing and recruiting the top talent that NC State has brought into the Wolfpack program. Halfpenny was named Wilson ITA Region I Assistant Coach of the Year while coaching at Brown. Choboy and Halfpenny teamed to lead Brown to the school's first Ivy League championship in 2002.

    A 1998 graduate of Charleston Southern with a B.A. in Business Administration, Halfpenny competed for four conference championships, winning titles in 1996 and 1998, and finishing second in 1995 and 1997. The 1996 title was the first Big South title for Charleston Southern. As a junior, he teamed with Nicholas Lavalle to reach the quarterfinals of NCAA Region II doubles championship. His team was ranked as high as eighth in Region II in 1996. Halfpenny earned All-Big South Conference honors in 1995, 1996, and 1997, and was co-captain in 1997 and 1998.

    The 28-year-old Halfpenny worked as an assistant pro at the Sommerville Tennis Club in Sommerville, S.C., from 1994 to 1995. He also worked as an assistant pro at the Brickyard Plantation, Mt Pleasant, S.C., from 1995 to 1997, the Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms, S.C., in 1998, and the Oyster Harbors Club, Osterville, Mass., in 1999.

    He resides in Raleigh, N.C. and is married to the former Christine Mastro, an assistant lacrosse coach at Duke University. They are expecting their first child in December.

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