Staff Directory
Booras, Mark
Mark Booras
- Title:
- Head Coach/Director, Tennis
- Email:
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- Alma Mater:
- 14th Season
Mark Booras was named head coach for Tulane men’s tennis in 2008 and tasked with rebuilding a program that was discontinued for four years as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Since then, Booras has orchestrated the program’s improbable return to national prominence as a top-25 team in the country.
The post-Katrina era began with the 2009-10 season for the Tulane men’s tennis program, and since then, Booras’ leadership has produced six NCAA Tournament appearances, one ITA National Team Indoor Championship appearance, an ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship singles champion, four ITA All-Americans in singles and 19 all-conference selections, including 13 in singles and six different doubles tandems. He also has over 150 career wins.
Booras' program has been just as successful off the court as well, as the Green Wave achieved a perfect score of 1,000 on their NCAA Academic Progress Rate in each of his first 10 seasons at the helm.
On the national level, Booras currently serves as Associate Vice Chair of the ITA Division I Operating Committee. Most recently, he was selected as coach of the United States Tennis Association's 2021 Summer Collegiate National Team. While coaching for the Summer Collegiate National team, Booras coached nationally ranked, Ben Shelton and Aleksandar Kovacevic to their first professional tournament titles.
Booras has an extensive history of developing players for the next level. Along with, Shelton and Kovacevic, Booras spent time developing Constantin Schmitz (top 600 ATP ranking), Michael Venus (number 1 ATP ranking in doubles, multi-Grand Slam champion), Ken Skupski (top 30 ATP ranking), and Dominik Koepfer (top 50 ATP ranking).
The 2020-21 season marked the 12th season Booras served as the head coach of Tulane's men's team. During the 2020-21 campaign, he guided the Green Wave back to the NCAA Tournament - their fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Following the regular season, Hamish Stewart was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Team in singles, while he and Ewan Moore were picked to the all-league team in doubles
After having the 2020 campaign abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Green Wave returned to the courts for the 2021 spring season, as Booras led the team to an impressive 15-8 overall record. After securing a 4-0 victory over Middle Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Oxford Regional, the Green Wave concluded the season with its best ITA national team ranking in the post-Katrina era at No. 23 after being listed in the top 25 in each of the final five polls of the season. Seven of Tulane's regular-season wins came against teams ranked in the top 50 nationally.
Booras also achieved a new career milestone securing his 150th career victory as a head coach in the Green Wave's 4-3 home win over No. 39 Auburn on March 19 at the City Park Tennis Center.
In 2019, Booras guided the Green Wave to their first ITA National Team Indoor Championship appearance in program history and a fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid. Juniors Ewan Moore and Luis Erlenbusch earned All-American Athletic Conference honors in singles, while Moore went on to reach the second round in the NCAA Singles Championship.
The 2018 campaign proved to be historic on both team and individual scales, as Booras guided Tulane to its first American Athletic Conference Championship, which also marked the first team tournament title by any Tulane program since joining the league in 2014-15. The 4-3 win over four-time reigning champion USF in the title match gave the Green Wave an automatic bid to their third straight NCAA Tournament. Tulane won 18 matches, including three over top-25 opponents, and was ranked in every ITA poll for the duration of the spring season, reaching as high as No. 20 and finishing 28th overall for its best final tally in the post-Katrina era.
Booras was voted the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, as senior Constantin Schmitz earned his second straight ITA All-America nod in singles, while also being named ITA Southern Region Senior of the Year and Most Improved Senior of the Year. On top of that, Schmitz was tabbed AAC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year, AAC Player of the Year and The American Championship’s Most Outstanding Player, while Schmitz and Moore earned all-conference honors in both singles and doubles. Schmitz reached the second round of the NCAA Singles Championships, while he and Moore made it to the second round of the NCAA Doubles Championships.
In 2017, the Green Wave achieved several post-Katrina firsts - capturing highs in both wins (19) record and ITA national ranking (20). The Wave finished the year ranked No. 30 in the team poll, which marked another post-Katrina best. Tulane proved dominant at home during the spring, posting an unblemished 11-0 mark at City Park. The Wave also recorded four wins against top-40 nationally ranked programs on its way to earning the No. 2 seed at the Austin Regional in the NCAA Championships. There, Tulane bested No. 49 Washington, 4-2, in the first round, and nearly upset No. 10 Texas in the second round, but dropped a 4-3 decision. Booras was named LSWA All-Louisiana Coach of the Year. Under Booras' tutelage, Schmitz recorded a breakout year, being named the American Athletic Conference's Co-Player of the Year and qualifying for the NCAA Singles Championships, while Moore was named AAC Freshman of the Year.
As part of a contract extension in August of 2017, Booras was elevated to director of tennis at Tulane, adding the responsibility of oversight for both the men's and women's tennis programs in the areas of recruiting, scheduling, fundraising and program management on top of his coaching duties.
The 2016 season saw the Wave return to the national scene, qualifying for their first NCAA Tournament in the post-Katrina era, defeating No. 41 Dartmouth in the first round before falling to host No. 3 North Carolina in the regional final. The Wave also achieved their first top-30 national ranking since 2005, reaching as high as No. 21 before finishing at No. 31. Tulane clashed with 18 ranked teams in 2016, earning a post-Katrina best nine wins against the top-50. Individually, Booras guided Dominik Koepfer to a historic senior year, as the German native became the first Tulane national champion since 1955, claiming the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship. Koepfer was also the first in program history to reach No. 1 in singles in the Oracle/ITA national poll, was a two-time NCAA All-American and was named the 2016 ITA National Men's Senior Player of the Year.
Behind Booras, the Green Wave experienced a rapid rise back into the national rankings in a short period of time. Tulane peaked as high as 63rd during the spring of 2012 behind the performance of first-team All-Conference USA selection Idan Mark. Tulane piggybacked on the success of a 12-win dual season in 2012 and carried it into the 2013 where the Green Wave matched their previous win total, peaked in the rankings at No. 55 and finished the year with a No. 69 ITA ranking. Tulane was led by C-USA Freshman of the Year Dominik Koepfer's 17 dual match singles wins.
The Green Wave once again built on the success of the previous season in 2014 by posting 15 victories and earning a final national ranking of 65th. Chi-Shan Jao claimed Tulane's second consecutive C-USA Freshman of the Year honor after posting 16 dual match singles victories and teaming with Koepfer to post a 16-6 dual match doubles mark. Koepfer earned second-team all-conference with 16 singles wins as well. The duo completed the season ranked 66th in the nation by the ITA.
The growth once again continued in the 2015 campaign, as the Green Wave produced a 16-7 overall record, a national ranking as high as 39th and a perfect 10-0 mark at home. The Wave missed out on the NCAA Tournament by the smallest of margins - one tenth of a point in national average. Tulane was led by the program's first All-American since 2004, Dominik Koepfer, who finished the year ranked 18th in the country after reaching the second round of the NCAA Singles Championships. Koepfer, the ITA Southern Region Player to Watch and Louisiana Player of the Year, compiled a 16-3 dual record and also finished ranked 89th in doubles alongside Chi-Shan Jao.
Booras joined Tulane from LSU, where he served as the associate head coach during his final four years and was an assistant coach during his first six seasons in Baton Rouge. He played a large role in the Tigers' success on the court, in the classroom and in the community. Booras' leadership was showcased in 2007 when the ITA named him its National Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also recognized in 2004 and 2007 as the best assistant coach in the ITA Southeast Region.
On the court, he was instrumental in helping the Tigers reach the NCAA Tournament during all 10 seasons with the program, and LSU never finished lower than No. 29 in the final national polls during his tenure. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA "Final Four" once, the NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" four times and to the "Round of 32" three times during his 10 seasons. Individually, Booras helped 14 players reach All-America status.
In the classroom under Booras' watch, five LSU players achieved Academic All-America status, while four players received SEC Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year Awards, and one team member was awarded with the prestigious National ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr., Leadership and Sportsmanship Award in 2007. The Tigers garnered All-Academic Team honors by the ITA in 2004 and 2005.
LSU was honored by the NCAA in 2007 and 2008 for its Academic Progress Rate score, scoring a perfect APR of 1000 in the report, and was one of the 10 sports teams out of 236 squads in the entire SEC that were recognized for academic achievement by the NCAA, and was the only men's tennis team in the league to achieve the honor.
In his first season with the Tigers, Booras helped guide LSU to its second consecutive SEC Championship as well as a berth in the Final Four. The 1999 squad also won its second-straight SEC Tournament, becoming the first team to ever repeat as tournament champions.
He began his collegiate career for legendary coach Terry Deremer at West Virginia in 1989 and was a four-year letterman for the Mountaineers from 1989-93. He twice served as team captain, and was the Atlantic-10 Conference Player of the Year and the school's senior player of the year in 1993. In each of his final three seasons at West Virginia, Booras competed in both the NCAA singles and doubles championship tournaments. He was a top-20 singles and doubles player throughout his college career.
Following his collegiate career, Booras joined the ATP tour and continued his success, ranking as high as No. 267 in the world in doubles and 797 in singles. After a three-year career from 1994-96, he retired and decided to further his education. While earning his master's degree at West Virginia, he was also the volunteer assistant men's tennis coach and a private tennis instructor.
In 1999, he went to LSU as assistant coach, conducting practices, player instruction during matches and recruiting future players.
A native of Chicago, Ill., Booras graduated from West Virginia with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts in 1997 and received his master's degree in sport psychology from WVU in 2001.
Booras is married to the former Laura Ingram from Birmingham, Ala., who is pursuing a career as an Opera Soprano and teaches music lessons in New Orleans. The couple has one daughter, Georgiana Rose.
Tulane Under Booras
*indicates NCAA Tournament appearance
^indicates abbreviated season due to COVID-19 pandemic
The post-Katrina era began with the 2009-10 season for the Tulane men’s tennis program, and since then, Booras’ leadership has produced six NCAA Tournament appearances, one ITA National Team Indoor Championship appearance, an ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship singles champion, four ITA All-Americans in singles and 19 all-conference selections, including 13 in singles and six different doubles tandems. He also has over 150 career wins.
Booras' program has been just as successful off the court as well, as the Green Wave achieved a perfect score of 1,000 on their NCAA Academic Progress Rate in each of his first 10 seasons at the helm.
On the national level, Booras currently serves as Associate Vice Chair of the ITA Division I Operating Committee. Most recently, he was selected as coach of the United States Tennis Association's 2021 Summer Collegiate National Team. While coaching for the Summer Collegiate National team, Booras coached nationally ranked, Ben Shelton and Aleksandar Kovacevic to their first professional tournament titles.
Booras has an extensive history of developing players for the next level. Along with, Shelton and Kovacevic, Booras spent time developing Constantin Schmitz (top 600 ATP ranking), Michael Venus (number 1 ATP ranking in doubles, multi-Grand Slam champion), Ken Skupski (top 30 ATP ranking), and Dominik Koepfer (top 50 ATP ranking).
The 2020-21 season marked the 12th season Booras served as the head coach of Tulane's men's team. During the 2020-21 campaign, he guided the Green Wave back to the NCAA Tournament - their fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Following the regular season, Hamish Stewart was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Team in singles, while he and Ewan Moore were picked to the all-league team in doubles
After having the 2020 campaign abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Green Wave returned to the courts for the 2021 spring season, as Booras led the team to an impressive 15-8 overall record. After securing a 4-0 victory over Middle Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Oxford Regional, the Green Wave concluded the season with its best ITA national team ranking in the post-Katrina era at No. 23 after being listed in the top 25 in each of the final five polls of the season. Seven of Tulane's regular-season wins came against teams ranked in the top 50 nationally.
Booras also achieved a new career milestone securing his 150th career victory as a head coach in the Green Wave's 4-3 home win over No. 39 Auburn on March 19 at the City Park Tennis Center.
In 2019, Booras guided the Green Wave to their first ITA National Team Indoor Championship appearance in program history and a fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid. Juniors Ewan Moore and Luis Erlenbusch earned All-American Athletic Conference honors in singles, while Moore went on to reach the second round in the NCAA Singles Championship.
The 2018 campaign proved to be historic on both team and individual scales, as Booras guided Tulane to its first American Athletic Conference Championship, which also marked the first team tournament title by any Tulane program since joining the league in 2014-15. The 4-3 win over four-time reigning champion USF in the title match gave the Green Wave an automatic bid to their third straight NCAA Tournament. Tulane won 18 matches, including three over top-25 opponents, and was ranked in every ITA poll for the duration of the spring season, reaching as high as No. 20 and finishing 28th overall for its best final tally in the post-Katrina era.
Booras was voted the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, as senior Constantin Schmitz earned his second straight ITA All-America nod in singles, while also being named ITA Southern Region Senior of the Year and Most Improved Senior of the Year. On top of that, Schmitz was tabbed AAC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year, AAC Player of the Year and The American Championship’s Most Outstanding Player, while Schmitz and Moore earned all-conference honors in both singles and doubles. Schmitz reached the second round of the NCAA Singles Championships, while he and Moore made it to the second round of the NCAA Doubles Championships.
In 2017, the Green Wave achieved several post-Katrina firsts - capturing highs in both wins (19) record and ITA national ranking (20). The Wave finished the year ranked No. 30 in the team poll, which marked another post-Katrina best. Tulane proved dominant at home during the spring, posting an unblemished 11-0 mark at City Park. The Wave also recorded four wins against top-40 nationally ranked programs on its way to earning the No. 2 seed at the Austin Regional in the NCAA Championships. There, Tulane bested No. 49 Washington, 4-2, in the first round, and nearly upset No. 10 Texas in the second round, but dropped a 4-3 decision. Booras was named LSWA All-Louisiana Coach of the Year. Under Booras' tutelage, Schmitz recorded a breakout year, being named the American Athletic Conference's Co-Player of the Year and qualifying for the NCAA Singles Championships, while Moore was named AAC Freshman of the Year.
As part of a contract extension in August of 2017, Booras was elevated to director of tennis at Tulane, adding the responsibility of oversight for both the men's and women's tennis programs in the areas of recruiting, scheduling, fundraising and program management on top of his coaching duties.
The 2016 season saw the Wave return to the national scene, qualifying for their first NCAA Tournament in the post-Katrina era, defeating No. 41 Dartmouth in the first round before falling to host No. 3 North Carolina in the regional final. The Wave also achieved their first top-30 national ranking since 2005, reaching as high as No. 21 before finishing at No. 31. Tulane clashed with 18 ranked teams in 2016, earning a post-Katrina best nine wins against the top-50. Individually, Booras guided Dominik Koepfer to a historic senior year, as the German native became the first Tulane national champion since 1955, claiming the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship. Koepfer was also the first in program history to reach No. 1 in singles in the Oracle/ITA national poll, was a two-time NCAA All-American and was named the 2016 ITA National Men's Senior Player of the Year.
Behind Booras, the Green Wave experienced a rapid rise back into the national rankings in a short period of time. Tulane peaked as high as 63rd during the spring of 2012 behind the performance of first-team All-Conference USA selection Idan Mark. Tulane piggybacked on the success of a 12-win dual season in 2012 and carried it into the 2013 where the Green Wave matched their previous win total, peaked in the rankings at No. 55 and finished the year with a No. 69 ITA ranking. Tulane was led by C-USA Freshman of the Year Dominik Koepfer's 17 dual match singles wins.
The Green Wave once again built on the success of the previous season in 2014 by posting 15 victories and earning a final national ranking of 65th. Chi-Shan Jao claimed Tulane's second consecutive C-USA Freshman of the Year honor after posting 16 dual match singles victories and teaming with Koepfer to post a 16-6 dual match doubles mark. Koepfer earned second-team all-conference with 16 singles wins as well. The duo completed the season ranked 66th in the nation by the ITA.
The growth once again continued in the 2015 campaign, as the Green Wave produced a 16-7 overall record, a national ranking as high as 39th and a perfect 10-0 mark at home. The Wave missed out on the NCAA Tournament by the smallest of margins - one tenth of a point in national average. Tulane was led by the program's first All-American since 2004, Dominik Koepfer, who finished the year ranked 18th in the country after reaching the second round of the NCAA Singles Championships. Koepfer, the ITA Southern Region Player to Watch and Louisiana Player of the Year, compiled a 16-3 dual record and also finished ranked 89th in doubles alongside Chi-Shan Jao.
Booras joined Tulane from LSU, where he served as the associate head coach during his final four years and was an assistant coach during his first six seasons in Baton Rouge. He played a large role in the Tigers' success on the court, in the classroom and in the community. Booras' leadership was showcased in 2007 when the ITA named him its National Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also recognized in 2004 and 2007 as the best assistant coach in the ITA Southeast Region.
On the court, he was instrumental in helping the Tigers reach the NCAA Tournament during all 10 seasons with the program, and LSU never finished lower than No. 29 in the final national polls during his tenure. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA "Final Four" once, the NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" four times and to the "Round of 32" three times during his 10 seasons. Individually, Booras helped 14 players reach All-America status.
In the classroom under Booras' watch, five LSU players achieved Academic All-America status, while four players received SEC Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year Awards, and one team member was awarded with the prestigious National ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr., Leadership and Sportsmanship Award in 2007. The Tigers garnered All-Academic Team honors by the ITA in 2004 and 2005.
LSU was honored by the NCAA in 2007 and 2008 for its Academic Progress Rate score, scoring a perfect APR of 1000 in the report, and was one of the 10 sports teams out of 236 squads in the entire SEC that were recognized for academic achievement by the NCAA, and was the only men's tennis team in the league to achieve the honor.
In his first season with the Tigers, Booras helped guide LSU to its second consecutive SEC Championship as well as a berth in the Final Four. The 1999 squad also won its second-straight SEC Tournament, becoming the first team to ever repeat as tournament champions.
He began his collegiate career for legendary coach Terry Deremer at West Virginia in 1989 and was a four-year letterman for the Mountaineers from 1989-93. He twice served as team captain, and was the Atlantic-10 Conference Player of the Year and the school's senior player of the year in 1993. In each of his final three seasons at West Virginia, Booras competed in both the NCAA singles and doubles championship tournaments. He was a top-20 singles and doubles player throughout his college career.
Following his collegiate career, Booras joined the ATP tour and continued his success, ranking as high as No. 267 in the world in doubles and 797 in singles. After a three-year career from 1994-96, he retired and decided to further his education. While earning his master's degree at West Virginia, he was also the volunteer assistant men's tennis coach and a private tennis instructor.
In 1999, he went to LSU as assistant coach, conducting practices, player instruction during matches and recruiting future players.
A native of Chicago, Ill., Booras graduated from West Virginia with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts in 1997 and received his master's degree in sport psychology from WVU in 2001.
Booras is married to the former Laura Ingram from Birmingham, Ala., who is pursuing a career as an Opera Soprano and teaches music lessons in New Orleans. The couple has one daughter, Georgiana Rose.
Tulane Under Booras
| Year | Record | Final ITA Ranking |
| 2009-10 | 3-18 | - |
| 2010-11 | 11-11 | - |
| 2011-12 | 12-11 | - |
| 2012-13 | 12-8-1 | 69 |
| 2013-14 | 15-9 | 65 |
| 2014-15 | 16-7 | 41 |
| 2015-16* | 16-9 | 31 |
| 2016-17* | 19-6 | 30 |
| 2017-18* | 18-7 | 28 |
| 2018-19* | 14-13 | 44 |
| 2019-20^ | 5-6 | 47 |
| 2020-21* | 15-8 | 23 |
| 2021-22 | 7-15 | |
| 2022-23* | 15-13 | |
| Total | 178-141-1 | - |
^indicates abbreviated season due to COVID-19 pandemic
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