Jack Batchelor joined the Longwood tennis staff as a graduate assistant coach in August 2025 and is in his second season in 2026-27.
In his firs season, Batchelor helped guide the Longwood men's team to its most dual-match wins since 2019, finishing 13-7 overall, while advancing to a first Big South championship match. Longwood then earned an invitation to the 2026 UTR Sports NIT Championship in Rome, Ga., falling to the Atlantic Sun Conference’s North Alabama.
During the season, the Lancers enjoyed winning streaks of four consecutive and nine-of-11 overall with milestone victories against in-state foes Richmond for a second straight season and at James Madison for the first time since 2008.
The Lancers were led by Big South Player of the Year and the league's individual singles champion, senior Timéo Puech, who went 22-6 in singles across all competitions this season, including a 10-3 mark at No. 1 last spring. He won his last eight singles matches overall while also playing to a 16-15 mark at No. 1 doubles, primarily with partner Daniel Borisov. The pair became the first in Longwood history to earn a national ranking on Feb. 4, coming in at No. 61, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Overall, four different players earned a total of nine Big South year-end honors. Joining Puech, who claimed first-team singles and doubles plaudits for a second consecutive season, were junior Borisov (first-team doubles and second-team singles), senior Alejandro Uribe (second-team singles and doubles) and sophomore Daniel Lopez (second-team doubles).
Uribe was the only men's player this season to earn singles victories in all three Big South duals. Both Borisov and Uribe claimed Big South Player of the Week honors during the season, as well. Uribe earned the match-clinching singles wins against the Spiders and Dukes in a three-day span.
Batchelor helped Puech win the 2025 Big South Men's Individual Tennis Championship in singles in the fall as the Maisons-Alfort, France native advanced to the ITA Conference Masters Championship in San Diego.
Longwood finished ranked in the ITA Atlantic Region, slotting into the No. 5 spot. Additionally, Puech was ranked No. 8 in the region in singles. It was believed to be the first the first regional ranking for a Longwood player in singles or doubles in team history.
Batchelor, along with director of tennis Charlotte Clarke and women's tennis graduate assistant coach Harriet Glaves, was named Longwood's 2025-26 Coaching Staff of the Year at the end-of-season athletics banquet.
Batchelor came to the Lancers from Division I Bellarmine in the Atlantic Sun Conference. He finished his four years from 2021-25 as the Knights’ all-time leader in total wins (119) and singles victories (70). Batchelor, a native of York, England, is also second all-time in the Louisville school’s annals with 49 wins in doubles action.
A three-time team captain and four-time ASUN honor roll recipient, Batchelor earned first team all-ASUN honors in both 2024 and 2025, including being a unanimous selection as a senior. He was also a two-year member of Bellarmine’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as well as earning five dean’s list commendations.
He graduated cum laude in economics in 2025.
Batchelor has also worked as a junior tennis coach in North Yorkshire, England.
