Bio
The longest tenured coach in the Southern Conference in any sport, Paul Scarpa finished his career as the NCAA's all-time wins leader in men's tennis with 853 victories, 817 of which came at Furman.
He captured 17 Southern Conference titles and was named the league's Coach of the Year nine times.
Scarpa's contributions to the game are felt beyond the SoCon, as he developed the current dual-match scoring system adopted by the NCAA in 1993, the "3-6" format or "Scarpa System" specifying that all matches begin with doubles play featuring eight-game pro sets with all three doubles teams playing for one team doubles point. He also invented and patented the tape (Tenex) used to mark clay courts throughout the world.
Scarpa was inducted into Furman's Hall of Fame in 1994.