Following a successful two-year stint as the Northwestern State tennis assistant coach,
Marcos Morelli was promoted to head coach in August 2023.
Since taking over the head coaching job in 2023, Morelli has recorded a 33-25 record overall, with an 18-7 record in Southland Conference play, while making it to the second round of the SLC Tennis tournament all three years. In time time span, Morelli was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 2025, while coaching up players who have made their way into NSU history and with others joining those books in the upcoming years.
In his third season with Northwestern State, Morelli continued his success dating back to his second year. Morelli led the Demons to a 12-8 record with a 7-2 record in Southland play, good for second in the SLC.
Due to their success, the Demons recorded the second seed in the tournament in Beaumont. Their first round matchup was against seventh seeded UTRGV, where the Demons won 4-1.
The following round, the Demons were eliminated by Corpus Christi 4-0, ending their season.
Despite the results, Morelli nurtured an upperclass that led the way with young stars emerging. Sofi Garcia, who followed Morelli from Argentina to NSU, put herself in NSU history with her play all four years, while Martina Acebedo Bonocore, also from Argentina, won Southland Conference Freshman of the Year following her first season. Acebedo was the first to win Freshman of the Year for NSU since 2012 (Tatiana Larina).
In just his second season at the helm, Morelli guided Northwestern State to an 8-1 Southland Conference record and the 2024 SLC regular-season championship, earning Southland Conference Coach of the Year honors. Under his leadership, the Lady Demons notched their best league finish since 2022, establishing themselves as one of the conference’s top programs.
He assisted with on-court coaching, helping lead the Lady Demons to a conference championship in 2022.
In his first season, Morelli, who came to NSU in the fall of 2021, was a vital part in guiding the Lady Demons to their first Southland Conference regular season championship since 2014.
During his two seasons as the assistant, he helped lead the Lady Demons to a 28-14 mark and trips to the Southland Conference Tournament semifinals in each season.
In his first season with the Lady Demons, Morelli oversaw the No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots as an in-match coach, helping Viktorie Wojcikova earn an All-Southland Conference First Team selection, as she posted a 6-0 league record in singles and 15-3 overall in both doubles and singles.
In addition to in-match coaching at No. 5 and 6 singles, he assisted in practice planning as the assistant with NSU.
During the summer in 2022 and 2023, Morelli worked at the Metropolis Country Club as the head tennis professional, where he ran tennis clinics and held private and semi-private lessons to kids and adults.
Morelli also assisted in club events, such as open tennis or Pro-Ams.
Previously, Morelli coached at the middle and high school levels in Buenos Aires, Argentina, coaching players from 12-18 years old.
He also worked at the Las Liebres Country Club in his home country of Argentina with high-level youth players.
While coaching, he also worked at HSBC from 2018-21.
Morelli earned an undergraduate economics degree and a postgraduate macroeconomics degree from Universidad Catolica Argentina.
He earned a masters in sports administration at NSU.
