Following a successful two-year stint as the Northwestern State tennis assistant coach, Marcos Morelli was promoted to head coach in August 2023.
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.
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