Norfolk State University Athletics

Matthew Halfpenny enters his second season as the Norfolk State University men’s and women’s tennis coach heading into the 2010-11 school year.

It was under Halfpenny's tutelage that junior Arsenio Culver earned All-MEAC First Team honors in 2010, Halfpenny's first full season with the program. Culver also finished the year at No. 20 in the Atlantic Region in the final Campbell/ITA rankings.

Prior to arriving at NSU, Halfpenny served as the facilities coordinator at Old Dominion University’s Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center for two years from 2007-09. In that capacity, Halfpenny was responsible for marketing and selling memberships and contracting court time.

While there, he was also responsible for developing and promoting programs for adult and junior tennis patrons and soliciting local and regional Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and United States Tennis Association (USTA) events to the facility.

Prior to working at ODU, Halfpenny served as an assistant women’s tennis coach at William & Mary during the 2006-07 academic year. During his lone season there, he helped the Tribe capture the 2007 CAA Championship with a 22-3 record and advance to the NCAA tournament round of 16.

The team was ranked as high as No. 15 in the nation that season by the ITA. In addition, Halfpenny was also the Tribe’s recruiting coordinator, leaning on his extensive experience recruiting in the United States as well as in Europe.

Halfpenny has also served stints as an assistant men’s tennis coach at N.C. State (2002-06) and Brown University (1999-2002). At N.C. State, Halfpenny helped lead the Wolfpack to a school-record 20 wins and an ITA national ranking of No. 42 in 2006. While at Brown, Halfpenny assisted with the Bears’ first-ever Ivy League Championship team and NCAA tournament appearance in 2002. He was named the Region I Assistant Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year that season.

Halfpenny has been instrumental in running tennis camps, both indoor and outdoor, throughout his coaching career. He led the Nike Tennis Camp while at William & Mary and was the director of camps at N.C. State. Halfpenny has also run winter camps at both N.C. State and Brown.

As a collegian, Halfpenny was a four-year starter at Charleston Southern from 1994-98. He was a two-time All-Big South selection and a three-year captain. Halfpenny was a key player on the Bucs’ first-ever Big South Championship team in 1996.

CSU later won another Big South title in 1998 during Halfpenny’s senior season. Halfpenny graduated from Charleston Southern in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

A native of Philadelphia, Halfpenny and his wife, Christine, reside in Williamsburg with their sons Jackson (4) and Cole (1). Christine is the head women’s lacrosse coach at William & Mary.