Chris Bizot is entering his fourth season back at UT Tyler as the men’s and women’s tennis head coach after leading the newly revived Angelo State women’s program from 2017-22.
The 2024-25 season was the most successful season for the UT Tyler women’s program since he returned as the head coach before the 2022-23 season, as he led the Patriots to an 18-10 record overall and a 7-3 mark in the Lone Star Conference. The Patriots qualified for the LSC Postseason Tournament for the first time in the program’s NCAA Division II history (since 2019).
Three UT Tyler players were selected All-Lone Star Conference: Yana Bancarel (first team singles), Natalia Gorzny (second team singles), Bancarel and Gorzny (second team doubles), and Allison Schwartz (honorable mention singles). In 2023-24, Muskan Gupta was selected as an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American in singles and was also a first-team All-LSC selection.
In his first turn as the head coach of the UT Tyler women’s program, Bizot led the program to 11 American Southwest Conference East Division championships in 12 seasons, led the Patriots to eight ASC regular season titles, eight ASC Postseason Tournament championships, and eight appearances in the NCAA Division III regional tournament. He also earned nine ASC Coach of the Year honors.
He was hired to be the head women’s coach at Angelo State University in January 2017. He spent the 2017 spring season putting the program together, and the Rambelles hit the court that fall. In their first full season (2017-18), they went 15-9 overall and 3-3 in the Lone Star Conference.
Bizot immediately took the Angelo State women’s program to impressive heights, winning three regular-season LSC championships and making three appearances at the NCAA South Central Regional tournament in just five years. The Belles won their third consecutive conference title during the 2022 season and collected 12 all-conference awards. At Angelo State, Bizot coached the Belles to a record of 76-27 over five seasons.
Since returning to UT Tyler, he has led the Patriots to an overall record of 36-27 overall and 16-14 in the LSC. Before being hired as the head coach at UT Tyler, he served as the head coach at NCAA Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University (2002-03 and 2003-04), leading the Sailfish to a record of 23-26 in those two seasons. His career record as a women’s tennis coach is 328-170 overall and 111-20 in conference play.
When combined with his career record as a men’s head coach (301-114 overall and 92-2 in conference play), Bizot has an all-time coaching mark of 629-284 overall and 203-22 in conference play.
He has accumulated several awards, including 18 ASC Division Coach of the Year, three LSC Coach of the Year, five ITA Region Coach of the Year, and the 2004 NCCAA Women's National Coach of the Year.
Bizot earned his bachelor's degree in Administration of Justice and his master's in history from Mississippi College. He also served as team captain for all four years of his Choctaw playing career.
