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Longwood Director of Tennis Carlos Lora resigned after one season at the helm of the men’s and women’s tennis teams, director of athletics Tim Hall announced today.

Lora has accepted the associate head coach position at the University of Tulsa.

“We are grateful for the work that Carlos put in to our programs,” said Hall. “He has helped continue to build a strong foundation. A search is already underway for the next leader of Longwood tennis.”

In his season in Farmville, Lora guided Longwood to its first Big South Conference tournament berth on the men’s side since 2019, leading the Lancers to an 8-8 overall mark and 1-3 in the conference. He helped Alejandro Hernandez and Timeo Puech to all-Big South honors with Puech garnering first-team singles and second-team doubles recognition and Hernandez picking up second-team singles and doubles plaudits.

“I am beyond grateful for my time at Longwood and for all of the amazing people that are part of the program, the department, and the university,” said Lora. “Longwood is a great place that is poised for more future success in the years to be come. I want to thank Tim Hall for believing in my and the vision for the program and for all of the support that he provided myself and the program throughout my time at Longwood. I am looking forward to seeing the future success of both programs under the leadership of the new coach.”

A look at the season of Carlos Lora 

The Lancers’ women’s team under Lora went 7-10 overall and 1-4 in the league, winning three of its final four matches despite narrowly missing the Big South tournament. Feline van Eijkelenburg and Oriana Izarra were named to the all-conference team with van Eijkelenburg earning second-team honors in both singles and doubles and Izarra claiming a second-team doubles nod.

Lora’s charges excelled in the classroom, as well. Nine members of his teams, including five on the women’s side, earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, while both squads also claimed ITA All-Academic Team recognition. The women’s team posted a cumulative 3.525 grade-point average and the men put up a 3.42 GPA for the year.

Longwood will announce its next Director of Tennis in the coming days.