Scot Reinhart

Scot Reinhart

 

Scot Reinhart

Fourth season as head men’s and women’s coach after three years as an assistant

Has led the Foresters to an 29-21 overall record and 15-2 mark in Midwest Conference play over the last three years

Directed players to two MWC Player of the Year honors, three league titles, and 17 Second Team All-MWC honors in the last two seasons

Lake Forest is 74-57 overall and 34-7 in the league during his seven years with the program

Has also served as head boys and girls tennis coach at Lane Tech High School and head junior varsity/assistant varsity boys coach at Northside College Preparatory School

Played at Elk Grove High School and Harper College before graduating from the University of Arizona

Worked in the advertising industry for 17 years

 

After four years as an assistant men's tennis coach, Scot Reinhart was named head coach in January of 2021. He holds the same position with the women's program.

Reinhart led the Foresters to an overall record of 11-9 and the team finished second in the Midwest Conference standings with a mark of 5-1 in league play. Lake Forest was the runner-up in the MWC Championship Tournaments for the eventh time in the last eight times the event was held. Reinhart is now 29-21 overall with victories in 15 of 16 conference matches in three years as head coach. The team is also 74-57 overall and 34-7 in the MWC since he joined the staff.

Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk succesfully defended his conference title at #1 singles and repeated at MWC Player of the Year in 2023. Foresters also reached the finals of the MWC Individual Tournaments at seven other positions in the lineup. Since Reinhart came to the College, Lake Forest players have claimed conference titles or been named All-MWC 19 times. Kyle Lasen earned the MWC Elite 20 Award for possessing the highest grade point average of any player in the four-team 2023 MWC Tournament. He was also one of six Foresters achieving Academic All-MWC status and five who were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete.

Reinhart has led the Forester women to an 29-19 overall record with a 15-2 mark in the MWC over the last three years. He has now helped lead the team to a 89-37 overall record and a 40-4 mark in league play since he joined the staff. Lake Forest has reached the final of each MWC Tournament during that span and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time in program history in 2019.

Reinhart was the head boys and girls tennis coach at Lane Tech High School from 2016 to 2020 and led the girls team to a third place finish at the Chicago Public Schools City Tournament his first season. Prior to taking over the program at Lane Tech, he was the head junior varsity and assistant varsity coach at Chicago's Northside College Preparatory High School and led the JV team to four CPS titles.

In addition to coaching tennis, Reinhart owns and operates a small business. After graduating from the University of Arizona, he spent 17 years working for various advertising agencies and developed advertising, packaging and promotions for clients such as Coors Brewing, Kraft Foods, U.S. Postal Service, Nestle Quik!, Red Lobster, Salon Selectives, Coke Brands, Cracker Jack and Frito-Lay Brands, and Orville Redenbacher.

Still a successful player himself, Reinhart has competed for Northwestern University's USTA 4.0 traveling team for several years and helped the squad claim a Chicago district championship. He played at Elk Grove High School for four years and at at Harper College for two before transferring to the University of Arizona, where he competed on the club team.

Reinhart resides in Chicago.