Coach Theodore Richard F. Mahaffey, III (Dickie) enters his third season as head men’s and women’s tennis coach at the University of the District of Columbia. 

In 2010-2011, Coach Mahaffey guided the men’s tennis team to a 13-4 record, a second place finish in the East Coast Conference Men’s Tennis Championships, and a No. 4 ranking in the NCAA D-II East Region end-of-season rankings.  Coach Mahaffey also guided the women’s tennis team to a 7-9 record, a five-win improvement from the 2009-2010 season.  In the Spring 2011, Coach Mahaffey was voted by his fellow coaches the ECC Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year.

Prior to his appointment in 2009 as UDC's head coach, Coach Mahaffey served as assistant tennis coach for Georgetown University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams from 2006 - 2009. In addition, Coach Mahaffey‘s tennis experience includes serving as assistant head tennis pro for the Edgemoor Club from 2007 - present, assistant director and senior instructor for the Georgetown University Tennis Camp from 2005-2007, and director of tennis for the One-on-One Basketball In Training – Dual Sports Camps from 2007 - 2008.

Coach Mahaffey’s other experiences include having served as director of operations for Leeward Islands Lottery Holding Company (CLS-U.S. Virgin Islands), senior consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, and government relations consultant for the firms of Washington & Christian and Washington Strategic Consulting Group, Inc. 

Coach Mahaffey is a 1995 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Bachelors of Arts Degree in International Relations.