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Kentucky Hires Shelley Jaudon as new Women's Tennis Coach

Kentucky’s search for a new women’s tennis coach is over. Mitch Barnhart found someone with blue blood in their veins.

Shelley Jaudon comes to Kentucky after spending five years at James Madison, where she took the Dukes to their first Colonial Athletic Conference championships and first NCAA Tournament berths in school history. James Madison was 62-36 (.633) during her tenure. She replaces Carlos Drada, who resigned this spring after 18 seasons at Kentucky.

In addition to her time at JMU, Jaudon (pronounced jah-DON) spent four years as the head coach at Middle Tennessee, where the Blue Raiders went 110-70 (.