Jack Barton was named head coach of the Chicago State University men’s and women’s tennis programs on January 1, 2010.
 
Barton coached Christian Gonzalez and Felix Savard to capture five Western Athletic Conference Doubles Team of the week awards and Second Team All-WAC doubles honors during the 2017-18 season on the men’s team while Leshia Gadacz and Lorea Gamboa received First Team All-WAC accolades.
 
In addition, he also tutored Iesha Shepherd, Mariya Kostyuk and Katarina Drazic to earn WAC Player of the Week/Month honors. Gonzalez finished his collegiate career as the school’s Division I leader in career wins for both singles and doubles to go along with being named CSU’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year. The Green and White men also produced a 3.74 grade point average which was the top team departmental GPA in 2017-18.
 
CSU earned all-conference accolades in 2016-17 which included Gonzalez and Gonzalo Martinez claiming First Team All-WAC Doubles recognition, while Savard and Kostyuk earned Second Team All-WAC singles honors. The Cougars also had seven (four men, three women) ITA Scholar-Athletes and the men’s team received an ITA Academic Team award. He also guided the Cougars to make history as the first CSU team to advance to the semifinals of the 2017 WAC Tournament after posting a quarterfinal victory over Seattle.
 
Barton earned CSU Coach of the Year honors in 2015-16 after guiding Sergiu Muresan to capturing the D-I career singles and doubles victory records en route to being named CSU’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year honors. Gonzalez and Gabriel Niculescu received Second Team All-WAC honors, and the men’s team received the ITA Academic Award for their outstanding work in the classroom.

A pair of Cougars earned all-conference honors in 2014, the Cougars’ first year in the Western Athletic Conference. Kirsa Utech compiled 16 wins including nine victories at No. 1 singles. She picked up All-WAC First Team accolades for her play. On the men’s side, Muresan won 13 matches and earned an All-WAC Second Team selection.

Barton’s efforts in 2011-12 were rewarded with the Great West Conference Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year Award. His Cougars finished third in the GWC for the second time in three seasons thanks to a 4-3 victory over Texas-Pan America at the 2012 GWC Championships. Juan Rosalina Tejoprayitno garnered All-GWC First Team honors while her sister Juan Rosalia Tejoprayitno picked up second team accolades.

Juan Rosalia Tejoprayitno was also an All-GWC Second Team selection in 2010 when she and first team honoree Golda Rubina helped the Cougars to a third place finish in the GWC after a 4-0 shutout of NJIT. The pair guided the Cougars to a 10-5 record in 2009-10.

Barton’s squads are no stranger to success in the classroom also. Barton's women's squad won the ITA All-Academic Team Award in 2012-13 for the second consecutive season. The honor recognizes teams with a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better. In June of 2013 his women earned the highest team academic honor the NCAA bestows. He picked up the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for a perfect multi-year Academic Progress Rate score. It was

Barton's men's squad also earned the ITA All-Academic Team honor in 2012-13.

The Chicago native returned home to take over the CSU position after spending several years as the Director of the Rising Stars of Kentucky Tennis, which is a member of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) National Tennis Junior League (NJTL) that was founded by the late tennis great Arthur Ashe. The program, located in Louisville, Ky., is committed towards mentoring and teaching youth within the community.

In 2007, Barton guided the Rising Stars to a pair of USTA Kentucky Junior Team Tennis state titles in 14-and-under and 18-and-under categories in addition to a third-place finish with the 14-and-under team at the USTA Southern Section Junior Team Tennis Tournament. For their efforts, the Rising Stars were honored with the USTA National NJTL award and Barton received the 2007 UTSA Kentucky Volunteer of the Year award. He also led both Rising Stars squads to gain runner-up finishes at the 2009 USTA Kentucky Junior Team Tennis State Tournament.

Barton also served on the Board of Directors for USTA Kentucky and as a member of the USTA’s Southern Section NJTL Committee.

Before starting his coaching career, Barton was a four-year letterwinner and a starter for both singles and doubles on the men’s tennis team at St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C. He helped the Falcons place second in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during his first three seasons, and graduated with a B.S. degree in computer science in 1992. Barton also lettered in tennis for four years at Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, Ill.

Barton is a certified PTR professional who also serves on the Board of Directors for USTA Chicago. He currently resides in Tinley Park, Ill. with his wife Gina and daughter Gabriella.

Barton's Accomplishments at a Glance:

• 33 conference players of the week/month
• 14 second team all conference players
• 10 first team all conference players
• Coached 2019 WAC Female Freshman of the year Diana Borodina
• Coached three All WAC Tournament Singles Team Player (Sergiu Muresan 2015 & Jakov Suler 2019 and Katarina Drazic 2019)
• Great West Conference Women’s Coach of the Year 2012
• Defeated West Virginia Women from the Big East in 2010
• 4 years Perfect APR Score for the women's team (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14)
• 7 years Perfect APR Score for the men's team (2011-12, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)
• Perfect APR Multiyear score for Men's team in 2008-09, 2018-19
• Perfect APR Multiyear score for Women's team in 2011-12
• Perfect GSR for Women’s Tennis 4 years in a row 2009 to 2012 based on a 4-year cohort
• Perfect GSR for Men’s Tennis 3 years in a row 2010 to 2012 based on a 4-year cohort 
• 2 Time Chicago State Coach of the Year (2012 & 2016)
• Coached Two CSU Male Athlete of the Year Sergiu Muresan in 2016 and Christian Gonzalez in 2017
• Coached Female Doubles team Iesha Shepherd and Mariia Kostyuk to the Doubles Quarterfinals of the Midwest Region Women’s ITA Tournament in 2017
• 5 Time department Top Team GPA with Men's Tennis (2015, 2017-20)
• 5 Time Women's NCAA/ITA All-Academic Team (2012-13, 2018-20)
•  8 Time Men's NCAA/ITA All-Academic Team (2013-20)
• 36 Men NCAA/ITA All-Academic Scholar Athletes (2013-20)
• 28 Women NCAA/ITA All-Academic Scholar Athletes (2012-15, 2017-20)
• 93% Graduation Rate for men’s and women’s tennis players who stayed for their Senior year