Pavle Jefferson enters his first season as Harvard women's tennis coach in 2010-11. Jefferson has spent the last two seasons at Penn as an assistant coach on the women’s tennis staff.

In his first season with Harvard, Jefferson guided the Crimson to an 11-7 overall record and 4-3 mark in Ivy League play. The team finished in third place of the Ancient Eight standings and boasted two all-conference performers. Hideko Tachibana was a unanimous choice for first team All-Ivy League singles, while Kristin Norton earned a spot on the singles second team. The two juniors also combined to earn second team All-Ivy League doubles honors.

During his time at Penn, he helped spark his squad’s resurgence as Penn doubled its win totals between the 2009-10 and 2010-11 campaigns.

Jefferson began his career as a volunteer assistant coach for the Duke women’s tennis team. During his tenure the Blue Devils won the 2009 ACC and NCAA Championships.

Jefferson, a 2003 graduate of Columbia, was a member of the men’s tennis team and helped the Lions to two Ivy League Championships. He graduated from New York University in 2008 with a M.S. in global affairs.