JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida men's tennis head coach John Collins announced the addition of assistant coach Javier Matos to finalize the staff.

"I'm really excited to work with Javier [Matos] again," Collins said. "He developed as a leader during his playing career and is already a great young coach. He's going to do a great job sharing his experiences with our student-athletes and helping us compete for an ASUN Championship title."

Matos comes to North Florida after spending the 2024-25 season as an assistant men's tennis coach at East Tennessee State. He helped the Bucs secure a share of the 2025 SoCon Regular Season title and helped guide five different ETSU players to All-SoCon recognition.

Matos spent his collegiate career at Presbyterian College, where he played under Collins for four seasons from 2021-24. He received All-Big South honors all four years. Matos was a standout on the court as he was the 23rd player in conference history to be a three-time All-Big South Doubles selection and the 15th player in league history to be a four-time All-Big South singles player. He helped Presbyterian capture both the Big South Regular Season and Tournament titles in 2023.

"I'm excited to be here at North Florida," Matos added. "It's such a winning program in the ASUN. I'm happy to have this experience with the players, and I know they're really talented. I also worked with Coach Collins when I was at Presbyterian. He's a great guy and has been a very successful collegiate coach. I'm going to try and provide as much I can with my experience at East Tennessee, and I'm excited to be here."

Matos reached an ITF Ranking of 297 in high school and a UTR Rating of 11.84. He won an ITF singles tournament in Venezuela and captured two ITF doubles tournament victories in Venezuela and The Dominican Republic. Matos was also ranked No. 2 in Venezuela and won the 2020 Aguila Negra Open. He was even chosen to join the South American COSAT 12 and 16 national teams.