Max Benson - Men's Tennis
Max Benson
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- maxwell.benson@unf.edu
Max Benson joined the Osprey men's tennis coaching staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2024.
Last season, Benson helped the Ospreys post an ASUN-best 13-8 record highlighted by a 9-3 home record this spring to help the Ospreys clinch the top seed in the 2026 ASUN Men's Tennis Championship and advance to the 2026 ASUN Championship Final.
He reunited with head coach John Collins after playing under him at Presbyterian College from 2020-23. He joins Javier Matos,  entering his first year with the Ospreys, as one of two assistant coaches.
Benson is currently ranked No. 815 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He captured his first professional tennis championship with a doubles win in the 2024 International Tennis Federation (ITF) M25 Telfs Tournament in Telfs, Austria this past summer.
Benson was a dominant player with the Blue Hose under Collins, winning Big South Player of the Year in 2021. He also won the Big South Freshman of the Year before Collins' arrival in 2019.
The Albany, N.Y., native lead the team to conference tournament victories in both 2021 and 2023, as well as a regular season championship in 2023.
Benson has been ranked as high as No. 22 in ITA doubles and is the most decorated player in the D-I era at Presbyterian. He also adds four-time Big South All-Conference honors, ITA Scholar-Athlete and Big South Honor Roll honoree to his list of career accomplishments at the collegiate level.
Last season, Benson helped the Ospreys post an ASUN-best 13-8 record highlighted by a 9-3 home record this spring to help the Ospreys clinch the top seed in the 2026 ASUN Men's Tennis Championship and advance to the 2026 ASUN Championship Final.
Benson helped Andreas Scott earn ASUN Player of the Year, ASUN-Scholar Athlete of the year and First Team All-ASUN honors for the second-consecutive season and guided Aron Major and Kyle Piqueras to ASUN All-Freshman Team recognition.
In his first season at North Florida, he helped develop Andreas Scott to an ASUN superlative trifecta players with the junior receiving Player, Doubles Pair and Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2025. He also assisted in reeling in an ASUN First Team All-Conference selection, an ASUN All-Freshman honoree, a pair of ASUN Player of the Week awards and two ASUN All-Academic distinctions.He reunited with head coach John Collins after playing under him at Presbyterian College from 2020-23. He joins Javier Matos,  entering his first year with the Ospreys, as one of two assistant coaches.
Benson is currently ranked No. 815 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He captured his first professional tennis championship with a doubles win in the 2024 International Tennis Federation (ITF) M25 Telfs Tournament in Telfs, Austria this past summer.
Benson was a dominant player with the Blue Hose under Collins, winning Big South Player of the Year in 2021. He also won the Big South Freshman of the Year before Collins' arrival in 2019.
The Albany, N.Y., native lead the team to conference tournament victories in both 2021 and 2023, as well as a regular season championship in 2023.
Benson has been ranked as high as No. 22 in ITA doubles and is the most decorated player in the D-I era at Presbyterian. He also adds four-time Big South All-Conference honors, ITA Scholar-Athlete and Big South Honor Roll honoree to his list of career accomplishments at the collegiate level.
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