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Ryan Jump recently completed his first season as an assistant coach with the UIC women's tennis program. In his first year, he helped the Flames capture the Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship with a perfect 7-0 record in league play, while also picking up a priceless win over Indiana, the program's first against a Big Ten Conference opponent since 2010.

Jump joined the Flames family following a successful stint as the first full-time head coach for both the men's and women's tennis programs at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Jump worked with the Cardinals' women's program from 2017-24, compiling a 91-44 record and leading NCC to three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances and three College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) regular season titles. A three-time CCIW Coach of the Year on the women's side, he mentored 16 all-conference selections and 17 players who earned CCIW Player of the Week accolades, along with 44 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic honorees. His NCC women's squads also captured six ITA Team Academic Awards during his tenure.

Jump similarly led the North Central men's tennis program from 2018-24, posting an 86-46 record while guiding the Cardinals to the 2022 NCAA Division III Tournament and the CCIW championship. A two-time CCIW Men's Tennis Coach of the Year, Jump developed 10 all-conference picks and 16 CCIW Players of the Week, as well as 26 ITA All-Academic selections. In addition, the NCC men were three-time ITA All-Academic Team honorees under his tutelage.

Between his time at North Central and his current role at UIC, Jump served as director of racquets at the Royal Melbourne Country Club in Mundelein, Illinois, from 2024-26. He was also the assistant tennis professional at the Hawthorn Woods (Ill.) Country Club from 2013-17, where he was head coach of the junior club team. In addition he was on the ITA Division III Operating Committee in 2023-24.

Jump attended Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he was a four-time All-CCIW selection and twice qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament. He is the winningest player in school history (91 career singles victories) and was a three-year team captain before earning the CCIW's Merle Chapman Leadership Award in 2016. Jump graduated that same year from Carthage with a bachelor's degree in communications and public relations and spent the following year as a graduate assistant for both the men's and women's tennis programs at Carthage. He subsequently earned his master's degree with an emphasis in leadership studies from North Central in 2020.