Kody Duncan is in his third year as Men’s Tennis Head Coach at YSU. He was named head coach of the program in October 2023.
In 2025, the Penguins reached semifinals of the Horizon League Championships and posted 14 overall dual victories.
YSU opened the season with a 6-0 record, tying the school mark for most wins to open a dual campaign. In the HL tournament, the Guins ousted Southern Indiana, 4-0, before dropping a hard-fought 4-2 contest to eventual champ Belmont.
For their efforts during the year, Onder Balci was named first-team All-Horizon League while Will Rassat and Ethan Dasset were named second-team all-league.
In his first dual season in 2024, Duncan led the Penguins to nine victories and a berth in the Horizon League Tournament. Balci and Nishant Dabas were named second-team All-Horizon League for their performances during the season.
He served as the men’s and women’s head tennis coach at Division II Edinboro for seven years before joining the YSU program.
During his tenure as the men’s tennis coach at Edinboro, he guided the Fighting Scots to nearly 80 dual victories while posting an impressive 24-3 record in PSAC matches. He has a strong background recruiting internationally with student-athletes from Brazil, India, Spain, Africa, Taipei, Slovenia, France and Mexico on his most recent roster.
In 2022-23, he led Edinboro to their third straight PSAC Championship and Duncan earned his first PSAC Coach-of-the-Year honor. The Fighting Scots posted an 18-4 overall record advancing to the NCAA Round of 32. Edinboro was 6-0 in PSAC regular-season play and defeated Bloomsburg and Mercyhurst in the tournament.
During the 2021-22 season Duncan led the men's team to a 15-6 overall record and 5-0 mark in the PSAC. They defeated Mercyhurst in the PSAC championship match for the second consecutive year. The program made it to the round of 16 in the NCAA D2 tournament.
In 2020-21, Edinboro went 11-5 and 5-1 in the PSAC and defeated Bloomsburg and Mercyhurst in the PSAC Tournament. The Fighting Scots beat Mercyhurst 4-2 in Erie to claim the title. In the COVID short spring of 2020, Edinboro was 9-2 when the season was halted.
In his final four seasons as men’s coach at Edinboro, the program went 53-17. The Fighting Scots advanced to the NCAA Tournament in five of his full six seasons. He also served as the women’s coach during his tenure posting 34 victories.
Duncan played for Edinboro from 2011-15 before graduating with a bachelor's degree in HPE – Human Performance. He took over at Edinboro after a short stint at Allegheny College, where he was the assistant men's and women's tennis coach from June 2017 until his appointment as Edinboro’s interim head coach.
A native of Oil City, Pa., Duncan finished with a 43-26 record in singles action during his time as a player and was 26-28 in doubles play. He was part of two PSAC championship teams, including the 2013-14 team that finished 19-9, winning the PSAC title and advancing to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16. His top season came in 2012-13, when as a sophomore he earned All-PSAC accolades in doubles play. He finished the year at 18-8 in singles action and 13-7 in doubles.
Duncan also earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors as a sophomore and junior and was a PSAC Scholar Athlete.
Duncan graduated from Edinboro in the fall of 2015. He served as a volunteer assistant tennis coach at Oil City High School that fall, and has also worked at the Oil City YMCA. In addition, he served as the Oil City boys head soccer coach from August 2015-May 2016. He moved on to Moravian College in July 2016 and remained working in the athletic department as assistant equipment manager.
