Steve Faulkner will begin his first season as head coach of the men's tennis program at the University of Montevallo.

Men's tennis made its debut at Montevallo in 1959. The University fielded a team for 22 years before discontinuing the sport at the end of the 1980 season. Men's tennis will be the sixth men's sport at Montevallo beginning in the Fall of 2010.

Faulkner concurrently is a teaching professional at the Pelham Tennis Center. He was previously the tennis director at the Altadena Country Club in Birmingham for 14 years. Faulkner has also been a pro-coach with the Pelham High School varsity team for the past seven years, and is a certified teaching professional with the United States Professional Tennis Association since 1987.

A 1985 graduate in Computer Information Systems at Jacksonville State University, Faulkner is also Chairman of Junior Competition for the United States Tennis Association-Alabama, helping oversee junior tournaments throughout the state. He has served on the USTA-Alabama committee since 1997.

Faulkner, with wife Sandy, and children Lauren and Cameron reside in Alabaster.