Cedric Rupa joined App State as assistant tennis coach in January 2023.
 
He arrived in Boone after serving as a graduate assistant coach for the Cameron University women's tennis program in Lawton, Okla., helping the team to an NCAA Division II Sweet 16 appearance, conference championship and region championship.
  
During his time with the Cameron University program, Rupa helped develop four nationally ranked Division II players and coached the No. 5 doubles team in the ITA Division II rankings. Anastasia Uspenskaia earned Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and ITA South Central Region Rookie of the Year accolades.
 
Rupa, who grew up in Fredericton, NB, Canada and attended high school in Australia, played collegiate tennis at Southern Utah and Ferris State. After his playing days, he served as a volunteer assistant for the Ferris State men's and women's teams in 2020-21. He graduated from Ferris State in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.