Filip Kricka was hired in July 2012 and is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Penn women's tennis program.

Kricka makes the move to Penn from the Quakers' University City neighbor, Drexel, where he spent the last two years as a coach with the Dragons' men's and women's tennis programs. This past year the Drexel women won 13 matches, the second-best total in program history, while the men won nine matches which was their highest total since they won 10 in 2007-08.

Kricka, who hails from Umag, Croatia, came to Drexel after a successful playing and coaching career at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. He began his collegiate playing career as a member of South Alabama's nationally ranked tennis team. After competing with the Jaguars for the 2005-06 season, Kricka transferred to Stetson where he was a second-team All-Atlantic Sun selection in 2007 and a member of the All-Academic First Team in 2008. As a senior in 2009, Kricka served as a team captain while playing his way to first-team all-conference honors and a spot on the Atlantic Sun's All-Tournament Team. He was also an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar Athlete his senior year.

After graduating with a degree in integrated health science, Kricka served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Hatters. Kricka has also honed his skills as an instructor while working as a tennis professional at The Club of Riverdale in New York and the assistant tennis professional at the Cloveleigh Club in Rye, N.Y.