Christine (Johnston) Nidiffer is entering her fifth year as the Head Men’s & Women’s Tennis Coach at Emory & Henry College. In addition to her role with the Wasps' tennis programs, Nidiffer also serves as the staff advisor for the E&H Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Nidiffer came to E&H after spending six years on the staff of Furman University, serving as the Associate Head Women’s Tennis Coach during the 2016-17 season. While at the Greenville, South Carolina school, Nidiffer helped the Paladins to back-to-back Southern Conference regular season championships (2016, 2017) and a SoCon Tournament Championship and NCAA Division I Tournament berth in 2017.

She has also coached 25 All-SoCon players, three SoCon Players of the Year and three of SoCon Freshmen of the Year. The Paladins swept both sets of major awards in three of the past four seasons.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Nidiffer played intercollegiate tennis at the University of Kentucky from 2007-10, leading the Wildcats to a trio of NCAA Division I Tournaments (2007, 2008, 2009). She was also a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection for her accomplishments in singles.

Nidiffer was honored with the ITA’s Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship and was named to the SEC Community Service team her senior year.  She and doubles partner, Carolina Escamilla, concluded the 2008 season ranked 30th nationally and were ranked as high as No. 16 during the 2009 campaign.  Nidiffer was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Prior to joining the Furman staff, Nidiffer was a volunteer assistant coach at Kentucky for the 2010-11 season.

Nidiffer earned her bachelor’s degree in integrated strategic communications from UK in 2010. Nidiffer and her husband, Marcus, welcomed their first child, Reece, in August of 2021. The family resides in Bristol, Tennessee.

-8/26/2021