Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

Located on the southeast side of campus, the Orville I. Cox Tennis Center is the home of the UTRGV men's and women's tennis teams.

In the fall of 2020, the Orville I. Cox Tennis Center received a renovation of the courts and new fence graphics. Now UTRGV is planning to expand the footprint of the facility by building new locker rooms, coaches offices, public restrooms, a sports medicine area, and a concession stand as well as new bleachers. The renovations also include a new entrance.

 

Built in 1958, the Orville I. Cox Tennis Center is named after a McAllen attorney and former President of the Pan American College Board of Regents. A member of the school's athletics Hall of Honor, Cox is known as the father of tennis at the University for his almost single-handed procurement of the construction of the then $75,000 facility with a cost to Pan American College of only $3,000. 

The Orville I. Cox Tennis Center has six tennis courts available and a main bleacher capacity of 300.