Introducing Women’s Tennis Faculty-Coach Marika Cusick

The Johns Hopkins Department of Athletics debuted its Faculty-Coach initiative during the 2025-26 academic year. The program is designed to engage faculty members and create meaningful relationships and community between academic affairs and athletics by serving in a mentoring and supportive role of JHU’s scholar-athletes. Faculty Coaches will serve as honorary members of the coaching staff and act as an additional support person for scholar-athletes on the team. They are available to answer academic questions and help direct scholar-athletes, particularly first year students, to the many resources available to all Johns Hopkins students. The initial two-year commitment, which comes with…