Ellie Johnson was hired in September, 2024.
She is entering the 2025-26 season as her second year in charge of the Titans.
The 2024-25 season was the first season with Johnson at the helm of the Titans Women's Tennis Program. The Titans went 10-10 overall for the season and 4-5 in conference play. The Titans were the 7th seed in the Big West Championship where they fell to CSUN 4-3 in the first round of the Big West Championship. Sein Myoung was named to the All-Big West First Team in singles. She went a perfect 9-0 at the No. 1 in Big West play for the season. Seha Yu was named to the All-Big West Second Team in singles and an honorable mention in doubles along with Kaytlin Taylor.
Johnson comes to Cal State Fullerton after serving as the head coach of the men and women's tennis program at Concordia University Irvine (2023-24) and the previous six seasons as the head coach at Westmont (2017-23).
During her sole year at Concordia, the Golden Eagles men’s and women’s tennis team both finished in fourth place in the Pac West Conference. The Golden Eagles women's tennis team made it to the NCAA DII West Regional where they were eliminated 4-3 in a match against the top seeded Academy of Art University. The Concordia women's tennis team finished with an overall record of 16-7 and went 10-1 at home. Ellie Johnson coached both Sophie Rachor and Tiffany Carrillo to ITA All-American honors. Rachor and Elimilie Lugon-Moulin each won 17 singles matches and both earned First Team All-Pac West accolades. Lugon-Moulin was named the ITA DII West Regional Rookie of the Year. On the men's side, she coached Mattis Le Montagner and Mario Aleksic to being named All-Conference selections as CUI also notched a program record for the DII era with 13 wins.
Prior to her time at CUI, Johnson coached the Westmont Warriors over six seasons to a 46-52 record. She was named the GSAC Coach of the Year in 2021 after leading the Warriors to the GSAC Tournament Semifinals. She also led the Warriors to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament in 2018 and 2019. In 2019, she coached Westmont to the Golden State Athletic Conference regular season and tournament title. The Warriors went 12-0 during the GSAC regular season. She was named the West Region Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year 2018.
A graduate of Concordia University Irvine, Johnson was a four-year starter for the Eagles. In her senior year, the team won the GSAC Championship with Johnson playing at number two singles and number one doubles. Johnson, who was nationally ranked in doubles at number 13, served as team captain during her junior and senior seasons. Johnson graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Sports Science. After graduation, Johnson completed a master’s degree in coaching and athletic administration and served as the assistant women’s tennis coach at Concordia. She has also served as a tennis teaching pro at the Woodbridge Tennis Academy.
