Lins is entering his second year as the Head Men’s Tennis coach at Cumberland. In his first season he led the men’s program to a 13-7 overall record and a trip to the National Tournament.

Thiago played junior tennis in Brazil and was ranked among the 100 best junior tennis players in his home country. He earned a full tennis scholarship to play for 2 years at Seward County Community College in Liberal, KS and then transferred to Bethel University in Tennessee. 

Thiago was ranked in the top 20 in Singles and Doubles during his college career and as a team they were ranked in the top 5 in the NAIA rankings and appeared in 3 straight national tournaments. After graduating college, Thiago worked at several tennis facilities, including Assistant Tennis Pro at Idle Hour Club in GA, Director of Tennis at The Westside Club in SC, Junior and Adult Tennis Coordinator at Midtown Athletic Club in GA, Head Tennis Pro for Genesis Health Clubs in Salina, KS, as well as the Student Assistant Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach for Bethel University and assistant men’s and women’s coach at Central Christian College in Kansas.

He worked at several clinics as a special guest in Colombia, Brazil, Italy and around the US, working alongside legends of the game such as Rod Laver, John Newcombe, Roy Emerson, Mark Phillippoussis, Mark Woodforde, and several others players that were grand slam champions.

He holds USPTA, USPTR, and ITF certifications and has been teaching and coaching tennis for over 15 years.

Lins recieved his undergraduate degree in Physical Education from Bethel in 2008. He recently finished his masters degree in Sports Management in December 2018 at Cumberland University.

Alex Page begins his second year as an assistant athletic trainer at Cumberland University in 2022-23. Page will serve as the primary contact for baseball and women’s volleyball.

Since July of 2019, Page has served as the head athletic trainer at Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Texas just outside of Waco. Page was responsible for all sports at Hillsboro while managing the athletic training budget, overseeing drug testing, and honing his leadership skills with his staff. Page implemented arm care programs for both the Hillsboro baseball and softball programs.

Prior to moving to Texas, Page worked as a graduate assistant for the sports medicine/athletic training department at Eastern Michigan University. While in Ypsilanti, he worked with a variety of sports teams covering football, baseball, wrestling, volleyball, women’s swim & dive, and gymnastics. 

Page earned his bachelor’s of science degree in athletic training from the University of Alabama in 2017. He also earned a degree in general health studies and a minor in nutrition. While a student at Alabama, he was able to gain experience working with the Crimson Tide football, swim & dive, track & field, baseball, and softball programs. 

He was able to complete a summer internship with the Seattle Seahawks working in three preseason games and summer workouts/practices. Page would set up the game/practice fields, pack kits, assist in treatments and rehabs, and aided in the implementation of the NFL’s drug testing program. 

Page holds a Master of Science in sport management degree from Eastern Michigan. He is also affiliated with the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association and the Texas Athletic Training Association.

Brittany McWilliams graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art with an emphasis in Graphic Design in 1998 and a Certificate in Meeting and Event Planning in 2001 from San Diego State University in San Diego, California.

Brittany worked for a dot-com company after college as a content designer and when that industry collapsed, she pursued a career in meeting and event planning. She worked at Hilton Harbor Island hotel in San Diego and then at Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville after moving to TN with her husband in 2001. In 2005, she decided to become a stay-at-home mom and did various work from home jobs including medical transcription and direct sales with Thirty-One Gifts and Scentsy. She went back to work as a preschool teacher for 9 years and taught one and two-year-old’s until coming to Cumberland.

Brittany joined Cumberland in February of 2021 as the Postmaster. She became a full-time Administrative Assistant to the Athletic and Facilities Departments in November 2021.

She resides in Mt. Juliet with her husband Allen and two children, Ryan and Morgan. Brittany loves spending time with her friends and family, watching her children in their activities (high school bowling, soccer and competition dance), camping, traveling and watching movies.

Karen Martinez joined the Cumberland staff as head coach for Men’s and Women’s tennis on June 30, 2017. 

Her First season she led the Men’s program to a 21-4 overall record making it to the quarterfinals of the NAIA national tournament. Lead the women’s program to a 13-11 overall record.  Cumberland reached the NAIA national tournament in both seasons.  

Before joining the Cumberland family coach Martinez has served one year as head coach for men’s and women’s tennis at Central Christian College in McPherson, Kan. The Tigers participate as an independent athletic program in the NAIA and also in the National Christian College Athletic Association.

She spent one year as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II Emporia State in Kansas, planning road trips and scheduling matches while also handling most of the international recruiting process for student-athletes to the program.

Martinez also spent one season as an assistant coach at NCAA Division III Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., overseeing the program’s strength and conditioning program, running practices and scheduling matches.

She is a native of Bogota, Colombia, where she was ranked in the Top 5 nationally throughout her junior career. Martinez started her collegiate career at Bethel University in McKenzie, Tenn., advancing to the NAIA Championships in 2009, and played her junior and senior seasons at NCAA Division I USC Upstate.

While finishing her degree and for a year after graduation, she worked as the Junior Tennis Director at The Westside Club in Spartanburg, S.C., before spending almost a year as the Head Tennis Pro at Medlock Bridge Tennis Center in Johns Creek, Ga. She served as an assistant coach at Agnes Scott while also working at Medlock. Martinez also spent 18 months as the Junior Program Director at Tennis Stage Colombia in Bogota before returning to the states and taking the position at Emporia State.

She earned her bachelor’s in Physical Education with a concentration in Exercise and Sports Science from USC Upstate in 2012 and completed her master’s in Business Administration from Kansas Wesleyan in May 2017.

Coach Martinez is married to Thiago Oliveira the head Men’s tennis coach at Cumberland University. They have two children: Lucca and Lorenzo.

Cumberland University Director of Athletics Ron Pavan announced the hiring of Tim Mathis as head coach for the Phoenix on January 22, 2018. He becomes the sixth head coach since Cumberland restarted the football program in 1990. Mathis is entering his second season as the Phoenix Head Coach.

In Mathis’ first season at Cumberland, he led the Phoenix to a 5-6 (MSC 3-3) record.The Phoenix upset the number 4 ranked ranked Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders 24-21at home on Senior Day. The offense averaged 20.0 points per game while averaging 324.9 total yards per game.

Mathis served as an assistant coach for 10 seasons at Shorter University when the Hawks started their program in the NAIA in 2005. He was the team’s offensive coordinator his last five years at Shorter, including during the transition to NCAA Division II.

Mathis was a member of the Shorter staff for the inaugural season in 2005 and served five years as the team’s offensive line coach. The Hawks led the NAIA in rushing, won the Mid-South Conference championship and earned the program’s first-ever postseason playoff berth in 2008. Two players earned All-America honors and a dozen offensive linemen were named All-Mid-South during those five seasons.

He moved into the role of offensive coordinator from 2010-14, working with running backs for two seasons and quarterbacks and fullbacks the final three. Shorter ranked second nationally in rushing at 310.9 yards per game and posted 30.5 points per contest in 2010 and ranked third in the country in rushing (271.9), averaging 30.0 points per outing in 2011, the program’s last in the NAIA.

In 2012, the first transition year to Division II, the Hawks ranked ninth nationally in rushing at 268.5 yards per game and ranked third the Gulf South Conference in rushing (227.9) and second in time of possession. Shorter ranked third in total offense in 2013, with fullback Bradley Moon leading the GSC and ranking sixth in rushing yards and quarterback Eric Dodson ranking fifth in the conference in total offense.

Shorter ranked third in the Gulf South and 22nd nationally in rushing in 2014 with 225.3 yards per contest.

Mathis was the head coach the last two seasons at St. Francis High School in Alpharetta, Ga., posting a 2-8 record in 2016 with freshmen and sophomores making up 74 percent of the roster. He registered a 4-6 mark in 2017 with the Knights.

He also served one season as head coach at Franklin County High School in Eastpoint, Fla., helping the Seahawks break a 23-game losing streak and finishing the season 3-7 overall.

Prior to his time at Shorter, Mathis worked four years at Trion City Schools in Trion, Ga., coaching the offensive line all four seasons as well as serving as defensive coordinator for two years. He was also the wrestling coach for two years and the golf coach for two seasons.

Mathis earned his bachelor’s in History with a minor in Political Science from Georgia Southern in 1996 and received his master’s in Leadership from Shorter in 2010. He is married to the former Mesha Layman and the couple has two children – Abby and Hunter.