Martin Novak, the head coach of the women’s tennis team at University of Maryland, has resigned from his position after being named the director of tennis at Trump National Golf Club in Washington D.C., according to director of athletics Deborah A. Yow on Thursday.

Novak has been with the Terp program for the past eight seasons, but has failed to create an annually successful team. This past season, he guided the Terps to a 4-17 overall record and only won one ACC match. The Terps finished the season after losing in the first round of the ACC tournament.

“While Coach Novak will be missed, this is a special professional opportunity at one of the elite tennis clubs in the nation,” Yow said in a press release. “His contribution will be remembered and appreciated. We wish him the very best.”

Novak was able to lead the Terps to the 2005 NCAA Tournament, the first appearance for the team in six seasons. The very next year, Novak brought the Terps back to the tournament and finished the season ranked No. 32 in the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.

Before accepting the head coaching position at Maryland, Novak coached Arkansas and Minnesota. In five seasons coaching the Razorbacks, Novak garnered a 71-45 record. In 1990, he moved on to coach the Gophers, where he led Minnesota to four NCAA tournament berths and also was awarded the 2000 Big Ten Coach of the Year.

His success was varied at Maryland and he finishes his coaching career with a 264-271 record. Novak failed to lead the Terps to a single-digit ACC tournament seed, and only won two ACC matches in the past three seasons.

According to players who spoke off the record during the season, Novak was losing his grip on the program and some of the players were not responding to his coaching.

University of Maryland and Yow have not announced who will be taking over as the coach for next year’s womens team, who will return everyone but Michal Amir.