Former Cerritos College men's tennis player Derek Siddiqui, who played from 2010-11, has been named the Associate Head Coach at Mississippi State University. He moves to the Builldogs coaching staff after spending the last three seasons as the head coach at Grand Canyon University. Cerritos dropped their tennis program after the 2020 season.

In his sophomore season with Cerritos, Siddiqui was the team's #1 singles player and posted a 23-3 record, which included reaching the Round of 16 at the state championships and was a quarterfinalist at the Southern California Championships. He and teammate Jonny Chai, who compiled a 23-3 record as a tandem, captured the Southern California title, and reached the state finals, where they were defeated in straight sets.

Siddiqui then transferred to San Diego State, where he was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection in singles, while he earned all-conference honors his junior season. As a senior, he was ranked as high at #71 in the nation and finished the year with a 14-10 singles record, which included an 11-8 mark in the #1 position. He also went 14-6 in doubles play.

Before his time at Grand Canyon, Siddiqui had coaching stints at Gonzaga and Texas Christian University. On TCU's staff for four seasons, Siddiqui was part of a Horned Frogs program that was in the nation's top 25 every week of his tenure. In 2022, TCU spent the entire season in the top five, with seven weeks as the nation's top team. Siddiqui was on staff for a historic run by TCU from 2020 to 2022, as the Horned Frogs posted a cumulative 57-17 record with two Big 12 regular-season titles and three straight Elite Eight appearances in the NCAA tournament. In 2022, TCU finished with 26 wins, which was tied for the most in program history. The Horned Frogs entered the NCAA tournament as the overall No. 1 seed.

Siddiqui oversaw player development in his time with the Horned Frogs while simultaneously directing junior development programs as the Dallas Fort Worth Tennis Academy Director. Prior to TCU, Siddiqui was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Gonzaga from 2014 to 2018. In 2018, he helped Gonzaga to its first winning season in the 20-year history of the program. While at Gonzaga, Siddiqui developed eight All-WCC honorees