Francisco Stuardo, the head pro at Whippoorwill Country Club, was named volunteer assistant men’s tennis coach at Fordham in October of 2024.
 
As the head pro at Whippoorwill Country Club, Stuardo is responsible with providing tennis instruction to different levels of players along with men’s and ladies’ drills, and kids’ clinics.
 
Stuardo has plenty of collegiate experience, serving as an assistant coach at Purdue University from 2016 to 2021. He was named the 2016 ITA Ohio Valley Assistant Coach of the Year in his first season with the Boilermakers.

In addition to his duties with Purdue, he serves as the traveling coach for Christian Garin of Chile. With help from Stuardo Vargas, Garin has moved up to No. 18 in the world ATP rankings. Stuardo Vargas mentored Garin to his first ATP 250 title at the Fayez Sarofirm & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in 2019. Stuardo Vargas worked with Andrej Martin of Slovakia at the 2020 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. The latest work of Stuardo was with Cristian Garin at the 2024 US Open.

The stint at Purdue was Stuardo’s third collegiate coaching post after spending nearly two years coaching professionally. In August 2016, Stuardo saw his two prized pupils, Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrej Martin, take to the Olympic court in Rio de Janeiro. Podlipnik-Castillo qualified in doubles for Chile, and Martin played both singles and doubles for Slovakia. 
 
Stuardo also coached the Chilean team at the Davis Cup in September 2015. They earned a promotion to Zone Group 1 with a trio of 5-0 wins over Peru, Mexico and Venezuela in the finals. 

Before coaching professionally, Stuardo played as a professional for eight months in 2014. He obtained an ATP high singles ranking of No. 1440 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 1619. As of Sept. 12, 2016, Stuardo Vargas was listed at No. 1881. 

Stuardo earned his bachelor’s degree in sport administration from Toledo in December 2013 and his associate degree in physical education from College of the Desert in December 2009. He also holds a graduate degree in sports management from Universidad Europea de Madrid.
 
Stuardo Vargas quickly found success after transferring to Toledo from Andres Bello University in his hometown of Santiago, Chile. During the 2013 season, he was the team leader in doubles wins with 17 total while racking up 16 singles victories. He was also named to the All-Mid-American Conference second team, and earned several team awards, including the Rockets’ Most Valuable Player, Newcomer of the Year, and Team Leadership Award.