Drew Dickens was named head coach of the Southeastern men's and women's tennis programs following the conclusion of the 2019 season. Dickens was promoted from the position of Interim Head Coach of both programs, which he served as throughout the duration of the 2019 campaign.

In 2025, Dickens once again led both men's and women's tennis to successful seasons. Women's tennis finished the season 18-8, with a 10-2 record at home, and 9-5 against ranked opponents. Returning to the Sun Conference Tournament Championship for the second time in program history, the Fire had four named SUN All-Conference. The season was cut short as the women fell in the first round of the NAIA National Tournament to Xavier (La.), after the season Carlotta Nonnis Marzano and freshman Irene Parigi were named NAIA All-American's.

The 2025 men's program reached new heights, posting a program best 18-3 record, and another perfect home season (8-0). Winning the all but one regular season match, the season was started with 14 straight wins with a 6-1 record versus ranked competition. The regular season highlight was the programs, and Sun Conference's first ever win over Keiser University. Another trip to the Sun Conference Tournament came up just short, as the Fire fell in the title match to Keiser, following, four were named All-Sun Conference and Gonzalo Fernandez was the Sun Conference Freshman of the Year. The NAIA National Tournament gave Southeastern a first-round scare as the Fire survived #12 Cumberland University (Tenn.) 4-3, and rolled into their first ever NAIA National Tournament Semifinal with a 4-1 win over #13 University of the Cumberlands. The season came to an end at the hands of #1 Georgia Gwinnett College, with Diego Menendez and Javier Gallego named NAIA All-American's.

January 29 marked the start of the 2024 season for men’s and women’s tennis for Coach Dickens and the Fire. The men’s team turned in an 18-7 season, with the program’s first ever perfect home record at 11-0. They once again returned to the NAIA National tournament, falling in the Opening Round to William Woods. The women racked up 15 wins in a 15-7 season, and climbed to the Sun Conference Championship for the first time in program history. Their postseason run saw them to the NAIA Quarterfinal with a win over Westcliff in the Opening Round, before falling with #2 Keiser

Martina Picardi and Flaminia Guidantoni earned First-Team All-Sun Conference and CSC Academic All-America for their seasons. Picardi added to her accolades with NAIA Second-Team All-American, and ITA NAIA Singles All-American honors.

On the men’s side, Diego Menendez and Bruno Pessoa were named First-Team All-Sun Conference, and Piero Fernandez and Alejandro Orihuela were named Second-Team All-Sun Conference. Fernandez earned Sun Conference Freshman of the Year honors for his 15-5 season. Menendez and Pessoa also were regarded as NAIA Second-Team All-Americans, and together in doubles were named ITA NAIA Doubles All-Americans. Menendez for his dominance in singles was named ITA NAIA Singles All-American behind a 16-4 record.

Coach Dickens earned Sun Conference Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year for his men’s team's success.

In the 2023 season, both the men's and women's teams strung together historic seasons with the men posting an 18-5 overall record and trip to the NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinal where they fell to No. 4 Tennessee Wesleyan by a score of 4-2. The women posted a 14-8 overall record and earned the best finish in program history after advancing all the way to the NAIA National Tournament Semifinals with wins over No. 11 Cumberlands and No. 3 Xavier University. The Fire fell in the semifinals to No. 2 ranked Georgia Gwinnett to end the historic run.

On the women's side, Martina Picardi was named Second Team All-Sun Conference while Micah Sypert earned SUN Freshman of the Year and Priscilla Baptista was named the SUN Champion of Character.

The Fire men had three NAIA All-Americans with Christian Garay earning First Team All-American honors, Diego Menendez earning Second Team honors, and Federico Barbon earning Honorable Mention. Garay was also named the SUN Player of the Year after a 19-3 record at line one.

The Southeastern graduate has led both programs to their only NAIA National Championship appearances, including the first trip to Mobile in program history for the women's team in 2022. During that season, both programs recorded their first victories at the NAIA National Championship with the men's team picking up a 4-3 comeback win over Reinhardt and the women's team cruising to a 4-0 win over Midland. 

Martina Picardi was named The Sun Conference Player of the Year and on the men's side, Federico Barbon and Roy Stepanov were The Sun Conference Doubles Team of the Year. 

During his first full season as head coach in 2021, Coach Dickens guided the SEU men's tennis team to unprecedented heights. The Fire men advanced to The Sun Conference Tournament Final for the first time in program history after defeating St. Thomas 4-1 in the tournament semifinals. SEU received an at-large berth to the NAIA National Championship for the first time ever, where they bowed out to No. 16 Grace 4-2. 

In his tenure as Interim Head Coach, Dickens guided both programs to historic seasons. The Fire women were ranked as high as 19^th in the NAIA Coaches' Poll, and have posted a 16-4 record and placed third in The Sun Conference. Dickens, along with Keiser head coach Daniel Finn, was named The Sun Conference Women's Tennis Coach of the Year.

On the men's side, the Fire went 13-8 with five of the eight losses by one point.
  
Both teams advanced to The Sun Conference Tournament Semifinals, marking the first time since 2016 both the men's and women's tennis teams qualified to that point.

"Drew stepped into a very difficult situation in the fall and has thrived, leading a program that didn't have a lot of success the last few years into the postseason," said SEU Athletic Director Drew Watson. "His energy, positive attitude, and enthusiasm for the game of tennis played a big part in that turnaround and are the reasons I believe he is a perfect fit to lead the tennis programs into the future."

Prior to being named Interim Head Coach, Dickens served as a Graduate Assistant Coach for both programs throughout the 2017 season.

He was also a four-year standout for the SEU men's program, where he was three-time Academic All-Sun Conference and a two-time TSC Champion of Character.