PROVO, Utah-Monday afternoon, per a report from byucougars.com, BYU women’s tennis head coach Lauren Jones-Spencer is stepping down from her position, effective immediately.

She is leaving so that her husband, Kirk, may pursue an important business opportunity in southern California.

Jones-Spencer has been with the Cougars’ women’s tennis program for 15 years, starting as an athlete and then rising up the ranks as an assistant coach and became the head coach in July 2011.

In her playing days, Jones-Spencer was a four-time All-Mountain West performer from 2004-2007 in singles and a two-time all-conference honoree in doubles competition.

After going 85-51 in singles competition and 81-35 in doubles play, she graduated from BYU in 2007 with a degree in graphic design.

As the Cougars’ head coach, she went 77-97 (35-33 in West Coast Conference play) and guided 23 student-athletes to WCC all-conference honors.

During the 2013-14 season, Jones-Spencer was named as the WCC Coach of the year and the Cougars had their first undefeated season at home in 16 years.

Before her departure, Jones-Spencer will oversee the BYU tennis camps on July 16, July 23 and August 6.

The athletic department will immediately commence their search for a new coach for the program.