Carlotta Romito played a prominent role in her first season as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech.
She was part of a 19-win season in 2025, the third most victories in program history, as well as the program's first ever appearance in the Conference USA Championship match. LA Tech went 5-0 against league competition during the regular season followed by victories over WKU and Middle Tennessee to advance to the finals of the CUSA Tournament.Â
Romito, a native of Verona, Italy, helped coach six All-CUSA selections and 10 CUSA Player of the Week honorees, both of which were the most in a single season in program history. Â
She came to LA Tech after spending one season as an assistant coach at Lamar University where she helped the Cardinals to a 9-win season with marquee victories over Sam Houston, Southern Miss, and North Dakota.
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Prior to joining Lamar, Romito was a youth tennis coach and manager in 2022-23 at the Tennis Academy of San Mateo, California.Â
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She played collegiately in Lake Charles, Louisiana at McNeese State where she spent the majority of the time at the top two positions in both singles and doubles. Her standout season came as a freshman when she went 12-7 in singles, highlighted by wins against Tulane, South Alabama, UL-Lafayette, and UTSA. She also registered a career-high six victories in dual doubles.
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Romito, who is fluent in three languages (English, Spanish, and Italian), graduated from McNeese with summa cum laude honors, earning a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance with a concentration in sports management.