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Episodes
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Amy Bryant is the first female in NCAA history to win the national team championship as both a coach and a player. She has been the head coach of the Emory Women's Tennis team since 2000 and has garnered a number of impressive achievements along the way. However, what many of you probably don't know about Amy is that she has spearheaded an Integrity Initiative which has permeated throughout the Emory athletic department.
She is joined on the podcast by Audrey Hester, Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Success & Compliance, to explain how and why they started this program, how it has developed over the last few years, and provide suggestions as to how college tennis coaches can work to infuse their own teams and athletic departments with a culture of integrity.
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Wednesday Jan 22, 2020
Kevin’s head coaching career began at Fresno State in 2000. He then moved out east to William & Mary and after five highly successful seasons he decided to take a break from college tennis to coach on the WTA tour and open a bakery in Colorado! He made his return to the college game in 2012 when he was named the head women’s coach at the University of South Carolina. Under his guidance the team’s results have improved every year and have broken numerous program records along the way. He was named the ITA NCAA Division 1 Women’s Head Coach of the Year in 2019.
In this podcast we discuss some of the lessons he learned from Billie Jean King and several of the top female tennis players of all time, plus how the college tennis game has evolved and his approach to learning and coaching.
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Thursday Jan 09, 2020
Sheila McInerney kicks off her 36th season as the head women’s tennis coach at Arizona State University. In that time her teams have made 32 consecutive NCAA tournaments & 18 Round of 16 appearances. She was a 4 time All-American at USC & competed in Wimbledon, the French Open & the US Open. In this conversation Sheila reflects upon her time as a coach, how she stays connected with her players & the ever changing recruiting landscape.
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Jeff Moore has a fascinating background as a coach, educator, speaker, consultant, author and much, much more. He was the Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach at Colorado for 6 seasons before switching to becoming the Head Women’s Coach at the University of Texas in 1982. He spent the next 23 years at Texas where his teams won 2 NCAA Championships, appeared in 2 NCAA finals, and won 18 conference titles.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Chase Hodges is the record setting coach at Georgia Gwinnett. Chase and his teams have dominated NAIA play in recent years, with his men’s team currently sitting on a 109 match winning streak! Chase has won big at every college tennis program he has coached, leading 6 of the 7 teams he has coached to their first ever ITA ranking. In this conversation we explore Chase’s approach to recruiting and how he has gone about turning a brand new program into a national powerhouse.
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Claire Pollard, the head women’s tennis coach at Northwestern University, has dominated Big 10 conference play for over two decades. She has had teams and individual players ranked as high as No. 1 in the ITA rankings and has won countless coaching awards along the way. In this conversation Claire discusses what she learned from coaching the men’s team at Lamar, her coaching philosophy, and how she is able to get the most of her student-athletes.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Greg is very clear on why he was a college coach for so many years, and I found it truly inspiring to feel his passion for helping young people develop. Greg is a tremendous example of how any college tennis coach can have a deep impact on a community and countless lives through college tennis, without having to win a bunch of NCAA titles in the process.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
In this first episode of the ITA College Tennis Coaches Podcast, Dave Mullins speaks with David Roditi, the head men’s tennis coach at Texas Christian University (TCU).