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Bio

Bill is a veteran with over 30+ years of college, junior and club coaching and management experiences and is recognized as a High-Performance Tennis Specialist by the PTR, USPTA & USTA.  He has helped to develop and coach a number of local, sectional, national and international junior tennis players both on and off court through direct involvement as well as through camps and training blocks. He found his way back into college coaching in 2019 and serves as the Men’s & Women’s Head Tennis Coach at The University of Tennessee Southern.  Bill spent nine years coaching tennis at the collegiate level previously at Belmont University (Men's & Women's Assistant), Fisk University (Men's & Women's Head Coach) and Cumberland University (Men's & Women's Head Coach). His college teams and players have had success both on and off court at the national levels.  He has coached 6 All-American players and numerous with national singles and doubles rankings.  While coaching college tennis he was a two-time recipient of the USPTA Southern Division College Coach of the Year award and a two-time ITA/ USTA College Coaches Community Service award. Additionally, he was named TranSouth Conference Coach of the Year and Regional Coach of the Year. 

           No stranger to entertainment and tennis promotions, he created and co-hosted the award-winning weekly radio show called “Tennis Talk” that aired on WLAC out of Nashville.  In 2012 Bill served as an “on air” TV announcer and commentator for the WTA Tour Dallas Women’s Pro Tournament on the FOX Sports South Network and ESPN. Over the last two years he has created content for social media called “Around the Court Around the World” featuring interviews, news and notes from his travels around the tennis world.  He recently created content and helped produce a series called “Serve It Up” for Citi Taste of Tennis and has also worked with both the professional and recreational sides of WOLRD TEAMTENNIS creating content and interviews. Bill received the 2020 Professional Tennis Registry International Media Excellence award for his work in the tennis media. 

For 21 years he served as the Director of Tennis for the Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club in Hendersonville, Tennessee and for the last 6 years has overseen a seasonal tennis program at Temple Hills Country Club which is a “sister” Club Corp facility.  During his time at Bluegrass the club was recognized as a Top 50 Tennis Welcome Center and was also awarded both the Professional Tennis Registry Facility of the Year for Tennessee and the USPTA Tennessee Tennis Facility of the Year.  

He has been a key note speaker at a number of national and international coaches and player workshops and seminars around the world including three times at the Grand Slam Coaches Conference at the Australian Open, the Brisbane & Sydney International Coaches Conferences, the PTR Asian Symposium in Shanghai China, the Norwegian Federation Conference in Oslo, Norway, the Wimbledon PTR Conference in London, the USTA Tennis Teachers Conference at the US Open, the PTR International Tennis Symposium, the USPTA World Conference and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Coaches Convention.  He is a member of the Global TIA Cardio Tennis Alumni and has conducted numerous workshops and seminars for tennis coaches, professionals and fitness providers.   

Bill was honored in 2015 with the USPTA Pride of Tennessee award and in 2014 with the USPTA National Lessons for Life award at the US Open.  He has been selected as the USTA Tennessee 2011 Tennis Professional of the Year and is the only three-time USPTA Tennessee Pro of the Year and two-time PTR Tennessee Pro of the Year award winner in Tennessee history. Bill not only coaches and teaches players from around the world to play tennis but also works with tennis coaches to help improve their coaching and teaching abilities. He has conducted player evaluations and seminars in a variety of countries including Australia, New Zealand, China, England, Bermuda, Jamaica, Holland, Spain, France, Canada and throughout the Caribbean and the USA. He has organized and directed tennis camps in Anguilla, St. Martin and Jamaica for both adults and junior tennis players for the last 20 years. In 2010 and 2011 worked as part of the production team with the Classic of Champions legends event in Sweden.  He is a member of the HEAD/PENN National Advisory Team and is an Adidas brand ambassador. 

One of Bill’s passions is the annual Music City Tennis Invitational charity tennis tournament that raises money for the Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital Child Development Center.  For the last 25 years he has worked with and served as a Co Chairman and Tournament Director for this premier music and tennis event that has raised over $2,000,000 for local charity’s in Nashville. He has organized and directed high profile events consisting of a “who’s who” list of current and former ATP and WTA tour players as well as music industry artists and leaders including Jake Owen, Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Sarah Evans, Billy Ray Cyrus, Brooks and Dunn and Lady A’s, Hillary Scott to name a few.  

COLLEGE COACHING WIN/ LOSS RECORD

at University of Tennessee Southern    45-55

Overall College Career Combined       140-138