Oscar Wegner Butch Staples Mark Kovacs, Ph.D., CSCS Rodney

Emilio Mark Kovacs, Butch Staples Rodney Harmon Oscar Wegner Mike Kennedy Sanchez-Vicario Ph.D., CSCS Born in Madrid, Spain, Sánchez turned Over the past 5 years, Butch has managed Over the past 5 years, Butch has man- Rodney Harmon has been the head Oscar Wegner is one of the most Mike Kennedy is the Senior Director professional in 1984 and won his first top-level a team of 36 professionals and the largest aged a team of 36 professionals and the women’s tennis coach at Georgia Tech known tennis coaches in the world. After of Junior Competition and Player Devel- singles title in Nice, France in 1986. He won Adult and Junior programs in the country as largest Adult and Junior programs in the since July, 2012. playing internationally in the 1960s, Oscar opment for the USTA Middle States 15 singles titles during his career, including the the Head Tennis Professional at Midtown Ten- country as the Head Tennis Professional at In 2014, Tech received its 15th straight undertook a coaching career and devel- Section. Prior to this role, he served as the Italian Open (Tennis Masters Series event) in nis Club in Chicago. Prior to that, he was the Midtown Tennis Club in Chicago. Prior berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Yel- oped a remarkable methodology that USA Tennis High Performance and 1991. His career-high singles ranking was Director of Tennis at the Athletic Club at We- to that, he was the Director of Tennis at low Jackets defeated Purdue in the first makes tennis an easy sport to learn. Tennis, Multicultural Participation Coordinator. World No. 7. ston in Weston, FL. From 1995 - 2002, he the Athletic Club at Weston in Weston, FL. round, 4-0, before falling Vanderbilt, 4-2. Oscar says, is far simpler than it looks. As part of the USTA MS Staff, Sánchez captured 50 men's doubles titles, worked with Gavin as the Director of Special From 1995 - 2002, he worked with Gavin Harmon brings 25 years of player Oscar’s teaches publicly and privately Kennedy is primarily responsible for the including three at Grand Slam events. In 1988, Projects for Van der Meer Tennis. as the Director of Special Projects for Van development to the Yellow Jackets with throughout the United States and Inter- Section’s junior competitive program he won the men's doubles titles at both the Butch is a USPTA Professional 1, a der Meer Tennis. prior experience in both junior and nationally. He contributes to tennis pub- structure, which is comprised of 10 and French Open (with Andrés Gómez) and the USPTA Specialist in Competitive Player De- Butch is a USPTA Professional 1, a college tennis. lications and events. He tours the globe Under Tennis (TAUT), Junior Tourna- US Open (with Sergio Casal). He won the velopment, a PTR Master Professional and a USPTA Specialist in Competitive Player Harmon was the men's tennis head giving clinics, lectures, seminars & work- ments and Jr. Team Tennis (JTT). He also French Open title again (with Casal) in 1990. Tennis Canada Certified Level 3 Coach. He Development, a PTR Master Professional coach at the University of Miami from shops on his revolutionary method. In ad- oversees junior player development for the Sánchez and Casal were also the men's doubles holds a B.A., a B.P.E. and a M.S. in Physical and a Tennis Canada Certified Level 3 1995 until 1997. Harmon was the 1996 dition to publishing TennisTeacher.com, Section, including the Regional Training runners-up at Wimbledon in 1987, and the Education. Coach. He holds a B.A., a B.P.E. and a and 1997 Big East Conference Coach of he produces new DVDs and books and Center (RTC) program and the Sectional pair won the silver medal for Spain at the 1988 He was named the 2006 and 2009 USTA M.S. in Physical Education. the Year during his time with the Hurricanes. oversees his Modern Tennis College, Elite Training Centers (STC). Olympic Games in Seoul. Sánchez was ranked Recreation Coach Workshop Trainer of the He was named the 2006 and 2009 Harmon left the Hurricanes to re-join Training Program and Modern Tennis Kennedy serves as the liaison to the World No. 1 in men's doubles in 1989. Year. He is a QuickStart Master Trainer con- USTA Recreation Coach Workshop the United States Tennis Association train- Methodology Coaches Association. USTA Player Development staff to assist Sánchez won two Grand Slam mixed ducting workshops for both Community Ten- Trainer of the Year. He is a QuickStart ing center headquarters in Boca Raton, Oscar’s coaching concepts have had with the training of the USTA MS doubles titles in 1987, at the French Open nis and Player Development. Butch is Master Trainer conducting workshops for Fla., where he advanced to director of tremendous impact globally, earning him, sectional coaches. He counsels sectional (with Pam Shriver) and the US Open (with co-owner of Tennisclub of the Low Country both Community Tennis and Player De- men's tennis. During his tenure at the from Brad Holbrook, host/producer of coaches, players and parents in regards to Martina Navrátilová). at Rose Hill. velopment. Butch is co-owner of Tennis- USTA, Harmon served as the head coach the Tennis Television Show in the USA, the district/sectional/national competitive He was a member of Spain's Davis Cup Butch and his wife Lynn, have a home in club of the Low Country at Rose Hill. of the U.S. men's tennis team at the 2008 the designation of “the father of modern player pathways with respect to the team from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Rose Hill. They previously lived in Bluffton Butch and his wife Lynn, have a home Olympic Games in Beijing, China. tennis.” Oscar’s breakthrough techniques, various ranking systems. compiling a 32–23 record. And he was part of and are very happy to have returned to the in Rose Hill. They previously lived in Before joining Miami, Harmon spent which he initially taught in the National the Spanish teams that won the Hopman Cup Low Country. Bluffton and are very happy to have re- four years as the USTA national coach Tennis School in Spain, then in Floria- in 1990 and the World Team Cup in 1992. turned to the Low Country. where he coached future pros including nopolis, Brazil, where Oscar coached a Sánchez is the brother of Javier Sánchez Todd Martin, MaliVai Washington and group of young players that included Vicario and former World No. 1 Arantxa Alex O'Brien. During his first stint with “Guga” Kuerten until he was 14, later on Sánchez Vicario. In 1987, Emilio and Javier the USTA, Harmon served as the U.S. TV in the USA, and finally broadcast met in the final at Madrid, with Emilio men's tennis head coach at the 1993 World worldwide through ESPN International, winning the match 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. 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