GREG PATTON TENNIS CAMP OVERVIEW
The
Big Bear Sports Ranch is pleased to welcome back hall of fame tennis coach
Greg Patton for his 6th year. Patton’s coaching career began when
he moved to Irvine, California in his early 20s. Although new to the area,
he became one of tennis’ greatest promoters and coached the UC Irvine
tennis team from 1980 to 1992. He led his team to a top 20 national ranking,
10 out of 13 seasons. Patton was named Big West Conference Coach of the
Year 5 times after leading his team to Big West and Big Sky conference
titles 5 of 6 seasons.
Coach Patton is currently coaching the Boise State Broncos and in 2004 was named the Mountain Region Coach of the Year and given the 2004 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Community Service Award. This past season (2004-2005), the Broncos under Coach Patton’s leadership won the WAC Conference for the second time in the past three years, earned a berth to the NCAA National Team Championships where they defeated North Carolina before losing to Texas A&M.
Patton moved full-time to U.S. national team coaching duties when he first left Boise State in 1998, coaching primarily at the junior level. In winter of 2002-03, he led the National boys 14’s team to a World Junior Cup Championship, beating teams from Spain and Argentina to take the title.
Coach Patton will bring his history of coaching success on all tennis levels to the Big Bear Sports Ranch for the weeks of June 18th and June 25th, 2006. Don’t miss out on his phenomenal program!
Coach Patton's Credentials
- USTA High Performance Certification
- USPTA Professional 1
- Professional Tennis Registry Professional (PTR)
- USTA Sports Science Certification
- Coach of St. Louis Aces (World Team Tennis) {Team includes Andy Roddick} July, 2003
- USA National Tennis Coach (USTA High Performance Tennis) 1998-2002
- Boise State Men’s Tennis Coach 2003 WAC Champions
- UC Irvine Men’s Tennis Coach 1980-1992 (record 288-150)
- World Team Tennis Coach (1990-1993> Newport Beach Dukes) (1994-1997>Idaho Sneakers) (2003>St. Louis Aces)
- USA Junior National Coach 1984-1987 (Junior Davis Cup Team) Players included Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Malavai Washington, Patrick McEnroe, David Wheaton)
Coach Patton's Awards
- NCAA National Coach of the Year Award 1997 (Boise State University)
- NCAA National Coach of the Year Award 1987 (UC Irvine)
- 2003 USTA/Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Community Service Award
- Boise State University Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted in November, 2001)
- UC Irvine Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted in February, 2000)
- National USTA/NCAA Community Service Award (1997)
- World Team Tennis Coach of the Year 1993 (Newport Beach) 1995 (Idaho)
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