Coach Tucker brings to Kent several decades of playing and coaching experience. His tennis career began by accident. At age 13, he was a competitive swimmer, but when he attended a summer 4-H camp, all the swimming classes were full. Tennis was empty, he signed up, fell in love, and never looked back. He was a multi-sport athlete in high school, where his tennis team regularly contended for the Virginia state title.  He was awarded the Coach’s Award for tennis in his senior year.  He began teaching in 1992 as an Instructor for the Upward Bound program at Coppin State College in Baltimore, MD.  Later, he taught at the Yale University Junior Tennis Camp (aka Blue & White Championship Tennis Camp) for 14 years, working with kids from ages 5-18. While working on his Ph.D. at Yale, he served as an Assistant Coach/Head JV Coach for the Women’s tennis team from 1999-2001, where his teams went undefeated for two straight seasons. Since 2018, he has worked as a part-time youth tennis instructor for Fairfield County Tennis. He is a USPTR certified tennis instructor as well a certified personal trainer who enjoys working with players of all ages and skill levels and is committed to helping them reach their fullest potential.

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