My high school coaching career began in the fall of 1991. From the fall of 1991 to the fall of 1995 I coached both girls and boys varsity tennis at Foothill High School in North Tustin. In 2004 I was asked to come back to Foothill and coach the boys. The Foothill Tennis Program is now “year-round”. I was also very fortunate to be named High School “Coach of the Year”, by the Orange County Register for the 1994-1995 season. The 2010-2011 school year will mark my 17th tennis season at foothill.
In 1989, I became the assistant tournament director for the Vic Braden Children’s Hospital Padrinos Charity Tennis Classic, and became the Tournament Director in 1993. In 1994 and in 1995 I was the tournament chairman working closely with Vic Braden. The tournament became the largest charity tennis event in California with over 1500 participants. I was also the tournament director from 1996 to 2003. In 1995 I was also the tournament chairman of a 2nd CHOC charity tennis event, CHOC “Lite”.
In 1990, due to an increased need for quality tennis events in southern California, I helped found and became president of the Orange County Grand Prix Championship Tennis Tour. The ten tournament series is the largest adult tournament series in California. We run Southern California Tennis Events, the largest charity tennis tournament in California, and for 15 years we have run a tour event in Mexico.
In 1996, I Co-Founded the Orange County Community Tennis Association. The OCCTA was founded to help grow the game of tennis, assist with inner-city tennis programs, become a clearing house and forum for tennis ideas throughout Orange County, and help create a strong after school tennis program. Now an advisory board member, I am committed to creating opportunities grow tennis.
Since 1990, I have been affiliated with the Adoption Guild Charity Tournament, the Pie-in-the-Sky Charity Tennis Tournament, the Top Gun Tournament, and the Aliah Sweet Fragile Hearts Foundation celebrity pro am tennis event. I have assisted with consulting, ratings, seeding and draws for these events and I was also a Consultant, draw and seeding committee member for the Mammoth Open Tennis Tournament in Mammoth Lakes, California. I also founded the Big Bear Open in Big Bear, California and for the past 15 years have been the Tournament Director/Chairman of the Grand Prix Tennis series tour event in Mexico.
In 2004 I founded the Queen of Hearts Charity Tennis Tournament which is now the largest charity tennis event in California. This tournament has raised nearly one million dollars for Ovarian Cancer Research at University of California, Irvine.
As a player, I have won the 5.5 Mixed Doubles in the Children’s Hospital and Top Gun Tournaments, twice the Century Mixed Doubles Champion in the Queen of Hearts Charity Tournament, and have won numerous other events. In 1992 I was ranked number one in Southern California Open Grand Prix. I was also fortunate to be on a 5.0 men’s USTA sectional championship team.