Ross Wilson - Head Men's Tennis Coach - Grand Canyon University

About this episode

Ross Wilson discusses his journey in college tennis coaching and the challenges faced by non-revenue sports.

Want honesty? Tune in. Ross was the Head Coach at Iowa and built a top 25 program from the bottom. Then one day, he was told the program was being cut. 51 tennis programs were cut last year. What is the next step to support a non revenue sport like college tennis? Ross is now at GCU and is building a very good program. What is his secret to re building? Why does he use a date to play PTT during the season? Very good episode. Tune in!

People in this episode

Host: James McKie

Guest: Ross Wilson

Topics covered

• college tennis
• coaching
• program building
• sports management
• non-revenue sports

Keywords

• tennis
• coaching
• Grand Canyon University
• Iowa
• program cuts
• sports funding
• PTT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grand Canyon University, Iowa

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