Brian Waddell (Connersville,Indiana) is in his first year as a collegiate tennis coach and the new Head Women’s Tennis Coach here at North Central Texas College. Coach Waddell has coached tennis in high school both in Indiana and Texas. Three years in Indiana(at his old high school-Connersville High)where his teams qualified for regional competition each year and had a combined won/lost record of 48 & 6. In Texas, he has coached at Klein Oak High, Klein Collins High, C.E.King High, and the past two years at Flower Mound High School. In his nine years of coaching high school tennis, his teams have a combined record of 113 wins and only 12 loses.
Coach Waddell is a USPTA Certified Tennis Teaching Professional of over twenty-five years. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Safety. He’s currently working on his Master’s Degree in Kinesiology.
In his senior of high school, Coach Waddell had a singles record of 27-0 and 27-1 in doubles and won MVP of his team and all District, and all State Honors as well. Coach Waddell played tennis at Cumberland University in Kentucky where he had a combined four year singles record of 70 & 12 and 76 & 6 in doubles. He also attended the National’s in three of his four years in both singles and doubles.
Coaching Tennis Professionally in the Houston, Texas area coach Waddell has had over one-hundred of his students go on to Division 1
To play college tennis on scholarships. He has also had over four-hundred students go on and play tennis at some level after high school. Five of his students are now teaching tennis Professionally through-out the United States.
Coaching Philosophy:
My coaching philosophy is based on my years of experience participating in all sports, not just tennis. I believe you can practice 10 hours a day and not improve your skill level or talent level--- I do believe that you must “practice to the best of your ability each and every day” which in turn will prepare you to the upmost for the next competition at any level. Some days you can only give 75% of yourself to practice or whatever your doing but you must give 100% of that 75% if you want to improve and be successful. This will also be true in everyday life, no matter what your profession happens to be. Finally, be “Proud” of who you are and what you do and you will already be a Winner!
If you would like to know more about our tennis program or the positive young women that play for NCTC, please feel free to contact me both day and night. I look forward to hearing from you, have a great year!
Coach Brian Waddell |
