Women's Tennis: Sullivan Named Assistant Coach
October 19, 2010 03:29 PM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Associate Athletic Director for Sports Development Terri Howes announced the hiring of Brian Sullivan as assistant women’s tennis coach today.
Sullivan, a native of Denver, Colo., has coached at the national, collegiate and professional levels and was most recently a volunteer assistant coach under Coach Tina Samara at Louisiana-Lafayette. In addition to working with the Ragin’ Cajuns for the last two years, Sullivan was also the tennis pro at the City Club at River Ranch, where he developed a new junior program for the tournament players while training adults and nationally-ranked players.
“I am very excited to be working in the BIG EAST conference,” says Sullivan. “It has always been a dream for me to coach college tennis and I am excited to have this opportunity at West Virginia.”
From 2003-08, Sullivan was the Academy Director for the Harvest House Millennium Hotel in Boulder, Colo. In 2006, Marek Dvorak and Jeremy Wurtzman were among the players he coached. Dvorak was an NCAA Division I player and eighth-ranked junior from the Czech Republic, while Wurtzman was a member of the USTA High Performance National Team and reached a world ranking of No. 210 in doubles and No. 390 in singles.
Sullivan played collegiately two seasons at California-Irvine and two seasons at Arizona State where he was the captain for the Sun Devils. He graduated from Arizona State with a degree in general business administration in 1982.
Sullivan, a native of Denver, Colo., has coached at the national, collegiate and professional levels and was most recently a volunteer assistant coach under Coach Tina Samara at Louisiana-Lafayette. In addition to working with the Ragin’ Cajuns for the last two years, Sullivan was also the tennis pro at the City Club at River Ranch, where he developed a new junior program for the tournament players while training adults and nationally-ranked players.
“I am very excited to be working in the BIG EAST conference,” says Sullivan. “It has always been a dream for me to coach college tennis and I am excited to have this opportunity at West Virginia.”
From 2003-08, Sullivan was the Academy Director for the Harvest House Millennium Hotel in Boulder, Colo. In 2006, Marek Dvorak and Jeremy Wurtzman were among the players he coached. Dvorak was an NCAA Division I player and eighth-ranked junior from the Czech Republic, while Wurtzman was a member of the USTA High Performance National Team and reached a world ranking of No. 210 in doubles and No. 390 in singles.
Sullivan played collegiately two seasons at California-Irvine and two seasons at Arizona State where he was the captain for the Sun Devils. He graduated from Arizona State with a degree in general business administration in 1982.
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