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Huntsville Tennis Center StaffText Box: JOC SIMMONS – DIRECTOR OF TENNIS USPTA CERTIFIED LEVEL 1 Hi, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Joc Simmons and I’m the Director of Tennis at the Huntsville Tennis Center. I personally invite you to experience all we have to offer. First of all, let me give you a little personal background. I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and started playing tennis at the age of nine. I made nationals in boys 12’s, 16’s, and 18’s. My first two years of college, I played at the University of Oklahoma winning a team, singles, and doubles Big Eight Championship. From there I transferred to Mississippi State University where my college career really took off. 1994 my doubles partner and I were crowned 1994 NCAA doubles champion and an All-American status in singles. By winning the national championship, my partner and I received a wild card bid into the 1994 US Open! Wow what an experience! After college, I decided to try the pro circuit and made the finals in two out of my first four tournaments and reached a world ranking of #690. I knew this was not the path for me and decided to stop my competitive tennis career. 1997 was the year when I started teaching tennis/managing as my profession. I am in my 10th year of running a facility. I will be starting my 3rd year at Huntsville Tennis Center this upcoming April. Huntsville Tennis Center opened May 10th 2005. Since then, the tennis center has had a huge level of tennis participation for all ages, players, and all skill levels. We were just honored with the 2006 Tournament of the Year for the state of Alabama. We host USTA adult team tennis with well over 200 teams annually. Drill groups for all ages, and levels occur 10 months out of the year. Public recreation play is popular any time. Tournaments for adults and children are also scattered throughout the year. We look forward to a successful 2007. Thank you for your support and I can’t wait to see you out on the court!

•  Tani Deaton: Clubhouse Manager

    Email: Tani@huntsvilletenniscenter.com

•   Ken Hussey: Assistant Manager

    Email: Kehussey@msn.com

•  Clubhouse Assistants:

    Joy Brindley, Carter Moore, Lynne Abernathy, Ryan Liese

•   Part-time Assistants:

    Ben Perrin, Matthew Leahy
Clubhouse Staff

•  Jon Newby: Maintenance Supervisor

   Email: jon@huntsvilletenniscenter.com

• Nick Harris : Maintenance Staff

• Jeremy Harris: Maintenance Staff

• Cory Wheeler: Maintenance Staff

 

 

 
Maintenance StaffText Box: ANDY TOLMACI—Head Pro Andy Tolmaci was born in Romania and moved to the USA in 1997, with the perspective of becoming a professional tennis teacher. His experience as a player in his native country and Germany, helped him understand and acquire coaching skills. Over the first five years he trained and worked in Florida at Palmer Tennis Academy in Tampa, and Chris Everett Tennis Academy in Boca Raton. USPTR and USPTA certified, Andy continued to improve his teaching ability in different country clubs like Mar-O-Largo Donald Trump in Palm Beach and summer camps. In 2003, he was the Tennis Director of a camp in N.H., then moved to Huntsville, Alabama as one of the pros at HAC. In 2006-2007 Andy was a part of the coaching staff at The Racquet Club in Memphis TN., with a junior program of over one hundred players. Now, Andy Tolmaci has moved back to Huntsville, and is the head pro at our Tennis Center.