Mathewiandolo

The Men’s Ivy League is as good as it has been since the 1970s…..this is a testament to some visionary coaches who aren’t going to hide behind the “Academic Snobbery & superiority dynamic”! Yes that’s probably a given but let’s control the scoreboard by outcompeting whoever we play!

In 1986 when we all were making peanuts as college coaches including P4 coaches, Dick Gould told the 25 yr old me: “Never feel like your University owes you a tennis program”, In an era where we all had to hustle, Dick ran camps, tennis schools, raised massive amounts of money to build facilities and endow scholarships. Every summer from 1984-1990 I would spend at least a month working with him even if the $$ was small. Just to be around him & learn was transformative! Through 80s & 90s you had to have a side hustle (Camps/Clinics) & not just in the summer. To me & my colleagues from that era it was never about the $$ it was about love of the sport & development! I hate to see it in jeopardy but my advice to modern day coaches is exactly what Coach Gould told me in the mid 80s