About Us

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Ryan has been a participant, coach, and businessman in the tennis industry for the past 35 years.  He grew up in Blair, NE graduating from Blair High School.  He was a top 15 junior, and top 20 adult open ranked player in the state in the 1990's.  He played collegiately at Nebraska-Kearney, earning the Nebraska Tennis Association Collegiate Sportsmanship Award in 1997.  During his collegiate years, Ryan worked as a teaching pro at The Champions Club in 1995, Happy Hollow Club in 1997 and 1999, and for the Kearney Tennis Association in 1998.  He began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant men's tennis  coach at the University of Oklahoma in 1998, were he received his master's degree in Sport Management in 2000.  Next, Ryan was the men's and women's assistant tennis coach at the University of Northern Iowa.  In the Summer of 2001, he was the head tennis pro at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo, IA.  From 2001-2003 he was the assistant men's and women's tennis coach at Saint Louis University.  While in St. Louis, Ryan helped coach some of the top players in the Missouri Valley Section at Creve Coeur Racquet Club.  A number of those participants were ranked top 50 nationally in their age groups.  Ryan co-coached the St. Louis boys & girls 14-under team to the Missouri Valley Section championship in 2003.   He was the head men's tennis coach at Indiana State from 2003-2005.  His 2005 team won the Missouri Valley Conference, going undefeated, and he garnered the MVC Coach of the Year Award.  From 2005-2006, Ryan spent a year teaching at Lifetime Fitness-St. Louis Park in the Twin Cities.  As coach of the 3.0 women's team at his club, they achieved first place in the Twin Cities Lifetime Fitness interclub.  From 2006-2017, Ryan was the head women's tennis coach at Eastern Michigan University.  He coached the schools first NCAA Singles Participant, 2 MAC Players of the Year, and his 2014 team to a runner-up finish in the 2014 MAC Championships.  Ryan returned to Omaha in 2017.  He held tennis pro positions at Miracle Hill, Genesis-Westroads, and as an independent pro.  For the 5 years prior, Ryan was the store manager at Centre Court.

"I'm very excited to continue helping the Omaha metro area with their tennis and pickleball needs into the future.  Having been a long-time participant, stringer, and coach in the industry, I have worked with a wide range of ages and levels throughout my career.  This experience has given me the knowledge to help select the equipment/strings for all ages and levels of players to help optimize play, and protect wrist, arm, and shoulder health.  I look forward to many years of keeping the tennis and pickleball communities strong as ever in the Omaha metro."