Men's Tennis Release (2005-06) - Bert Poole Named Head Coach - Guilford College
- Bert Poole Named Men's Tennis Coach at Guilford
Greensboro, N.C. (06/30/06) - Bert Poole joined Guilford College's athletic department as head men's tennis coach Friday. He succeeds William Fickes who went 8-12 in two seasons at the helm and remains on Guilford's staff as an assistant men's basketball coach. Poole is Guilford's fifth head men's tennis coach since the school joined the NCAA Division III in 1991.
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Poole
has a P1 rating from the United States Professional
Tennis Association and brings over 16 years of experience as a tennis
professional into his first college coaching position. He served as the Director
of Tennis at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro from 1995-2002 where
participation in junior and ladies tennis programs doubled in his tenure.
Poole developed training programs for nationally ranked, college-bound
students in his two years as the tennis professional for the PGA National Resort
and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He also managed operations as director of
tennis at the Indian River Plantation Resort in Stuart, Fla. and at Nashboro
Village Racket Club in Nashville, Tenn.
A 1981 graduate of Widener University, Poole grew up in Aston, Pa., just outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Sun Valley High School. He resides in Greensboro where he owns and operates an investment company.