Consultant Biography
Mark is a USTA National High Performance Faculty Coach and USPTA Certified Elite Professional
with 28 years of High-Level coaching experience. A former coach at several colleges including
Seattle University and the University of Washington, Mark has developed numerous Professional,
Collegiate and Nationally ranked players. Mark coached Main Draw players at all 4 Grand Slam
events and The BNP Paribas in Indian Wells California and has 7 years of experience coaching
on Tour at both ATP and WTA events.
He has also been recognized by USTA with awards for his superior tournament organization,
service and coaching excellence. Mark directed Big Game Academy in Tacoma Washington for 10
years and then became the Director and then owner of the USTA Regional Training Center,
Northwest High-Performance Tennis (NWHPT) in Kirkland, Washington. Mark was honored in 2019
by USTA Player Development with the prestigious "Development Program of the Year Award"
for the U.S.
Mark is widely regarded as one of the best development coaches in the country with a unique
skill of teaching young players footwork, great shot selection, tactics and understanding
how technique and game style can work hand in hand. The use of his Development Plan has
helped over 50 players recieve college scholarships to amazing schools around the country.
His upbeat style of coaching makes learning fun and he connects with his players to create
passion and a love for the game. His coaching philosophy is "Teaching Life skills through
the sport I love". Teach them to love it first, Through loving it they will want to play
more and through playing more, they will become great. Great fighters, Great competitors,
Great work ethic, Great problem solvers, Great Confidence, and most of all Great people.
