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Dick Gould

Emeritus, Men’s Tennis Coach & Director of Tennis

Stanford University

“Anatomy of a Champion: Building and Sustaining Success in Sport, Business, and Life”

by Dick Gould w/Tim Troupe Noonan

Dick Gould is the greatest college tennis coach in history. As the winner of 17 national championships at Stanford, his players include Roscoe Tanner, John McEnroe, Mike and Bob Bryan, and 100's of All Americans, World #1's, Grand Slam champions, and top tour players. “I have known Lee for many years, and have the utmost respect for his tennis knowledge in teaching and coaching. What has always impressed me is his skill of interacting, communicating, and being warmly accepted by players of all levels and abilities. Whenever he visited Stanford and spoke to my teams, every player had his full attention, for there wasn’t anyone who didn’t like him, or value his tennis knowledge. We have spent many quality times together both socially and professionally, and I give the highest recommendation for Lee and his programs whether you are a beginner, recreational player, or trying for the top competitive levels of tennis. His latest project tennisadvisorystaffllc.com is exciting because it will help competitive players, parents, and teaching pros in a unique and creative way. I can't wait to watch it unfold." - Dick Gould

Interview

Jim Loehr Ed.D.

Renowned Performance Psychologist and NY Times best selling author

Jim Loehr was widely recognized as the most successful sports psychologist in the world. He has worked with over 200 ATP and WTA Tennis professionals and in golf coached PGA and LPGA world champions. At his human performance Institute (HPI) in Lake Nona, FL he has coached corporate executives from Fortune 500 companies, Olympic athletes, Navy Blue Angels, Navy Seal teams, and professional athletes in multiple disciplines. As the author of over 16 books, no one has personally influenced more world champions in the field of competitive performance than Jim Loehr. "I am thrilled to be part of Lee's Tennis project. His voice is original, his creativity is extraordinary and his insights are brilliant. His greatest asset is his ability to make the complex completely understandable. Lee's approach is a breath of fresh air and he has the support of some of the most accomplished tennis authorities in the sport. Lee and I have a close relationship that goes back over 55 years, including my time with the Human Performance Institute at Lake Nona Florida. We have always admired each other's work and contributions. There are few people who know my work better than Lee. I could not be more supportive of Lee and his work." - Jim Loehr

"Jim Loehr passed away on April 20, 2026 in Golden, Colorado. The world has lost a pioneer in the field of human performance, and I have lost a lifelong dear friend since college. No one has been more supportive and understanding of my life and career than Jim and I miss him terribly. We started this project together last year in 2025 and during the final days of his life, I made him a promise that his work would carry on in everything we do here. I am beyond grateful for his lifetime of support and honored to have been his friend."

Lee DeYoung

Interview

Nancy & Cliff Richey

The greatest brother/sister duo in tennis history

Nancy Richey Winner of all four grand slams. French, Australian - singles, Wimbledon doubles (with Maria Bueno) U.S. Open doubles (with Carol Graebner) Original 9 founding member of Gladys Heldman's women's pro tour (precursor to the WTA) World ranking #2 1969 Member Fed Cup/Wightman Cup Winner 73 tour titles Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame 2003 Cliff Richey Original founding member of the ATP 45 tour titles Winner Grand Prix Circuit 1970 (precursor to the ATP) World ranking #6 1970 Member Davis Cup Along with Nancy the first brother/sister duo to be ranked in the top 10 for five years. After tennis - second career as a professional golfer Author “Acing Depression” "Lee DeYoung is a dear friend and we fully support his tennis projects. TENNIS ADVISORY STAFF LLC is a real winner and WE ARE ON BOARD." - Cliff and Nancy Richey

Interview

Lee DeYoung

Site Creator and Admin

Tennis Advisory Staff LLC is the next generation of tennislegendslegacy.com whose mission was to provide a free open source platform of tennis information with interviews showcasing leading industry coaches and experts. With this new platform we will be able to provide better interactive content and personal instruction to the viewer that will also be free with no need of a credit card or personal information. Each advisory staff member has proven themselves in their area of tennis expertise as player, coach, etc. My niche is integrative new skills acquisition with creative products. For over 40 years I have been in this field and it has served my students well. I have multiple U.S. utility patents granted in my name for tennis inventions and have had licensing agreements with Prince Manufacturing and Wilson Sporting Goods with my tennis teaching aids. My goal has been to provide an extensive line of creative teaching aids that will place technically correct strokes into habits for the student that will hold up under pressure at all levels. There are over 100 teaching aids in my collection and they will be showcased on this site. Like I stated in my 1980’s monthly World Tennis column “Do It Yourself” I will show the viewer how to make these inventions at home easily and inexpensively. There are two people that I need to thank for their help with this project. The first is my brother David DeYoung PhD, theoretical astrophysicist, who was my constant resource as to the technical validity and working physics of my inventions. Google him. The second is Tim Weber, a brilliant aerospace engineer whose career spanned decades with Northrop-Grumman, Boeing, and Hughes Space and Comm. He not only helped design the inventions to mechanically work well but he simplified them so anyone could make them easily at home.

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Michael Wallace

Interview

Stacy Margolin Potter

Interview

http://stacypotterhealthcoach.com/

https://hikingojai.com/

Michael Wallace played his college tennis at the University of Alabama Birmingham on a full tennis scholarship playing #1 singles and #1 doubles. He was the first USTA schools program director and later became the first director of player development for the USTA So. Section. In his 24 year career with Wilson Sporting Goods Co. as the global sports marketing director and tour director, he became a key player in Wilson's mercurial rise from a single digit global market share to over 50% global market share within 10 years. As the global tour director, Michael signed Roger Federer to a lifetime Wilson contract and helped establish the Wilson brand as the leading tennis icon during tennis's golden era. Under his watch, Michael signed and brought into the Wilson family Pete Sampras, Steffi Graf, Lindsay Davenport, Venus and Serena Williams, Stefan Edberg, Mike and Bob Bryan and hundreds of other world class players that were sponsored by Wilson. He also managed the contracts of Wilson's Senior Advisory Staff like Billy Jean King, Chris Everett, Peter Burwash, Vic Braden, etc. making sure that they stayed with the Wilson family after their professional careers. No one had more valuable working relationships with players, agents, and tennis associations than Michael Wallace. His knowledge and insights into a junior, college, and tour player's potential was unparalleled and it paid priceless dividends for Wilson's brand equity. Michael has retired but he still keeps his hand in tennis as a teaching pro giving lessons at the Schaumburg Tennis Plus indoor tennis facility. He lives in Wheaton Illinois (western suburb of Chicago) and he can be contacted through this website.

Stacy Margolin Potter was the best junior in America winning over 100 tournaments before attending USC. As a freshman All American she won the NCAA singles and returned for her sophomore year to help USC win the NCAA team championships before turning pro and joining the WTA tour. Stacy had a successful eight year career on the WTA tour with a top 20 world ranking. She now works as a certified integrative nutrition health coach and has a masters in clinical psychology. Currently Stacy is mentoring players transitioning from college to the pro tour and works with professionals in other walks of life. For eight years Stacy worked at the Rader institute specializing in helping clients with eating disorders. Stacy lives in Ojai , CA and still teaches tennis as part of an outdoor recreation excursion company in Ojai which she owns with her husband Ian. hikingojai.com She is a goodwill ambassador for the iconic Ojai tennis tournament, the second oldest tournament in the U.S. (after the U.S. Open) which has hosted almost every major player in America. Stacy can be contacted through this website or https://hikingojai.com/

Eliot Teltscher

Interview

Eliot Teltscher was a top junior in the U.S. before attending UCLA in 1978 where he became an all American and then turned pro after one year. During the early 1980’s he was consistently in the top 10 ATP singles rankings with the highest world ranking 0f #6 in 1982. He had 10 ATP tour titles, 4 doubles titles, and one Grand Slam title, a 1983 French Open championship with Barbara Jordan. As a player his one handed backhand was acknowledged as one of the finest in the game by coaches and his peers. His resume includes: Head Coach of the Men’s Tennis Team at Pepperdine University, tour coach for Jeff Tarango, Pete Sampras, Taylor Dent and others, U.S. National Team Coach for three years, and the Director of USTA Player Development and Tennis Operations for four years. Recently he worked with Hong Kong to set up their national player development program. There are very few coaches in the industry that have the experience and knowledge of Eliot Teltscher in the development of a tennis player. Any player with ambitions of playing college tennis or playing professional tennis should view this interview. Eliot has retired but he can be contacted through this website.

Jim Pugh

Interview

Jim Pugh has etched himself in tennis history as one of the finest doubles players to play the game. As a two time all American at UCLA, he turned pro and became a doubles specialist with 27 men’s doubles titles and 5 mixed doubles titles that included a men’s championship at Wimbledon (with Rick Leach) two Australian Open titles (w/Rick Leach) a Wimbledon, U.S. Open, and Australian mixed title with Jana Novotna and an undefeated 6-0 career in Davis Cup (w/Rick Leach) where he was a member of the 1990 U.S. Davis cup team that defeated Australia. Jim’s two handed groundstrokes on both forehand and backhand was unique because he is one of the very few players in history that switched grips even on return of serves. He was inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame in 2008. His insights into his game and development as a player is a must view for any players with ambitions towards the highest levels. Jim currently teaches at the Manhattan Beach Country Club in Manhattan Beach, CA and can be contacted through this website.

Brett Hansen Dent

Chris Dundas

https://chrisdundas.com/

Brett Hansen Dent is an understated coach whose quiet demeanor hides a brilliant knowledge of the game and the ability to convey tennis skill sets to his students in a way that is unparalleled. Although he has royal tennis DNA (his mother Betty Ann Grubb is a former touring pro and his step father was former touring pro Phil Dent) he will be the first to tell you that his tennis skills are mostly self taught through trial and error. How he discovered the tennis secrets by practicing by himself for years and hitting on a wall for thousands of hours created his ability to transfer that knowledge to his students in a unique way is pure gold. Students seemingly osmose his knowledge and skills into their own game and the results speak for themselves. He has taken juniors from obscurity to number one in Southern California in their age division. Brett grew up in Newport Beach but at the age of ten he moved to Australia with his Mom and Phil Dent for four years. In 1991 and 1992 he played his college tennis at UC Irvine under Greg Patton. He took a year off to play the pro tour where had singles wins over Patrick Rafter, doubles wins over Mike and Bob Bryan (with Taylor Dent) and Richard Krajicek and Jan Siemerink (with Jon Leach). In 1994 he went back to college at USC and played for Dick Leach whose team won the NCAA team title that year. After finishing college, he stayed at USC to do his graduate studies and worked as the assistant coach for the men's team and helped Dick Leach win the NCAA team title in 1996 with an undefeated record. Currently Brett teaches privately in North San Diego county and he can be reached through this website.

Chris Dundas is one of the most respected and requested teaching pros in South Bay Los Angeles. He was started in tennis by his Father at the age of ten but prophetically had his first lesson with Dick Leach at Lacy Park in San Marino. Dick would later go on to be the head coach of the storied men's tennis program at USC. Chris would grow to be one of the top juniors in So. California and took Dick Leach's advice to attend Chapman University where he played on the Div. II national championship team. He then transferred to USC to play for Dick on a tennis scholarship and was a member of the undefeated 1986 USC Men's team that lost to Georgia in the NCAA tournament. Chris is one of the rare individuals who has held dual careers in his life. He is a lifelong performing pianist and composer majoring in jazz at USC. He made a decision after graduating from USC to not play the tour so he could also continue with his second career in music. He did however play some satellites to get his ATP points and ranking to have on his CV. During the early 2000's Chris volunteered his time to give back to the game to serve as a tester for the USPTA (now RSPA) and trained, tested, and certified many So. Cal. teaching pros to help advance their careers. He currently teaches at West End Tennis Club in Torrance, CA and can be reached through this website or at his website chrisdundas.com.

Cy Dofitas

Cy Dofitas is one of the most connected and respected professionals in the tennis industry. Currently holding the title of Director of grassroots partnerships at the USTA, Cy's relationships number in the 1,000's of industry leaders that include college players, juniors, tour players, college coaches, teaching pros, and many more. Tennis has always been a part of his life. He played his college tennis at North Park University in Chicago, Illinois and honed his tennis chops in a 19 year career with Wilson Sporting Goods. Starting as a grassroots and promotions manager, he worked his way up the Wilson ladder to become Wilson's North American sports marketing manager. After leaving Wilson he took a position as the business development manager for the Har Tru tennis court company. After leaving Har Tru, he accepted a position with the USTA as the Director of national sales and partnerships before ultimately landing in his current position. His vast knowledge and experience makes him a valuable asset for anyone who seeks his council. The USTA is the governing body of most all things tennis in the United States and no one is more knowledgeable than Cy Dofitas about the industry. He has generously agreed to work with tennisadvisorystaffllc.com so that viewers can have access to his knowledge. Cy can be reached at his USTA office in Lake Nona, FL or through this website.