Coach Jeff King - Director of Junior Tennis 

King started his career as a student athlete at Midland College and is now returning to install an elite junior training program to develop junior players in the Permian Basin. King brings with him years of player development knowledge and experience. During his career he has spent time as a USTA Player Development Coach for the Missouri Valley Section, Director of IMG Tennis Academies Camp Operations, Master Coach for WTA Players and more recently has been working in Asia developing top players at both the junior and professional levels.

Accreditation:

• High Performance, Regional & CTC Coach (United States Tennis Association)
• Master Professional Coach (Chinese Tennis Association)
• Professional Certification (USPTR)
• Level 1 Certification (IMG Academies)
• International Coaches Certification (Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy)
• Professional Member (Society for Tennis Medicine and Science)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Rockford University

Coach Jake Van Emburgh - Head Junior Development Coach

Coach Van Emburgh is a former ATP Pro and NCAA D1 player from Oklahoma Univeristy and Ohio State University. 

Career Highlights

• Career-High ITA Singles Ranking: 47 (Sept. 17, 2019)
• Career-High ITA Doubles Ranking: 13 (Sept. 11, 2018)
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 23, 2021)
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 ITA Central Region Player to Watch
• 2018 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
• 2018 All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
• 2018 ITA Central Region Rookie of the Year
• 2018 Oracle/ITA National Summer Championships singles title

Other Competition
Won the singles title at the 2018 Oracle/ITA National Summer Championships, winning all six of his matches in the tournament in straight sets.

Junior Career
Top-rated recruit out of Florida's IMG Academy ... Won the doubles championship at the 2016 Easter Bowl Classic in Indian Wells, Fla. … Earned a trip to the semifinals in singles at the 2015 Prince George’s County International Hard Court Junior Championships …Ranked as high as No. 7 in the nation by tennisrecruiting.net … Career-high junior singles ranking of No. 190 in the world ... Chose OU over Northwestern, Penn State, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Personal
Son of Greg and Tracey Van Emburgh … Has a brother, Jenson … Father played tennis at Kentucky and was an All-American before playing on the ATP pro tour for 10 years, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 28 in the world … Enjoys playing golf in his free time and considers himself a car aficionado.