Amy Bryant recently presented at the 2026 Independent Educational Consultants Association Annual Conference in Baltimore alongside Jen Hambleton of College Consulting Collaborative. Their session, “Supporting LD/ND Student-Athletes Through the College Search Process,”...
Scott Handback's extensive tennis career now focuses on leading the Methodist University’s Professional Tennis Management program. His students learn the ropes of working as a tennis coach, facility manager and other related fields. Amy Bryant was the first woman to...
For decades, Amy Bryant shaped Emory women’s tennis into one of the most successful Division III programs in the nation while mentoring generations of student-athletes far beyond the court. In this article from The Emory Wheel, Martinna Roldan explores Bryant’s...
This story comes to Bryant College Coaching through a reporting partnership with GPB News, a non-profit newsroom covering the state of Georgia By: Leah Fleming LISTEN: After 23 years, Amy Bryant, women's tennis coach at Emory University, in Atlanta is retiring. ...
To My Second Family: Thirty years ago, I entered Emory as a freshman two-sport student athlete. A few years later I was honored to be selected as the Head Coach of Emory Women’s Tennis. Now I am retiring after 23 years in that role. Thanks to a lot of people who...
Amy Bryant announces retirement following legendary career
In Episode 127 of the College Scoops podcast, Coach Amy Bryant shares what students can expect during the college recruiting process and the importance of being well prepared to get recruited....
Dear Coach Bryant: Our family needs clarification on what it means to be “committed” to a college coach. Our daughter, a high school junior, expects to play golf in college. We even think she may have several colleges to choose from. But now we’re hearing other...
Dear Coach Bryant: My son has played squash for years, and has always expected to play in college. But now he’s entering his junior year, and other parents are telling me that getting a squash coach’s attention is even more competitive than the game itself. The sports...
Talking about athletics, schedules, options and engagement is important in helping students quantify what they do and don’t want in college.
Dear Coach Bryant: My sophomore son didn’t make the cut for the varsity baseball team. The coach usually takes only juniors and seniors, but occasionally makes exceptions. This year he chose one sophomore. Since my son wasn’t the one selected, his confidence took a...
Student athletes shouldn’t fully commit to a program until the program is fully committed to them. Since college coaches and admissions officials can’t control/predict all admittance factors, many high school seniors without back-up plans are left scrambling each spring. That’s why I guide student-athletes to start investigating realistic college options as sophomores, refine their college lists as juniors, and keep their best-bet options open as seniors — avoiding the spring scramble.
Dear Coach Bryant: This is our official Thank You note to you. When our sophomore son became your client last year, the first question he asked was how he could get more playing time. Of course, as concerned parents we had gotten him a spot on the top-level soccer...