by Amy Bryant | May 20, 2021 | Articles about Coach Bryant, Integrity in College Athletics, Team Culture
With the NCAA tennis championships in full swing, we interview two highly successful NCAA DIII tennis coaches. First up is John Shackelford, Director of Tennis at Sewanee. The Tigers men have won 22 conference championships and the women have captured...
by Amy Bryant | Oct 9, 2020 | Advice for Parents, College Athletics Recruiting
Dear Coach Bryant: I’m a high school counselor trying to provide guidance for our students this fall. One of our tennis players just emailed me, asking how he should begin his college search. He wants to play tennis in college, but he’s not Division I material – he...
by Amy Bryant | Aug 6, 2020 | Advice for Parents, Articles about Coronavirus, Integrity in College Athletics, Uncategorized
Dear Coach Bryant: We’ve always supported our son’s exceptional passion for baseball. But now that he’s starting to think about college, his mother and I are wondering if we should continue to encourage his interest in playing at that level. While he’s likely to do...
by Amy Bryant | Jun 30, 2020 | Advice for Parents, Articles about Coronavirus
Dear Coach Bryant: I keep hearing about universities cutting their sports programs because of Covid-19 financial pressure. I’m nervous that the teams my son is researching now may not exist once he arrives on campus. My son is a high school swimmer and he has had to...
by Amy Bryant | Mar 19, 2020 | Articles about Coronavirus
A Season Lost…but Perspective Gained I’d thought I’d seen everything in my 20-plus years of coaching. But last week I navigated entirely new waters. Traveling with my team on one of our season highlights — the spring break trip to Florida — I felt...