On-Court Sessions

Ellen Miller is a Senior Coach Developer for the USTA and RSPA. She also works for the Houston Tennis Association as a Youth Pathway and Coach Development specialist. She is RSPA Elite certified, USTA High Performance certified, and has worked on myriad USTA youth training initiatives over the last 20 years. Recently, she chaired the USTA National Red Ball Task Force. Her red ball presentations focus on activities that get kids rallying quickly plus how to use cooperative games to build confidence and ease players into low-stress competition.  

Dr. Tracey King is a former top NZ junior, D1 tennis player and Billie Jean King Cup team member. A four-time Conference champion and NCAA Woman of the Year (Nevada), Tracey has been inducted into both the Nevada Athletic Hall of Fame and the International Scholar Hall of Fame. Post graduation, Tracey went on to develop her interest in mind-body performance, obtaining a Masters in Research from the University of Kent and PhD in Psychology from the University of Southampton, both in England.

An avid supporter of girls and women in sport, Tracey is especially interested in working to develop top female players. As a tennis parent herself, Tracey has personal experience of the challenges facing elite juniors and their support teams, and is keen to develop parent/player coaching programs to help make that unique journey as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. Tracey is an Elite Professional Coach (RSPA), PTR Level 2 and a Certified Mental Coach. She is currently developing an online mental skills platform to assist parents, players and coaches in their quest to achieve their highest potential.

Devin Crotzer is currently the Manager of Collegiate Tennis for USTA Southern. He is a USPTA/PTR certified teaching pro and holds certifications as a Tennis Performance Trainer (TPT) with the iTPA and is recognized as a High Performance Coach by the USTA. He played collegiate tennis at Cumberland University where he earned a bachelor's degree in management. During his playing career, he amassed wins to help his team finish 11th in the final team rankings. Devin also became the volunteer assistant for the Vanderbilt Men’s program for one year before completing a mechatronics degree and working as an automation engineer for UPS.

Devin has spent 17 years coaching players of all levels and ages, from beginners to professionals. He has coached players competing in Europe at ITF Juniors and Futures events. He was a director at the Junior Training Center of Champions in College Park, Maryland where he specialized in training competitive players ages 11-17. Most recently, he helped Bluegrass Country Club grow its junior program and created participation in middle school, high school, and USTA programs. His passion is grassroots programs that fuel the sports growth and advancement.

Jack Newman is known as one of the finest and longest-tenured junior development coaches in the nation. He founded programs at Fretz Tennis Center in Dallas, at St. Stephen’s School in Austin, and finally, the Austin Tennis Academy. He serves as ATA’s CEO as well as one of the lead coaches, where he assembled an amazing coaching team.

Jack is a USPTA Master Professional and was one of the first US coaches to be certified as a High Performance coach by the USTA. He is a primary coach to Academy players but also takes on the larger role of leading practice, developing curriculum, planning the optimum tournament schedules, and organizing the Academy logistics both at the Academy and on the road. His time is also spent optimizing the training and competition schedules for Academy players. These plans help players accomplish their goals and often lead to leveraging players’ college choice.

Jack has coached over 20 players who have captained and many others who have served as leaders of their college teams, including Matthew Bain at Texas A&M University, Roger Gubser at the University of Texas, Payton Holden at Princeton, Grayson Broadus and Josh Hagar at Notre Dame, and Bailey Forgus at the University of Chicago.