Meet The Directors

Dave Fish Head Coach, Men's Tennis Harvard University Co-Director, Junior Camps Director, Adult Programs As Dave Fish, Men's Head Tennis coach closes in on his 36th year at Harvard, he is committed to changing the face of American tennis by helping it become "The Sport of Opportunity." He has been instrumental in incorporating what he believes to be the best and easiest to learn teaching system in the world (www.tennissmith.com) into TAH's methodology. Tennissmith employs a "word-picture" method, which makes it both easy to understand, and equally easy to remember for all ages, not only giving greater continuity of instruction to TAH campers, but also enabling TAH to train its instructors on-line before the summer (and continuing through the summer).

During his five-decade career, Dave has coached such well-known tennis stars as James Blake, Tim Mayotte, Jonathan Chu (Hong Kong Davis Cup team), and John Doran (Irish Davis Cup team). Dave has had his teams qualify for the NCAA championships 18 times since 1981. His players have earned All-American honors in singles and doubles competition on 22 occasions. He has also sent players to the NCAA individual championships 22 times over the past 27 years. Named Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Coach of the Year in 1993, 1998, and 2008 and the USTA New England Coach of the Year in 2001. Coach Fish was recently recognized for service to recreational tennis in New England by receiving the 2009 ITA Campus Recognition Award (USTA New England Section).

Traci Green Head Coach, Women's Tennis Harvard University Co-Director, Junior Camps Traci is in her fifth year at Harvard as head coach of Women's Tennis. She led her team to its 18th Ivy League Championship in 2009. Prior to leading the Crimson, she served as head coach at Temple University where she helped build a winning program and guided the Owls to their first national ranking (#85) in 2007. Traci was a member of the University of Florida 1998 NCAA championship team and a two-time member of the Junior National team. Traci was a three-time, first-team, all-SEC conference selection in singles and doubles and still tops the Florida record books in career wins. Traci is on the Advisory Board of the Black Women in Sport Foundation and is active with the USTA High Performance Coaching Program. She had extensive camp teaching experience in Philadelphia before coming to Harvard.

Senior Staff

Bonnie Masland, Ph.D. Senior Associate Director After a terrific recruiting year for staff in 2011, Bonnie Masland, Ph.D. Senior Associate Director and clinical psychologist, will be starting her 17th year working at the summer tennis programs at Harvard. She had been working with survivors of severe trauma for over 25 years and decided to take on a full-time position focusing on making TAH the best tennis camp for campers and for staff. Bonnie is a grandmother of six who is an avid cyclist using it for transportation, conditioning, and philanthropic purposes raising money for the orphans at Sarnelli House in northeast Thailand.

Doug Eng, Ed.D., Ph.D. Director of Tennis Adult Programs Doug oversees our Adult Programs. He is entering his thirteenth year at the Academy. Doug is one of only 13 persons to hold both USPTA and PTR Master Professional. He was named Best of Boston in 2010 by Boston Magazine and has won 4 divisional Pro of the Years honors from the PTR and USPTA including both in 2008. He has been President of PTR New England and Vice President and Secretary of USPTA New England. Doug has written articles for tennisplayer.net and tennisone.com, mostly on analysis of techniques and tactics. He is a member of the USTA National Sport Science Committee as his expertise is in sport psychology and coaching theory. Doug is a popular speaker at various tennis conferences and is a member of the HEAD/Penn National Speaking Bureau. Doug has coached college tennis for sixteen seasons and completed the USTA High Performance Coaching Program.

Our Instructors

Our staff have exceptional educational, tennis, and summer camp backgrounds.

We are uncompromising in our efforts to assemble the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff you can find anywhere. We think the way to attain this goal is to bring together the best possible combination of college coaches, professionals, and intercollegiate players, train them thoroughly before and throughout the summer, and compensate them accordingly for their role in giving you and your children the best summer experience possible. Our college staff in recent years has included students from Harvard, Princeton, Amherst, Colby, BC, BU, Macalester, Middlebury, Tufts, the U.S. Naval Academy, William and Mary, Mount Holyoke, Holy Cross, Yale, Washington University, U-Hawaii, George Washington University, Emerson, Berklee, University of Georgia, Carleton, Martin College, TSU, Wichita State, Brevard, Bryant, Drake, Brandeis, Vanderbilt, University of Wisconsin, Clark, Winthrop, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Trinity College, Stonehill, Rochester, Syracuse, Eastern Washington University, Franklin College, Indiana University, North Carolina Wesleyan, Babson, Bucknell, Lesley, University of South Carolina, University of Arkansas - Pine Bluff, Tulane, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Troy University.

Our Commitment to Ongoing Training

We have increased the length of our instructor orientation training, which is led by our Director of Tennis. The Director of Tennis was trained by Steve Smith, the founder of Tennissmith. Steve worked with tennis legends including Vie Braden, Peter Butwash, Dennis Van Der Meer, Welby Van Horn, and Jim Verdieck. Steve has also trained coaches and players that have reached a very high level in tennis. Some of the players he has trained have won the tournament at Kalamazoo, been number one in the nation in the 18s, won the NCAA championships, and have played in the Grand Slams. We are committed to our staff training beyond orientation. In addition, there is continuous training of our staff by Coach Dave Fish and Coach Traci Green. The Director of Tennis also works closely with each staff member, providing constant feedback on how to be a better teacher, worker, and professional. This includes meetings with the Director of Tennis and Senior Associate Director Dr. Bonnie Masland, filming and reviewing of instructors teaching, and various exercises with prizes.