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USPTR Pro ~ Former ATP Player & WTA Coach ~ Babolat National Team
Rich is currently a teaching professional in Denver, Colorado coaching over one hundred adults and junior players on a regular basis. He maintains a client list of over 300 tennis players in the Denver area. He is currently coaching Julia O’Loughlin, Samantha Martinelli, Brittney Ricci, Josh and Jacob Hedderig, Keiko Kasho, Chris Cooprider, Dylan Gust and many other top junior players in Colorado. He has worked with top, competitive players as a Team Colorado Coach and as a traveling coach for Kellen Damico, who is currently ranked #8 I.T.F and Paul Koenke, who is playing for Clemson in South Carolina. Rich has coached Kellen Damico and Paul Koenke since they were 13 years old and has been coaching Julia O’Loughlin for the past two years.
For the past several years, Rich has competed for a professional tennis team in the top leagues for the Blankenese Sports Club in Hamburg, Germany. He coached the Women’s and Men’s teams including Jonathan Prinzlau, a Davis Cup player from Denmark. For two years, Rich coached and traveled with Brenda Schultz who was ranked top 20 in the world. She reached the quarterfinals in singles and the finals in doubles with Gabriela Sabatini at the U.S. Open in 1995. Rich has sparred with many professionals including Jennifer Capriati, Mary Pierce and Aaron Krickstein. He has also trained nationally ranked junior players at the International Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida as well as instructed all levels of players at several private and public clubs throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Rich was ranked #650 in the world in doubles in 1991. He was also ranked top 30 in Italy in singles and traveled as a coach and sparring partner for Claudio Pistolesi who was ranked top 100 in the A.T.P. As a college player in Division I, Rich played #2 singles and #1 doubles in 1990 for Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. His best win was against Byron Black. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration with a Major in Marketing and Finance and a Minor in Psychology.
Born and raised in New York, Rich attended high school at Woodmere Academy where he compiled a 93-2 singles record. He was a top, nationally ranked player throughout his junior career. In 1982, he was ranked #8 in singles and #2 in doubles in the nation with wins over Malivai Washington and David Wheaton.
Rich is currently President of MentorNet, LLC, a successful web development company. He manages daily activities for project management, web design services and Internet business consulting. In 2001, Rich worked as a Marketing Manager for handy.de, the leading Internet wireless company and the third most successful ecommerce web site in Germany.
Rich’s other interests include mountain biking, martial arts, guitar, music, reading and fishing. Also, he is fluent in German and Italian.
