Baylor University Director of Tennis; Head Men's Tennis Coach;
former Head of Men's Tennis for USTA Player Development;
former University of Virginia Head Coach;
4x NCAA Team Championships (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) - four championships in five seasons;
6x ITA National Team indoor Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017);
Back-to-back (2011-12) NCAA Team Championship Runner-up;
2x ITA National Coach of the Year (2008, 2016);
6x ACC Coach of the Year;
4x MVC Coach of the Year;
2016 Inductee - Indiana State Athletics Hall of Fame
Virginia Men's Tennis and Brian Boland personified excellence, consistency and sound fundamental play during his historic run as head coach from 2002 through 2017.
In this video, Coach Boland allows unprecedented "all access" to the first dual match of the season; setting the stage for a season of self-improvement, steady growth and team-building unity.
Boland provides insight into pre-match warm-ups, candid assessments of each player and their play, offers steady encouragement and purposeful, constructive criticism and then shares with you, the coach, what he is doing, why and where the opportunities for learning for your team can be found.
Boland shares his strategy of training and playing on clay courts in the early season. Clay surfaces reinforce sound footwork and provides other competitive advantages that cannot be found on hard surfaces.
Watch this video today and you will witness, firsthand, the focus, the dedication, the pushing, the fun, the frustration, and the tenacity of a Championship-caliber Virginia tennis team early on in the season. The net result for this team was finishing the year (second year in a row) as the NCAA Team Champion Runner-up!
43 minutes. 2012.
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