Devon is extremely fortunate to have an excellent and fully committed team of coaches who work tremendously well together supporting and encouraging each other. There is a good range of coaches with respect to qualifications, age, and experience, and all from a variety of backgrounds. To have such a dedicated team that complement each other is essential to the success of the programme and is a real positive for the players. The County Coaching team has coaches from all over Devon who are passionate about developing fantastic players and of course county cup teams too!

All the coaches are DBS checked and LTA accredited, and thoroughly enjoy challenging themselves, as much as they do the players!

 

Will McNally -Devon Performance Manager  

I am an LTA Level 5 Master Performance Coach with a wealth of experience that spans more than 30 years of coaching. My career has brought me into contact with many wonderful people and players, with several going on to achieve National Honours and World Rankings. I was a County Performance Officer for Berkshire before moving to Devon to take on the role of Director of Tennis at Exeter University. I started working for Devon as their Junior Performance Manager in 2017 with my main role to coordinate and manage the Devon Junior Performance programme which currently has approximately 120 players over the various age groups. I thoroughly enjoy working together with players, coaches and clubs / centres to help them develop, as well as keeping an eye open for new and emerging talent.

 

Tracy Brown   

LTA Level 3 Accredited Coach

My Name is Tracy Brown, I work on all aspects of the programme at Bradley Brown Coaching at Cary Park in Babbacombe. This diversity gives me a depth of knowledge in many areas of coaching. I also have 2 children who competed to a good level, so I do understand both sides, coaching and parenting.

I have had, and still have, the pleasure of working with many, many fabulous kids. Some of these have been Regional and National level. I have also enjoyed sharing the journey of many county champions throughout my time. 

I am very proud to have been involved with Devon Tennis from the start and am excited to see what we can achieve in the future.

 

 

 

 

Jo Louis   

LTA Level 5 Accredited+ coach

Jo has coached groups and individual players of all ages and standards from four to over seventy years of age, and from players new to the game to players representing Great Britain. She has captained teams of players both in this country and abroad from club league teams to players representing Great Britain.

Jo is a former professional tennis player, she has represented Great Britain from under twelve to seniors and has competed in the Ladies singles at Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open and has wins against Steffi Graf and Jo Durie.  Jo has won over thirty National Championships and as a senior has won two World Team Championships.

Jo has worked for the LTA as a tutor delivering training to primary and secondary school teachers, the Tennis Assistants and LTA Coaching qualifications to tennis coaches.  Jo was Tennis Development Officer for East Devon District Council and Manager of Exmouth Tennis & Fitness Centre.

Jo is now loving being back on court and is owner of Visions Tennis, which aims to 'develop & improve life skills through fun tennis opportunities for all'.

 

Hannah Miller   

LTA Level 4 Performance Coach

Hannah has been working with all abilities of players for over 20 years. She has been head coach at Tarka Tennis and Atlantic Racquet Centre and has great knowledge of the sport. Hannah has her own tennis coaching business and works with a lot with county players of all ages, she has been a court coach for 15 years now. 
Hannah has been a Devon County Coach for 7 years and loves seeing all the Devon players come together and progress with their training. She has taken several teams away for Devon to the LTA County Cups and looks forward to continuing this into the future. 

Hannah loves all sports but particularly Rounders, where she has played for England!

 

 

 

Stefan Lupu   

Stefan has been involved in tennis for the past 25 years as a player and now a qualified coach.

He grew up in Italy where he played at County level and then trained and competed nationally and internationally including ETA and Senior ITF.  He then spent his late teens as a young semi professional player in Spain.  During this time he became an assistant tennis coach for various clubs in Barcelona.

Stefan has been coaching in the UK for 8 years and has developed his British career in tennis with the LTA.  He has focused his coaching on developing junior players to county and national level as well as adults at a national and international level.  Stefan delivers an enthusiastic and focused approach to his coaching promoting an inclusive environment.  Bringing his international experience into his sessions Stefan is able to offer his players a wider variety of tennis knowledge and creative coaching.

 

 

Katie Wiltshire  

'Katie is an enthusiastic coach who has a real passion for advancing players in both development and performance settings. Katie has been involved in tennis from a young age and has gained significant experience as a competitive player and a coach. Katie has competed in BUCS whilst captaining the Women's First Team at Nottingham Trent University,  and has since put her experience into action, training the Women's Teams at Exeter University and Captaining the Devon Ladies Team. Katie is particularly driven to promote female participation in tennis across all ages and standards.'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ollie Sharpe

Ollie is a keen young performance coach who coaches at Exmouth working predominantly with County/Regional level players who are 12 and under down to his youngest current county player at 6 years old. Ollie’s proudest achievement to date is coaching his first player to a 10U grade 2 National tournament after coaching the player from the age of 4.

Ollie has been heavily involved in Devon county tennis for the last 5 years. One of Ollie’s first achievements  in Devon was the creation and delivery of the then ‘Mini Devon Academy’ prior to the current LTA backed county training provision in which Ollie continues to be one of the lead coaches. Ollie has since gone on to captain numerous county cup teams including regularly being the 9U and 10U boys captain.

Fun fact- the first tennis session Ollie ever attended as a child at Exmouth aged 7, he now coaches”

 

 

 

Craig Arbuckle                                     

I started my coaching career in the USA as a performance coach in 1987. I worked at a tennis academy training International junior players.

On returning to New Zealand, I worked alongside the former National Coach and we produced 9 ATP ranked players, and the 1993 Junior Boys  Wimbledon Doubles champions. I also took county teams to the National Championships and to international events in Australia and the USA.

I am currently the performance coach at the Devonshire in Plymouth, working with county, regional, and ITF ranked seniors  and a ITF junior.

As a Junior I  played on the ITF junior  circuit and today I still  compete for New Zealand at the ITF Masters World Championships and on the Masters Tour.

Alongside that I also play for Devon in the over 55 County Championships.

I am looking forward to joining the Devon Coaching Team, and helping to develop talent.

 

Grant Notten

Grant’s love for tennis started as a competitive junior player in South Africa. His passion for the game and his interest in personal development led him into a career as a professional tennis coach. 

Grant’s Coaching Philosophy is that tennis is as much a mental game as it is a physical one. His coaching emphasizes building strong fundamentals while also developing mental toughness in matchplay and a performance mentality. He specializes in teaching competitive players looking to gain an edge with strategic play, advanced technique, match preparation and resilience. 

He is currently working with the Exeter University Student Performance BUCs teams and is the lead coach for the Exeter College Tennis Academy. He also coaches Junior LTA Pathway players - which is for competitive players 9 - 18 years old as well as coaching the Devon County 14U boys. Grant runs the Adult Performance coaching at Exeter University and helps teams in the District league develop their matchplay. He has the ability to bring out the best in players.

Grant was awarded Devon Development Coach of the Year 2022.

 

Alfie Woodger 

I am a LTA Accredited+ Level 3 tennis coach based at Exmouth Tennis and Fitness centre.  I work with players of all ages and abilities but have a keen interest in working with Junior performance players.  As a player I played at Grade 2s and 1s with my most notable achievement being winning the National Schools Championships in 2018 with Exmouth Community College.  I like to use these experiences to aid my coaching.