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TIM PLEASANT

Cape Coral

Summary

Accomplished professional with over 20 years of Director experience and 25 years of teaching and coaching expertise. Seeking a Management Racquet Sports position in the Naples/Fort Myers area. Recognized as a top leader and coach in the industry, honored multiple times for leadership and coaching excellence. Demonstrated commitment to high-level operation and management at various facilities, with progressive growth and experience. Skilled in leading and developing staff with confidence to ensure a high level of experience and hospitality for members.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Director

Gulf Harbour Yacht and Golf Club
08.2023 - Current
  • Manage all women's and men's Lee County and USTA league teams.
  • Organize practice plans and themes.
  • Assign coaches to each team and schedule weekly practice times.
  • Created evening and weekend programs to expand the programming offerings at the club.
  • Assist in managing the pro shop. Processing special orders, cataloging racket stringing, book members into ball machine club, and set up a demo program.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
  • Maintained positive member relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
  • Manage maintenance staff to ensure club exceeds general manager's and members expectations.
  • Enhance special events and programs at the club. created pro-am events with member party, returned Pro League in 2025, Davis Cup Team Championships, created (5) new evening and weekend programs to include, live ball, tennis 1-2-3, triples, 1-stop shop, and innovation lab.
  • Budget management, to include, ordering all seasonal equipment and balls, pro shop stock items, salaries for asst. pros, hours for pro shop and on-court staff.
  • Managed membership participation in all events, leagues, and daily play.

Director of Programs and Development

USTA National Campus
11.2016 - 08.2023
  • Manage and create all tennis, pickleball, and padel programs at the USTA National Campus and to keep programs innovative and progressive.
  • Management of 1200+ weekly participants
  • Developed and recommended policies and procedures for evaluating programs.
  • Management (48) staff to include head pros, asst. head pros, full time and part-time pros.
  • Coordinate weekly meetings with supervisors, head and asst. pros, and bi-weekly meetings with full staff and monthly meetings with part-time staff.
  • Created and enforced programming standards to maintain compliance with industry and company standards
  • Schedule and create monthly trainings for staff for on-court progress and to establish methodology for teaching and philosophy for goals of programs.
  • Created teaching plans for programs, and developmental pathways for adults and youth in training programs.
  • Guest speaker at multiple USPTA, USPTR, ATA, NCAA, and community outreach groups that we hosted at the campus or at conventions in the Orlando area on topics to include program development, facility usage, staff schedules, bio-mechanical developmental plans for adult and junior students.
  • Served as tournament director for USTA, ITF, & NCAA events at the campus at the national, state, and local levels.
  • Helped develop training manual for new USTA tournament directors and served as a consultant on the USTA Serve Tennis software being used today for USTA Adult and Junior tournaments and leagues.
  • Served as 1 of 8 consultants over a 3-year period to help develop the (WTN) World Tennis Number ratings program that is currently being used by USTA, ITF, (Pro), ITA (College), and Duper (Pickleball) as their official tennis and pickleball rating system.
  • Assisted with the developing the first Pickleball leagues, camps and PPA tournaments at the National Campus. First PPA Pickleball tournament had over 1500 participants.
  • Assisted with the development of the first Padel leagues, camps, and tournament at the National Campus. Was selected to be the first USA National Junior Padel Coach and represented the USA in Mexico at the World Junior Padel Championships.
  • Assisted with creating and developing the NCAA College Match Days with the Tennis Channel.
  • Helped bring the NCAA Division 1 Championships to the campus and assisted in creating the first NCAA Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3 championships combined at one facility in 2023.

Director of Tennis

The Trails Racquet Club
09.2011 - 11.2016
  • Part-time seasonal director
  • Management and creator of all Adult and Junior programs, leagues and tournaments at the facility
  • Assist with maintenance of facility to include grounds, courts and pro shop.

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Bethune-Cookman University
09.2011 - 05.2016
  • Management of Division 1 tennis program
  • Budgets, travel, NCAA Rules Compliance, weekly practice and match schedules, fitness program, and recruiting of Division 1 level student-athletes.
  • Won (3) conference championships, first time in history for the men's team
  • (3) Coach of the Year awards
  • Elected Chair of the Conference 2014-2016
  • Created the MEAC Conference round up in Florence, SC 2013-2016.
  • MEAC Conference tournament director 2014-2016.
  • Revised tennis conference rules and bi-laws in 2014.
  • Help create a USTA non-profit for local community which still stands today in Daytona Beach.
  • Received $25k for community tennis and team hosted free tennis lessons and camps
  • Awarded a $50k grant to help build new courts at (2) local schools in the community.
  • 2015 USTA Family of the Year award, for my achievements as a college coach, club director, work in the community, my daughter and son were USTA FL State Champions in singles and doubles.

Owner/Director of Tennis/President

MyTennisRocks, LLC/Rock Hill Tennis Center/Mid-Carolina Tennis Association
01.2004 - 09.2011
  • Director of Tennis for Rock Hill Tennis Center. Managed and created all programming
  • Grew memberships from initial 53 members to over 500 full-time members at facility in 7 years and over 2,000 participants in weekly programs.
  • Owner of Rock Tennis Academy. Over (7) years, 28 kids received college scholarships & was awarded as the top USTA junior program in the Charlotte, NC area and in USTA SC region in 2009 - 2011.
  • President of Mid-Carolina Tennis Association. Non-Profit USTA Organization that I created.
  • Awarded the #1 non-profit in USTA SC, in USTA Southern and National finalist in 2010.
  • In (7) years we received over $75k per year from USTA grants, we refurbished and built over 175 tennis courts in the Charlotte/Rock Hill area.
  • Hosted (16) junior & adult tournaments per year.
  • Tournament Director for USTA Southern Adult & Junior Open 2006-2011.
  • Hosted & Director for (3) USTA Women's $25k Pro Circuit events.
  • Hosted (2) Outback Championships with Legends of the Game with celebrities to include Sampras, McEnroe, Jensen Brothers, Courier and others.
  • Managed (19) USTA Adult women's league teams and (12) men's teams.
  • Owner of MyTennisRocks, LLC, tennis management
  • Managed (22) accounts which included high schools, neighborhood swim & tennis communities, public golf & tennis clubs which totaled (135) tennis courts and (24) staff.
  • Goal of company was to grow tennis in the Southern Charlotte Area and increase USTA participation in leagues, tournaments, and programs.

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Coker College
09.2009 - 06.2011
  • Management of Division 2 tennis program
  • First time Coker earned a National Ranking in Division 2 tennis at #11 Nationally for men and #24 for women.

Assistant Tennis Director

New Albany Country Club
01.2000 - 01.2004
  • Awarded in 2003 Tennis Industry Magazine Private Facility of the Year Award.
  • Assigned work to staff, set schedules, and motivated strong performance across programs
  • Monitored budget and programs, keeping facility within budget
  • Created a junior and touring pro academy, had (8) resident touring pros and (22) junior academy students
  • Junior students won the 12 & under USTA JTT National Championships
  • Adult teams won (18) Local Adult League Championships, (7) USTA Section Adult Championships and (1) USTA National 3.0 Women's Championship
  • Created the 1st Wendy's $25k USPTA Pro 3-Surface Championships on grass, clay & hard courts
  • Assisted in growth and promotion of club through events and marketing campaigns and reached to over 3400 golf and tennis members.
  • Partnered across departments to run smooth, professional events and activities
  • Worked under Marty Reissen former ATP player & coach, former Fed Cup Coach & ATP Doubles record holder.

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Austin Peay State University
05.1998 - 05.2000
  • Dividsion 1 Head Tennis Coach for Men & Women

Education

B.S. - Physical Education, Facility Management, Biomechanics, Sports Psychology

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
05.1996

M.S. - Physical Education, Facility Management, Biomechanics, Sports Psychology

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
05.1998

Skills

  • Health-oriented mindset
  • Experience with USTA Serve software
  • Jonas
  • Court Reserve Software
  • Club Essentials
  • USTA Tournament Data Manager
  • Disney trained in communication skills
  • Analytical problem solving
  • Workplace skill enhancement
  • Effective relationship management
  • Community engagement
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Program design and implementation
  • Event planning expertise

Certification

  • RSPA: Professional Level 1 - Elite
  • USPTR: Junior & Adult Development + Performance
  • Level 1 - Sports Science/Biomechanics (USTA)
  • Level 1 - Padel RSPA Certified
  • Currently Certifying (PPR Pickleball Certification)
  • AED, CPR, & First Aid Certified (Andrews Medical Institute)

Hobbies and Interests

  • Participate in Fort Myers Pro Leagues
  • Competitor in ITF Seniors World Cup events
  • Nationally ranked racquet sports competitor

Timeline

Assistant Director

Gulf Harbour Yacht and Golf Club
08.2023 - Current

Director of Programs and Development

USTA National Campus
11.2016 - 08.2023

Director of Tennis

The Trails Racquet Club
09.2011 - 11.2016

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Bethune-Cookman University
09.2011 - 05.2016

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Coker College
09.2009 - 06.2011

Owner/Director of Tennis/President

MyTennisRocks, LLC/Rock Hill Tennis Center/Mid-Carolina Tennis Association
01.2004 - 09.2011

Assistant Tennis Director

New Albany Country Club
01.2000 - 01.2004

Head Men's & Women's Tennis Coach

Austin Peay State University
05.1998 - 05.2000

M.S. - Physical Education, Facility Management, Biomechanics, Sports Psychology

Eastern Kentucky University

B.S. - Physical Education, Facility Management, Biomechanics, Sports Psychology

Eastern Kentucky University

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