Marshall Women's Tennis Head Coach John Mercer joins the show to discuss his 22 years at the helm of the program, coaching with his son JJ, what makes Marshall special, and SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks:

2025 season - 2:45

Working with JJ - 4:25

Building off of 2024 - 6:50

Biggest strength of this group - 7:47

Recruiting - 10:54

Recruiting to a Mid Major - 14:15

What makes Marshall special - 16:25

Community engagement - 18:05

All the conference changes - 22:29

Scheduling - 23:48

New Fall - 27:02

What coaching advice would you give your younger self - 30:33

One coach you admire - 31:30

If you could coach one player - 33:09

How will we know Marshall is playing your best tennis - 35:34

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