The UTR Pro Tennis Tour Podcast with James McKie

Haven't heard of NYCC? You should! Real Q&A with Nate Walroth about important current topics in college tennis. Nate & his team are doing an unbelievable job promoting our great sport. They are using UTR extensively throughout their day to day and traveling the country to show our sport through a different lens.

Brennan is the Head Men's Golf Coach at Tennessee, but do you know what he loves? He absolutely loves college tennis. He advises our sport to SELL it better! College golf are doing so many things to grow their sport. He truly believes more people need to go and watch. Great conversation from a huge fan of our sport. Oh by the way, he will also be caddying at the Masters in April!

Alex is a huge PTT fan & the Miami Hurricanes are on the rise! Great perspective and commitment to making a difference help young student-athletes navigate through life. We also talked how Alex uses UTR for his program, recruiting, NIL, scholarships and where we are as a sport. Tune in!

Volunteer Assistant to Head Coach! Everyone has a journey, keep your head down and work hard. Lloyd has led UCF to new records just 2 years in charge. We also spoke about the NCAA tournament coming to Olrando for the next 10 years. How do we grow this? Lots of ideas & thoughts. Also talked importance of UTR and why he takes his team to PTT events. Hopefully a PTT will be in Orlando soon at the amazing facility UCF play in!

This was a long one, but a great one. Michael has built a top 16 program this year by UTR! Great conversation highlighting his team but also a real conversation about college tennis as a whole. Appreciated Michael's honesty in this episode relating to family and why he coaches college tennis. Baylor has also been a tremendous long term partner and host of the UTR Sports PTT. We look forward to working together of many years to come!

Auburn are fresh off tying their most wins in SEC history! Trey has been the Head Coach at 2 schools prior to joining Auburn and is working with Head Coach, Bobby Reynolds! We talked roster limits, recruiting, relationships and how they run the program. Also, looking forward to bringing the first ever UTR PTT event to Auburn next summer!

Trying to win a National Championship? You should probably listen to this one. Tony highlights three main areas which have helped his squad cross the finish line in May. Only one team per gender can win the last match of the season, Tony has done it twice. Also covered topics in regards to how he combined pro and college into his program as they host multiple pro events from PTT to ATP. Want to be a pro? Wake is a good fit for you!

Jimmy has led the Blue Raiders for the last 15 years to a SIX-PEAT. Yes, 6 conference titles in a row. Tune in and find out how he does it. Excellent recruiter and recent PTT host at an amazing $9 million tennis facility at MTSU. Jimmy has raised millions of dollars for MTSU and is winning on and off the court! We also talk importance of UTR, mindset in recruiting and the transfer portal.

The first 2nd assistant to join the show! Did you know the NCAA will pay $303 million to all volunteer coaches from 2019-2023? Volunteer title no longer exists. Max Koller is an outstanding coach for the Florida Gators. We talked everything from why his guys play PTT events to a plan in recruiting to the great Tennessee / Florida rivalry. College tennis needs rivalries! Tune in!

Really good insight into who Grant is as a person, mentor and coach. He is trying to think outside the box to grow college tennis and get his community involved within the program at SMU. Was heavily involved throughout the career of Pete Sampras and was also the Associate Head Men's tennis coach at UCLA. He also has amazing advice for all recruits out there when choosing and researching the school you may attend! Tune in!