Mike Stroud
Mike comes from Columbia, SC. He has been coaching for 20 years and is entering his eighth year as head coach for the women’s tennis program at Florida Community College. Producing a 7-year record of 107 wins and 49 losses and six top 10 finishes plus several trips to Nationals, Mike feels that recruiting, discipline, hard work and total commitment by the players are the keys to success. The players win the games.
The 2004 trip to Nationals yielded a final national rank of #4 and in 2005 the team finished at #7. The 2006-07 group of Maria Melihova and company finished their injury riddled season with a pretty good record of 16 wins and 13 losses. We did manage to eek out a good national rank of #11 for the year we’re glad to get that We’ve recruited strongly for the 2007-08 season and we’ve got to get better. What appears to be a star-studded recruiting class for the 2007–08 season shows a lot of promise.
At Florida Community College we believe in producing a total person not just a player. We monitor grades closely, and we see that they are involved in government and community projects both on and off campus. We try to nurture their development and see that they train well and hard. We want them to move on to a senior university and be able to say that Florida Community College helped them to make that move successfully. We want to be proud of them and them to be proud of us. Their road may be long and difficult; it is our duty to have them ready.
For more information, contact Mike Stroud at 904.646.2214.
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