UOIT Ridgebacks

2010-11 Coaching Staff

KEN CROSINA, Head Coach
E-mail contact: ken.crosina@uoit.ca

Ken Crosina enters his fifth year as head coach of the UOIT Ridgebacks men’s and women’s tennis programs. He is the tennis director and head professional at the Campus Tennis Centre, home of the Ridgebacks.

Past Coaching Experience
1989-1990 Head Coach , Ontario Summer Games Team - Gold at Canada Games

1990-1997 Head Coach
Ontario Provincial Junior Team - Individual Events

1990-2002 Head Coach Oshawa Goodlife Tennis Club

Coaching Hi-lights & significant awards while coaching:

1989 Gold Medal at Canada Games as Head Coach of Team Ontario. Coached over 30 kids that have received tennis scholarships to the USA.

Children: Ages and Names: Carly 14, Spencer 7, Noah 6, Lily 2

College experience: Played on a tennis scholarship for Florida State University

Playing experience: Past Provincial Singles Champion, Past Provincial Doubles Champion, Highest ranking of #5 in Canada in singles for 3 years, Past National Doubles Champion.

KANE EASTER, Assistant Coach
E-mail contact: kane.easter@uoit.ca

Kane Easter , current Davis Cup player and teaching professional at UOIT's Campus Tennis Centre, has joined the coaching staff of the UOIT Ridgebacks Varsity Tennis Program.

The native of St. Lucia , who plays around the world as a member of St. Lucia 's Davis Cup team has played 55 Davis Cup matches in his impressive career. Kane's most recent Davis Cup play was in 2005 at La Paz , Bolivia . The former tennis star went to the University of Louisville in Kentucky , where he twice recorded 20-win seasons for the Cardinals (1998 and 1999).

At 29 years old, Easter is a highly regarded teaching professional who will help lead the Women's Tennis program under head coach Ken Crosina.

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