With over 30 years of playing and coaching high performance tennis, Kelly has quite an impressive track record!

> Won PIAA state singles title in '99 for North Allegheny
> Won USTA National Gold, Silver, and Bronze titles
> Held a top 10 junior ranking
> Played women's tennis for University of Texas Women's 2002 - 2006
> Assisted in leading the North Allegheny girls tennis team to 4 state team titles
> Coached many players to top Division I, II, and III schools

Kathy’s whole family has been with PTA.  Her son learned to play tennis with PTA, her daughter worked the front desk for Pure, and she and her husband play here!  She’s been our Adult Coordinator since 2014, and within a couple years, started working with our junior players as well!  And as if that wasn’t already busy enough, she’s captain of multiple USTA teams!
Kathy bleeds blue & white.  She and Greg met & matriculated from Penn State University - her children are also PSU alums!  WE ARE!  PENN STATE!

Kathy’s superpower: baking the best cookies you’re ever going to eat.

The kids call him Coach Barry.  We call him Bear.

Originally from California, Barry has been coaching for approximately 12 years.  In that time, he’s worked with Bill Bush (Andrew Agassi), Tim Pawsat (Jan-Michel Gambil), and most recently, Robert Van’t Hof (Lindsay Davenport).  Barry’s primary focus is developing high performance players - which is great, as he’s our Director of High Performance.  

Barry’s superpower:  the ability to curate a playlist you’ll never grow tired of listening to.    

Karolina = energy.

Karolina has been coaching one way or the other since 2010.  A 2016  graduate of Grove City College with a degree in entrepreneurship, she has taught in both Pennsylvania and Hilton Head, SC.  Karolina currently leads our 10U program.  You’ll see her on court with our Aces clinics, on our summer camps, and running our 10U tournaments - look out for the girl with the bull horn.

Karolina’s superpower: doing everything everywhere, all at once, and accomplishing it all.
 

Caitlin has been with our company since January 2025. She came to us with a Bachelor Degree in Psycology from Grace College, as well as a Master Degree in Developmental Psycology from Liberty University. She is now our Operations Manager for Pure Tennis Academy and brings us a new perspective with the education she carries! 

When she is not here at Pure, you can find her cooking, playing pickleball, or hanging out with her friends and family. She likes to expand her knowledge on cooking by watching cooking shows and trying new recipes.

Be careful challenging her in tennis, she's a lefty! #CrossCourtCaitlin
 

Yannis has been a part of the Pure Tennis staff since December 2024. Prior to working with us, he was an assistant coach for women's tennis at California University from 2022-24. He was also a hitting partner for Richard Gasquet, Andy Murray, and Aslan Karatsev. His education includes a Bachelor Degree in Sports Management from North Greenville University as well as Master Degree in business administration from California University. 

When he is not coaching tennis, he can be found playing video games, enjoying deep conversations with friends, or cooking. Coach Yannis is always down for a good conversation, and luckily for you, he can hold one in your choice of English, French, OR Spanish! 

Aidan has been with Pure Tennis since November 2024! Before joining our team, he was the Team Captain and #1 Singles Player for the Franciscan University Tennis Team. He has coached 10U tennis for the last six years. 

When he's not on court, you can find him playing other racket sports, listening to music, going out to eat, or traveling! One of his favorite things to do is go on adventures with his friends!

If you think he looks familiar, its probably because he was in a movie!

Tyler has been USPTA Certified since 2012. He played tennis at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College prior to joining our team. He values passing along knowledge and the love of tennis onto our athletes through positive encouragement and a fun experience on court- which his own parents did for him, as they were both tennis pros and met playing tennis! 

Tyler is a huge Nashville Predators and Phillies fan, girl dad, and will always talk to you about what "good country music" really is. If you have a lesson scheduled with Coach Tyler- get ready to work- he never leaves any room to get bored! 

Tim is also known as Coach Donut around here! He always brings lively energy and dozens of dad jokes onto our courts. 

If he's not at Pure Tennis, he's likely at home pampering his two cats, Hermione and Biscuit, doing crossword puzzles, or storing random knowledge in his mind to pull out later. Our Coach Donut is truly one of a kind!