Kent Kinnear's guest appearances

Kent Kinnear

TENNIS.com Podcast

Compete Like a Champion

Alison Riske

Mary Carillo

Jimmy Arias

Noah Rubin

Jason Harnett

Julia Elbaba

Irina Falconi

CiCi Bellis

Jennifer Brady

Lauren Davis

Craig Acker

Kathy Rinaldi

Serena Williams

Dana Perino

Alex Hunt

OwlTail

The Head of Men’s Tennis at USTA Player Development, Kent Kinnear outlines his leadership style and philosophy in the increasingly competitive, international game of tennis. He also discusses how to communicate with coaches and players, and set them up for success. Episode Transcript: https://bit.ly/321ulmw  Twitter:  Dr. Larry Lauer - @LarryLauer Coach Parkes - @johnnyparkes1  Instagram:  Team USA Tennis - @teamusatennis Coach Parkes - @johnny_parkes 

The Head of Men’s Tennis at USTA Player Development, Kent Kinnear outlines his leadership style and philosophy in the increasingly competitive, international game of tennis. He also discusses how to communicate with coaches and players, and set them up for success. Episode Transcript: <a href="https://bit.ly/321ulmw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/321ulmw</a>  Twitter: <ul> <li>Dr. Larry Lauer - @LarryLauer</li> <li>Coach Parkes - @johnnyparkes1</li> </ul> Instagram: <ul> <li>Team USA Tennis - @teamusatennis</li> <li>Coach Parkes - @johnny_parkes</li> </ul>

Working Together to Raise the Bar with Kent Kinnear

"Tennis has been unbelievable to me—I've had the opportunities to experience it at a lot of different levels and places."  Recently appointed head of men’s tennis at the USTA, Kent Kinnear joins the TENNIS.com Podcast to talk about his new role (02:21) and the future of American men's tennis (04:16).  Kinnear is one of the many involved in U.S. tennis that has had to make the move to the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fl. (05:22). The 100-court facility near Orlando caters to players of all levels, but has a lofty goal of producing the next Grand Slam champion.  Kinnear is more than qualified for the task having reached as high as No. 24 in doubles and No. 163 in singles after a college career at Clemson (07:48). He’s even competed against the likes of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi (09:43). He answers the question: Do coaches with past pro experience have a lot more credibility working with players than those lacking it?  (11:31)  The Illinois native has some personal insight into the recent surges of John Isner and Kevin Anderson, the latter of which he worked with briefly when he was the assistant coach at the University of Illinois (06:27). He was the director of Player ID and Development at the USTA before stepping into his current role, where Kathy Rinaldi is his counterpart as head of women’s tennis (17:24).  Irina and Nina then discuss Irina’s own transition to Lake Nona and what is life is like in the up-and-coming Floridian neighborhood (19:22). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Tennis has been unbelievable to me—I've had the opportunities to experience it at a lot of different levels and places."  Recently appointed head of men’s tennis at the USTA, Kent Kinnear joins the <a href="http://TENNIS.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TENNIS.com</a> Podcast to talk about his new role (02:21) and the future of American men's tennis (04:16).  Kinnear is one of the many involved in U.S. tennis that has had to make the move to the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fl. (05:22). The 100-court facility near Orlando caters to players of all levels, but has a lofty goal of producing the next Grand Slam champion.  Kinnear is more than qualified for the task having reached as high as No. 24 in doubles and No. 163 in singles after a college career at Clemson (07:48). He’s even competed against the likes of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi (09:43). He answers the question: Do coaches with past pro experience have a lot more credibility working with players than those lacking it?  (11:31)  The Illinois native has some personal insight into the recent surges of John Isner and Kevin Anderson, the latter of which he worked with briefly when he was the assistant coach at the University of Illinois (06:27). He was the director of Player ID and Development at the USTA before stepping into his current role, where Kathy Rinaldi is his counterpart as head of women’s tennis (17:24).  Irina and Nina then discuss Irina’s own transition to Lake Nona and what is life is like in the up-and-coming Floridian neighborhood (19:22). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Kent Kinnear on life in Lake Nona and the future of American men’s tennis 