Eric Ishida

Eric Ishida was promoted to head women's tennis coach in April 2008 after serving as interim head coach since August 2007.  Ishida had previously served as the team's assistant coach for the 2007 season and he remains the assistant director of the Duchossois Tennis Center.

Ishida served as assistant coach for the Generals' run to the NCAA Division III National Championship during the 2006-07 season.  He helped lead W&L to a 25-1 overall record, an Old Dominion Athletic Conference title and the school's run through the NCAA Tournament towards its' first-ever national title.

A 2004 graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor of science degree in physical education, Ishida competed on the tennis team at Wright State University for three years before completing his degree work at Ohio University. While at Ohio University he was the student manger of the Ohio University Golf and Tennis Center and vice president, coach, and player for the OU Club tennis team.

Active in the local and national tennis community, Ishida currently serves on the board of the Rockbridge County Tennis Association and sits on the ITA Atlantic South Rankings Committee. Ishida is a USPTA P1 Certified Teaching Professional and has been instructing and coaching tennis since 2002 and also remains the assistant director of the W&L Duchossois Tennis Center.