Meet Our Coaches

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LUKE RUSSO Director & Head Pro

Coach Luke’s passion is to help players achieve their goals, by creating a bright and clear path for improvement! Coach Luke believes every player has more potential than they even know and wants all players find out how great they can be.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

-Coach Luke has worked with close to 1000 Junior and Adult players in the Orlando area!

-Over a decade of coaching experience.

-Reached a ranking of 199 in the ITF top 500 players in the USA.

-Voted private school “Coach of the Year” in 2024-2025 between all sports!

-Competed in college tennis at Lee University 2015.

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John-David Russo Assistant Director & Coach

Coach JD brings a fun, motivational energy to all his sessions. His high energy both challenges and motivates players to achieve more and break their limits! Coach JD is excited to see every player grow and improve in both tennis and life.

  • Achieved the highest coaching status as an elite professional in Tennis, Pickleball and Padel!

  • Over a decade of coaching experience in all levels from red ball, adult clinics, and high performance players.

  • Won the Orlando strong man competition in 2021!

  • Adaptive tennis and wheelchair coordinator with USTA Florida. Coached and trained other coaches to run adaptive programs.

  • Former head coach of the Special Olympics and tournament director for the state games.

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Rafael Stahl Assistant Coach

Former student at EO Tennis and High performance Junior player, now one of our favorite coaches!

ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Rafa Competed in the FHSAA state Finals four separate times, starting in 8th grade.

  • Champion and finalist in prestigious prize money Tournaments in both singles and doubles.

  • Reached a rating of 10+ UTR.

  • Rafa specializes in focused hitting sessions and lessons with up and coming junior players.