Grambling, LA. – Grambling State University Head Women’s Tennis Coach Kenneth Myers was named the 2015 Historically Black College & Universities Coach of the Year. Myers received this honor during the 98th American Tennis Association (ATA) National Tennis Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Aug. 8. The Grambling State University Athletics Department would like to congratulate Coach Myers on his honor.

“I feel very honored to win this prestigious award. I’m just thankful that we have an entity that is helping to give more recognition to our HBCUs,” Myers said. “What makes it even more special for me is being an HBCU graduate and having the opportunity to coach at an HBCU is amazing.”

The American Tennis Association (ATA) is based in Largo, Maryland, and is the oldest African-American sports organization in the United States. The core of the ATA’s modern mission continues to be promoting tennis as a sport for black people and developing junior tennis players, but the ATA welcomes people of all backgrounds.

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