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Executive Committee
The executive members of the Board of Directors include the President, Immediate Past
President, First Vice-President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The board also has two directors at large.
President, Michael Kypriss, a USTA/PTR High Performance Coach and Dr. Krop Sr. High Tennis coach, he is also Region 3 Director for the
NHSACA. A former Coach of the Year, who has accumulated nine State Championships, he also owns the Michael Kypriss Tennis Academy, at Presidential Country Club in Aventura Florida.
Immediate Past President, John L Danise Jr., has been coaching for the past 40+ years. A Professional Tennis Registry Pro since 1991, he is one of the 500 tennis teaching Professionals who have successfully completed the USTA High Performance Coaching program.
Recognized Nationally & Internationally he has been a previous speaker at the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, the National High School Coaches Association and numerous other events and business groups.
Besides coaching the Sebastian River High School Girls Tennis team the last eight years, (Scripps News Paper, “2004 Tennis Coach of the Year” for the Treasure Coast) he has also taken eight teams to the AAU Junior Olympic Games, coached at the Team Florida Challenge and coached at the World Scholar Athlete Games.
John was the second President of the Professional Tennis Registry Florida Section and is a year removed from serving eight years as a Board member of the United States Tennis Association / Florida Section, is Tennis Chairman of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association,
was first President of the Florida High School Tennis Coaches Association and a member of the Board of Directors for the National High School Coaches Association.
First Vice-President, Corbin Graves, tennis
coach of Maclay High School
for the last sixteen years. He has been a 25+ year certified teaching
Professional with the PTR and Tennis Head Pro at Killearn Country
Club, in Tallahassee, for the last five years.
Vice-President, John Pouzzner, is a USPTA tennis professional who coaches the Girls Tennis team at Montverde Academy. A former Tennis Chairman of the NHSACA, he has been named NHSACA Coach of the Year and has been inducted into two Halls of Fame.
Director at large, Gary Pigott, is currently an Associate Director of Athletics with the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) in Gainesville. Mr. Pigott has been a member of the FHSAA Staff since 1991 and currently administers the sports of football, boys basketball, boys and girls tennis and flag football. He is a registered USTA official and officiates ITA matches at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Mr. Pigott played collegiate tennis at Indian River Community College (IRCC) in Fort Pierce. His IRCC tennis team participated in the NJCAA National Tournament in Tyler, Texas.
Director at large, Wink Barnett, Executive Director, Florida Athletic
Coaches Association
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