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Previous Employment

HS Coach, Girls and Boys

Employer: The First Academy
Location: Orlando, FL
Date of Employment: 2015-2022

Head Pro

Employer: Marriott Grande Vista
Date of Employment: 1998-2020

Head Pro

Employer: Marriott Cypress Harbor
Date of Employment: 1996

Men/Women’s Tennis Team, Grad Assistant

Employer: University of Central Florida
Location: UCF, FL
Date of Employment: 1995-1996

USPTR Professional

Employer: Dennis Van Der Meer Tennis Academy
Location: Mulberry, FL
Date of Employment: 1994-1995

Coach Brandon was born in Athens, GA, and tennis has been a part of his life since he hit his first ball with his dad at the age of seven.

After graduating from high school in 1993, he moved to Japan to study abroad. Visiting various tennis clubs around Honshu over the years as a local tennis ambassador, he learned a very different mindset about tennis that he would share with his athletes in the years to come.

After returning to the States with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, he joined the United States Army for active duty service until 2001.

Obtaining his Master of Arts in Teaching from Piedmont University in 2006, he finally settled down back in North Georgia.

In his free time, Brandon enjoys spending time with his family and working on his 1984 Jeep CJ7. He and his wife, Brittny have three children and strive to live each day in God’s light.

Previous Employment

While teaching at Lumpkin County Middle School, Coach Brandon introduced USTA’s School Tennis Curriculum in 2009. Started their first middle school tennis team in 2011, and helped organize the first Mountain League for middle school tennis teams across North Georgia in 2012.

In 2013 he went back to where it all started and attended Coach Manuel Diaz’s Coach’s Camp in 2013. Coach Brandon became a PTR Certified Instructor in 2016 and his experience since has included teaching adult clinics for the NEGTA, teaching proper technique to young beginners, and working with performance players to improve their ranking.

Coach Bucky is originally from Louisville, KY where he started playing tennis at the young age of five. He and his family of tennis players relocated to Orlando, FL when he was 12 to enjoy the sun and life of full-time tennis. He cherished his recent day's of training and playing competitive tennis up till he graduated high school in 2021.

With a sense of entrepreneurship and the heart of a teacher, Bucky founded and heads Hippie Strings in East Orlando where he provides racket stringing services and tennis lessons along with his 3 siblings.

Bucky is a recent addition to Elite Tennis Academy and is already a favorite to the many students and parents for his fun and innovative teaching. He likes to focus on tennis fundamentals, technique, mental sharpness, and acumen.

Currently, Bucky is juggling between being a tennis professional and a student at Valencia College. He aspires to become a Chiropractor or Physical Therapist.