Salina Regional Coach of the Month

Tyler Brown

McPherson High School

By Blake Chadwick

McPherson tennis coach Tyler Brown has been around the sport his whole life and has been coaching since 2002 when he was fresh out of college.

Brown’s coaching style is exactly what has led to a lot of the successes of the Bullpups.

“Sometimes players need someone to be there for them, showing them compassion and heart to lean on,” Brown said. “There are other times when players need someone who will push them with some tough love.  It really depends on the player and situation at hand.  I feel flexibility is key, being able to read situations and players is what it takes to get the most out of them.”

Brown and the Bullpups have the secret to success figured out.

“The number one thing is surrounding your program with coaches and community members that are bought into what you are trying to accomplish and people that want to work with your program hand in hand,” Brown said.

The MAC advantage is another key to the success that coach Brown has had.

“In McPherson we have an organization called, Mac Advantage Tennis Club, it has been in place in McPherson for over 25 years,” Brown said. “I was hired for a summer job, it later became my goal for the club to hire as many school coaches as possible. With this coaching staff, we can start working with kids in the community at a very young age. Some of the years we have won a State title is due to players being a part of the club and the game of tennis since their Pee Wee days. These long term relationships and time spent playing creates one of the best feeder programs in the state, in my opinion. Most places hope to just have a middle school program in place that helps feed players into your high school program. We have much more than that.”