Men's Tennis
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- bam037@bucknell.edu
- Phone:
- 570-577-1058
Phone: 570-577-1058
Email: bam037@bucknell.edu
Bucknell Record: 38-68 overall, 13-14 Patriot League (through 2020-21 season)
Bucknell Highlights
• Four First Team All-Patriot League selections
• Three Academic All-Patriot League selections
• Most regular season Patriot League wins (5) in program history (2019)
Bruce Myers, a veteran coach who has led collegiate tennis programs in both the Division I and III ranks, recently completed his fifth season as Bucknell's head men's tennis coach.
In his first season at Bucknell, Myers guided the Bison to 11 wins and their second straight appearance in the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament. The Bison entered the championship event as the sixth-seeded team and pulled off a 4-3 upset over third-seeded Lehigh in the quarterfinal round.
Following a challenging schedule in his second season with the team, Myers guided the Bison back to double-digit wins in his third season with a 12-13 overall record. More importantly, the team went 5-3 in Patriot League play to earn the most conference regular season victories in program history, earning the fourth seed in the league tournament.
At the conclusion of each of Myers' first two seasons, junior Daniel Wright earned First Team All-Patriot League recognition and was voted to the Academic All-Patriot League Team. Myers added another First Team All-Patriot League selection to his resume when freshman Ethan Jacobs earned the award in 2019.
Myers had the Bison off to a 6-7 start in 2019-20 before the remainder of the spring season was canceled before entering Patriot League play due to the COVID-19 public health threat. The 2021 spring campaign, Myers' fifth season with the Bison, saw Bucknell go 2-2 against conference opponents and earn the four seed in the Patriot League Tournament. Senior Marwan Abaza received First Team All-Patriot League recognition and was voted to the Academic All-League Team following the truncated season.
Myers spent the 2016 season as the head men's tennis coach at Delaware, where he helped the Blue Hens snap a 34-match losing streak and finish the season with three wins in its final six contests. Myers has also served as head women's coach and adjunct physical education professor at Longwood, head men's and women's coach at North Carolina A&T, and director of tennis and head men's and women's coach at Randolph-Macon.
A 1993 Randolph-Macon graduate, Myers was a three-year captain and two-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selection during his career with the Yellow Jackets. After graduating with a degree in business economics, Myers entered the corporate world, serving as president and CEO of The National Financial News Services from 1993-2007 and owner and managing partner of Shoprate.com from 2006-08.
During his successful tenure in the business sector, Myers continued to play competitive tennis and was a highly ranked player in the Philadelphia area. A certified tennis professional by the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA), he was the top-ranked men's 35 pro in the Philadelphia Section in 2011, the second-ranked in the Middle State Section and No. 15 nationally. He has competed in the USTA Talbert Cup three times and won championships at the 2012 Sportime Randalls Island February Adult Championship, 2011 Courtside Adult Classic, 2011 Royal Sims Tennis Classic, 2011 Friends of Chamounix Summer Classic and the 2011 Straub Brewery Clay Court Championship.
Myers turned to a career in tennis in 2008, when he was named head professional at Radnor Valley Country Club. In 2012 he became an assistant coach at Immaculata University, and later that year he returned to his alma mater and assumed the reins of the men's and women's programs at Randolph-Macon, becoming the school's first full-time head coach.
Myers has a track record of helping programs improve quickly. His initial recruiting class at Randolph-Macon helped the program improve from eighth to third in the conference. He established the men's tennis program at North Carolina A&T, while providing academic leadership that resulted in the entire women's squad making the school's Dean's List. Myers also helped the Longwood women's team to a seven-win improvement, helping him earn the school's “Coach of the Year” honor.
Myers and his wife, Samantha, have three sons: Joel, Brett and Xavier, and two stepsons: Evan and Ben.
