Visionary tennis coach dead at 91

Nick Bollettieri was the kind of coach that gave athletes exactly the kind of support they needed to find success, leading him to coach 10 of the world's top tennis players.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 4:17 p.m. December 5, 2022
Nick Bollettieri was the founder of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978. (Courtesy photo)
Nick Bollettieri was the founder of the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978. (Courtesy photo)
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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A visionary and innovator as described by one of his original students, Nick Bollettieri had a way of seeing exactly what his students and athletes needed.  

 

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