Bill Kingston
Moorestown High School
Impact Statement
“Every group presents the same challenge: how can the young men become the best individual players and form the best team possible.” -Bill Kingston
Biography
Now in his 39th season coaching the school’s boys and girls teams, Kingston, 69, became the nation’s all-time leading winner last spring.
A 5-0 Moorestown victory over Columbus Burlington Township High last May was No. 955 in his career. It was one of the highlights of a season which saw the Quakers post a 23-9 record, win the Burlington County Scholastic League Liberty Division title, the Burlington County Open team championship and the South Jersey Group 3 championship.
The Quakers were runners-up in the Group 3 state tournament and two top in-season team tournaments, the Moorestown Classic and the Westfield Invitational. With a career record of 965-173 entering this season, Kingston guided the Moorestown boys to the South Jersey Group 2 championship in 2001 and the Central Jersey and state Group 3 championship in 2007.
His girls team won the South Jersey Group 3 championship in 2007 and has won 23 consecutive section titles. Kingston is one of the deans of tennis coaches in a tennis-rich area which also includes Jeff Holman of Haddonfield Memorial High, the NHSCA National Girls Tennis Coach of the Year in 2009, and Ralph Ipri, who retired from Cherry Hill East High after setting the record Kingston broke, 954 victories. Between them, the three own nearly 3,000 wins.
Since being honored, Kingston continued to lead the Moorestown to success. He stopped coaching the girls’ team in 2012. In April of 2013, Kingston hit the momentous step of win number 1,000 with a 3-2 win over Watchung Hills.
Kingston stepped down after 47 years at the helm in 2020. Unfortunately, this season did not happen due to COVID-19. Over the course of his career, he coached 13 state and 41 sectional championship teams. He hangs his racket up with a career record of 1,145-226. Kingston leaves a legacy behind at Moorestown.
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