Connie Jones

Boys' Tennis
2009 Coach of the Year

Connie Jones

Greenwich High School

Greenwich,
Connecticut

Impact Statement

“I absolutely love coaching,” -Connie Jones

Biography

In 1997, Jones’ first year at Greenwich, the Cardinals were undefeated and won the state and Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) championships. Thus began a dynasty. Jones has taken a program that included approximately 35 players in her first season to 76 this season on four levels.

Greenwich now has won nine FCIAC titles, including seven in a row, and six Class LL state crowns, including the last five straight. The Cardinals (16-1, 13-0 this season) are 142-9 since 2002 and 235-34 overall under Jones. She was named Boys’ Tennis Coach of the Year by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association last season.

A letterwinner in field hockey, basketball, tennis and lacrosse as a high school athlete, Jones has won nine United States Tennis Association doubles titles and has captured 11 American Platform Tennis Association national titles. She is a tennis pro at Sound Shore Indoor Tennis Club in Port Chester, N.Y. and a platform tennis pro at Roxbury Swim and Tennis Club in Stamford.

Over the course of her career her teams won 10 Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championships. Her teams also won seven Class LL titles.

In 2018 Jones won her 16th APTA,( American Platform Tennis Association), national title. This is her fourth straight title.


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Records

  • Coached teams to 7 Class LL State Championships
  • Professional Achievements

  • 2009 Connecticut Coaches Association Outstanding Coach of the Year
  • Personal Honors

  • 16x APTA National Champion