Cha Goods enters his second season as Head Coach of the men's and women's tennis teams at Philadelphia University in 2010-11.
In his first season with the Rams, Goods guided the men's team to their first-ever NCAA win, a 5-1 decision over Merrimack College in the 1st round, as the Rams fell in the second round to host the Concordia College Clippers. Earlier in the season the team made it to the CACC Championship match, where they also fell to the Clippers. Goods had two players earn CACC individual titles, as Adrian Torroella-Cruz won both the singles and doubles trophies and teammates Manoli Sgouros was part of the winning doubles duo.
Goods is the first African-American head tennis coach to be hired at PhilaU. He first came to PhilaU in January 2009 as a volunteer assistant coach, ultimately taking the women to the NCAA Division II East Regional at Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts in May. He was promoted to assistant coach in the fall of 2009. Goods replaced long-time head coach Marty Gilbert, who announced his retirement in December 2009.
"I am honored and humbled to be chosen to carry the torch and maintain the legacy of Coach Gilbert," said Goods.
Goods is a renowned coach/consultant/mentor with over 25 years of playing and coaching experience in the PA, NJ and DE area. He served PhilaU as a volunteer assistant in the spring of 2009 as the men's team captured the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) title and both the men and women advanced to their respective NCAA East Regional tournaments.
Goods is renowned for his grueling fitness and conditioning regiments and widely recognized for his in depth study and application of bio mechanical structure, dynamic footwork patterns, and the use of video technology for analysis.
Since 2005 he has worked with numerous highly ranked sectional and national players under the umbrella of Next Stop. Next Level. Tennis.- an elite player development and competition management program which he founded.
From 2005 to 2007, Goods served as the Assistant Director of Tennis at the Cynwyd Club in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Other clubs where he has had significant impact include the Riverside Racket Club in Bala Cynwyd, Arrowhead Racket Club (Medford, NJ) and the Robert P. Levy Tennis Pavilion on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
Goods is also a senior staff member at the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis & Education Center (East Falls, PA) serving as the Director of Video Based Training and a Player Development Specialist . He is a strong proponent of a collaborative partnership between PhilaU & Arthur Ashe that includes the use of indoor training facilities in the winter for the PhilaU tennis teams.
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