Athletics Hall of Famer Ron Gendron returns for an encore as men’s tennis coach

Men’s tennis Coach Ron Gendron, recently elected to Bryant’s Athletics Hall of Famehas earned the right to rest on its laurels. During his first 20-year tenure at Bryant, Gendron led the team to seven championships and helped a few players to careers on the ATP Tour.

“I had a great run,” Gendron says, but when his daughter graduated, “I thought I could slow down in coaching and enjoy the last few years I had in me,” he says. “I had three wonderful years as a coach at [DIII] Nichols College and essentially retired.

However, restlessness soon overcame retirement. Gendron returned to Bryant in 2025 to reclaim his old title as men’s tennis head coach, and began his 19th season on the job in 2026.

“I like the individual nature of tennis. I like competition,” said Gendron, who, in addition to coaching, still plays in USTA-sanctioned leagues.

“I like the individual nature of tennis. I like competition.”

Gendron does not shy away from giving specific advice to his players during training: he expects them to be the smartest guys on the field, and lets them know when that is not the case.

“It’s a sport where you can be selective academically because the best tennis player is a problem solver; it’s very rare to have a great player who isn’t a great student,” he says. The numbers back him up: last year the team had a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 100 percent, as scored by the NCAA.

“It’s a sport where you can be academically selective because the best tennis player is a problem solver; it’s very rare to have a great player who isn’t a great student.”

Gendron arrived at Bryant in 2001 as an assistant coach for the women’s tennis team, led then and now by Barbara Cilli, his former tennis teammate at Providence College. After a few years assisting with the women’s and men’s teams, Gendron was hired as the men’s head tennis coach in 2005.

“It really gave me a certain passion for college athletics that I may not have had as a player, but I did have as a coach,” he recalls.

Gendron continues to build on his record of success: at the ITA Regional Championship in October, Bryant qualified for four doubles and two singles teams, with two singles players reaching the semifinals of the tournament.

“That’s definitely a highlight of my career: It’s not every day that you can upset two Ivy League teams (Yale and Dartmouth), let alone the number one (Yale),” he says. “I really see some great things in our near future.”’

“I really see some great things in our near future.”

Gendron was inducted into the Hall of Fame in October 2025, along with men’s lacrosse coach Mike Pressler, baseball coach Steve Owens, women’s basketball coach Mary Burke and women’s lacrosse coach Jill Batcheller.

“I’m happy to be able to coach as long as I can do it,” he says. “I feel like I can still help young men. And it’s an honor to be in the Hall of Fame with my friends.”

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