Jimmy Davis, head coach of George Mason University's men's tennis team, announced on Monday that he will add
Vinh Do and
Mitchell Frank to his staff at the start of the 2017 spring season.
A former four-year letter winner at UVA, Frank knows all about winning after having succeeded at every collegiate and junior tennis competition. After committing to UVA as the top recruit in the class of 2011, Frank won the 2013 and 2015 NCAA Team Championship with the Cavaliers as well as the 2013 ITA National Men's Indoor Championship. The well-decorated trophy case of the three-time singles All-American's includes All-American singles titles in 2011 and 2013 and the 2011 indoor singles title. All that and a run to the quarter-finals of the 2012 NCAA individual championship helped Frank to nearly breaking into the top 500 of the Association of Tennis Professionals ranking with his career-high rank at 503
rd. As a junior, he won two ITF Futures titles, played in all four Grand Slam tournaments and ranked among the top five in
ITF's 18s age group. As devoted student as he was an athlete, Frank was named 2014 ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Do's career up to date includes an extensive track record of training young student-athletes to successfully compete in college programs, developing junior tennis programs in northern Virginia and earning awards for his contributions to the world of tennis.
Since 2001, graduates of Do's tennis programs have matriculated at various universities as student-athletes, including UVA, Cornell, Mason, MIT, University of Chicago, Colgate, and the United States Military Academy. He also taught and mentored two current Div. I coaches and taught the International Tennis Federation's No. 5-ranked player in the world. Tournament play is also a strength of Do with his students having earned three Gold Balls and one Silver Ball at national championships.
In addition, he has been on the Coaches Commission (best youth coaches in Mid-Atlantic) since 2009 and was named the Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year in 2007. Do has also had the distinction of serving as Team USA's Under-10 coach at the prestigious Smirkve Bowl, the world championship for that age classification.
In 2000 Do led a successful junior tennis program. He had 200 students at the outset and has grown to over 800 students per year. Currently, he works for the Elite10s.
Do's Summer Tournament Training Camps are an integral part of his coaching and mentoring legacy. Established in 2007 with 20 total students, the camps now help an average of 80 student-athletes per day to advance their tennis skills. During the summer, the number of student-athletes involved rapidly grows to 200. Since their establishment, the Tournament Training Camps have been providing annual scholarships for talented and hard-working tennis athletes.
Never satisfied with his accomplishments, Do also founded the Thai Tennis Organization of America, The Asian Festival (Reston, Va.), and a USTA Pro-Circuit event that was adopted by the WTA. He also has a 15-year history of generous volunteerism that includes the donation of an extensive number of private lessons to student-athletes from underserved communities each year.
As a private coach, he maintains a two-year waitlist in the Northern Virginia area and is in demand as a coach and clinician across the country.