2011-12 Coaching Staff

       Coming aboard as a volunteer assistant during the spring of 2011, Michael Fried added tremendous playing and coaching experience to the Cardinals' staff and has been elevated to head women's coach as of the spring of 2012.  A 1991 graduate of Brown University, where he was a four-year tennis team member and two-year captain, Michael was a national high school tennis All-American before attending Brown and attained a #1 Eastern Tennis Association ranking before going on to compete in ATP events in the United States and Europe.  Over the course of his ranked status, Michael had the opportunity to compete against such future pros as Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and Michael Chang.
     Michael has had extensive tennis experience as a private coach, working as the development director at the Macci International Tennis Academy in Delray Beach, Fla., as well as the Seguso-Bassett Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Fla., and as an advisor for Donovan Tennis Strategies, a national tennis-specific student-athlete college consulting service.
     Michael is a partner with Black Wing Capital, a local investment management firm.