Dick Gould, MA ’60, has worked as a teacher, coach, and administrator in the San Francisco Peninsula, including two years at Mountain View High School, four years at Foothill College, and most famously, 48 years at Stanford. From 1966 until his retirement in 2004, he coached the Stanford men’s tennis team and led his teams to 17 NCAA Team Championships and coached 50 All-American champions. He mentored and coached numerous tennis greats, including John McEnroe, Roscoe Tanner, Sandy Mayer, and the Bryan Twins. Gould helped develop the East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring Program and has led significant fund-raising efforts for Stanford tennis, including the $18 million facility renovation of the Taube Family Tennis Center. He is the author of the best-selling Tennis Anyone? (Mayfield Publishing, 1999) and has made several videos on playing tennis. Gould is the John L. Hinds Director of Tennis at Stanford.
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