Biography:
Coach Melbourne has been coaching at EDS since 2018. She was raised in Augusta and attended EDS through 5th grade before moving to San Diego, California. Kirby played competitive tennis throughout high school and went on to play Division II college tennis for Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire. After graduating, she was the assistant tennis coach at Franklin Pierce University and taught elementary school in Keene, NH. Most recently, she spent the last year in Florida, where she worked as a tennis pro for a group offering clinics and lessons for all ages on public tennis courts in the area.
Biography:
Coach Erlandsen is from the great state of Texas. He grew up in Houston, where he played several sports: tennis, golf, pickleball, and disc golf. He attended the University of Houston and played tennis for the Cougars. After college, he played tennis in minor leagues, trying to get to the big-time tournaments. He has coached for the past 21 years. He is currently a teaching pro for tennis and pickleball at Newman Tennis Center and, in the summertime, is a tennis/pickleball director at an international sports camp called Camp Pontiac in New York.