Boys Tennis Coaches

Kelly Willard – Head Coach

Head Coach
1998-present

Overall Dual Record
408-75

Mid-Illini Championships
2021, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2003

Sectional Championships
2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003

Highest State Finishes
3rd (2021), 6th (2017), 7th (2019), 10th (2010),  14th (2012), 14th (2013), 15th (2011), 16th (2023, 2014), 17th (2018), 20th (2016)

State Coach of the Year
2021 (state), 2010 (state), 2019 (IHSA Region IV), 2017 (IHSA Region IV), 2014 (IHSA Region IV)

National Federation of High Schools Coach of the Year
2022 - Illinois
2022 - Midwest

Coach Willard has completed 26 seasons with the boys and 11 with the girls (9 frosh / soph and 2 varsity).  With the girls, his overall record is 123-12 with eight unbeaten Mid-Illini seasons. His FS teams are 65-1 all-time in Mid-Illini play.

He has been a member of the IHSTCA Board of Directors since 2002.  He has served as secretary, Hall of Fame chair, and President.  Coach Willard has also completed a three-year term on the IHSA Tennis Advisory Committee.  Additionally, he has also served on the boys state tournament seeding committee every year since 2004 and the girls committee since 2016.

He graduated from MTHS in 1988, received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Illinois in 1992, and earned a degree in mathematics from Illinois State University in 1999.

Kelly is the Director of Alumni and Friends at MTHS. He lives in Germantown Hills with his wife, Amy, and has three children, Ryan, Emily, and Jamie.

Varsity Boys
408-75

Varsity Girls
19-9

F/S Girls
104-3

Overall
531-85

Brad Boeker – Frosh-Soph Coach

Brad Boeker has coached frosh / soph boys tennis at Metamora for 18 years.  Coach Boeker has been the varsity girls head coach since 2005.

Under Coach Boeker’s guidance, the girls tennis team has captured five Mid-Illini Conference championships as well as five IHSA Sectional crowns.

His frosh / soph boys teams have won the Mid-Illini Conference championship five times.

Coach Boeker graduated from MTHS in 1984, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois in 1988, and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri in 2009. 

Brad teaches Honors English II and English I at MTHS.  He lives in Germantown Hills with his wife, Terra, and daughters Caroline and Zoe.

F/S Boys
154-35

Varsity Girls
195-69

 

Varsity Head Coaching History

Coach (Years)

Varsity Record

Tom Gillhouse (1986-1987)

3-17 (.150)

Steve Bortolotti (1988-1990)

23-15 (.605)

Ron Kiesewetter (1991-1997)

55-33 (.625)

Kelly Willard (1998-present)

408-75 (.845)

Program Totals

489-140 (.777)