Dave Hardy

Biography

David Hardy joined the Old Dominion men’s tennis staff as a Team Stringer prior to the 2021 fall season. Hardy is certified by the USPTA and PTR at the highest level by each organization. David was the Adult Academy Director at Boar’s Head Resort for the past 2 years. In his time at Boar’s Head, Hardy helped develop Boar’s Head Resort into the No. 25 Tennis Resort in 2018 and No. 17 in 2019. He also assisted in the directing of the junior program with over 200 juniors ranging from beginners up to high level high school players who were interested in playing college tennis. Hardy was the Assistant Director of Tennis/Director of Instruction for six years at Wintergreen Resort. In his time at Wintergreen, Hardy helped elevate the tennis program to a top 20 world ranking for tennis resorts by Tennis Resorts Online (2011-2016). In addition, the Wintergreen Tennis Academy was consistently ranked inside the top 10 in the world for tennis camps by Tennis Resorts Online. Hardy has worked with hundreds of USTA adult teams, many of which have gone on to the district, sectional, and national level. As a player, Hardy had over 85 singles wins for Methodist University, while the program was ranked inside of the top 30 in the country for NCAA Division III. He has extensive experience working with juniors and adults of all ability levels.