Longtime 49ers Tennis Coach Jim Boykin retires

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http://gmine.blogspot.com/2010/04/longtime-49ers-tennis-coach-jim-boykin.html

Thanks Coach!

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When are we getting upgraded tennis courts and some lights?

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I played his son when he played at #1 North Meck back in the day. Needless to say, he kicked my ass.

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I had the opportunity to sit with Coach Boykin at the Gold Rush Auction a couple of years ago and he is a really nice guy. I think the man can eat his weight in food too. He was hired when we were in the Metro Conference, and our sports program was in a very different place then. In his 16 years here his record is 193-198. I don’t know that anyone gets too wound up over the tennis team, but this is one of those opportunities to get a young, aggressive coach and take over another A-10 sport. With the new tennis facilities coming on line I look for bigger things from this team.

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you definitly cant underestimate the importance of excelling at these smaller sports, even though they dont make the university much money.

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Considering tennis wasn’t doing too well, I wonder if this was a “forced” retirement?

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I doubt a forced retirement…weird timing, new facility scheduled to start construction at the end of the month? at least according to what I heard…

I would imagine it was hard to recruit kids to charlotte, being that they played on what equates to public courts, students play on them. According to that insider episode I saw a couple months back the new courts will actually have seating available for spectators, which will be nice!

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[quote=“ninerfan55, post:5, topic:23128”]you definitly cant underestimate the importance of excelling at these smaller sports, even though they dont make the university any money.[/quote]fixed

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[quote=“Savio, post:3, topic:23128”]I played his son when he played at #1 North Meck back in the day. Needless to say, he kicked my ass.[/quote]When did you play and who did you play for?

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[quote=“stonecoldken, post:6, topic:23128”]Considering tennis wasn’t doing too well, I wonder if this was a “forced” retirement?[/quote] Was at athletic banquet tonight and was roundly applauded, so not a forced retirement.