Pro Staff

Rusty Morris : CBRC Tennis Director

15 Years of Instruction Experience.
USPTA Elite Certified Professional.
Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Rusty is a CBRC legend; after being a top athlete in our Junior Program, Rusty accepted a tennis scholarship to East Tennessee State University.

After transferring to the University of Tennessee, playing as a redshirt in UT’s program, acting as assistant tennis professional at Fox Den Country Club, and graduating Cum Laude— Rusty accepted a position at Smoky Mountain Tennis Academy as head tennis professional. There, Rusty organized, instructed, and coached women’s USA leagues, top juniors in the nation, and various teams to nation-wide tournaments for five years.

More recently, Rusty served as President of Greater Knoxville Tennis Association and was named Tennis Professional of the Year in 2014.

Here at CBRC, Rusty is Director of Tennis handling various affairs of coaching, clinics, teams, and competition.

Greg Carter

30+ Years of Instruction Experience
USPTA Certified Professional
Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Greg brings a wide range of skills and experience to our teaching pro staff. He is a highly-experienced, personable, USPTA certified tennis professional, with 30+ years of professional experience, spanning a variety of tennis arenas, including indoor & outdoor facilities, country clubs, colleges, health clubs, public facilities, and junior & adult camps.

Greg was the varsity coach at the University of Kentucky for five years.  He also has extensive personal playing experience, including USTA Junior and Adult competition on the state, sectional, national, international levels and USTA professional circuit as well as four years competing in the NCAA Division 1.

Dana Forsyth

38 Years of Instruction Experience.
USPTA Elite Certified Professional.
Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Dana is a Knoxville native with 38 years of teaching experience. She taught at Tyson Park for 19 years and was Head Pro at Holston Hills Country Club for 19 years.

Many of her USA League teams have advanced to the District and Sectional level under her instruction. And many of her juniors have received rankings and college scholarships. Three of her children were nationally ranked junior players.

She was Knoxville Women’s Singles Champion six times and ranked #1 in Tennessee. In Women’s 35’s and Women’s 40’s divisions she was ranked #1 in Tennessee and #1 in the Southern section in singles and doubles.

Other awards include being named Tennessee Tennis Pro of the Year and inducted into Knoxville’s Sports Hall of Fame. Most recently, Dana has been inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame as of 2014.

Dylan Scott

Private Rate: $55.00 per hour.

Dylan Scott played #1 singles and doubles all 4 years in high school at Meigs County High School. He played tennis at Tennessee Wesleyan University his freshman year before transferring to the University of Tennessee and graduating with a degree in Advertising. Dylan plays at a 4.5 level and has played in USTA and ITA tournaments. He has been coaching for three years now, and has experience coaching all age groups and levels.

Derek Stultz

Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Derek played #1 at Freedom High School for four years. Growing up in North Carolina, he started playing tennis at the age of 7.

Derek has been teaching tennis for 5 years and has the unique ability to simplify the game for his students that is conducive to both learning and having fun.

Derek concentrates lessons on stroke technique, explosive footwork, mental focus, and strategic shot selection.

John Gompert

Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

John’s junior tennis career included the following highlights:

-ranked as high as #5 in his section
-reached the finals of the Arizona state high school championships in singles
-earned a gold medal at the National Sports Festival
-twice All Conference while playing for Division I Georgia Southern

John’s Adult tennis and teaching career have included:

-coached sister Kate to a career high of 18 in the world rankings with wins over Chris Evert, Pam Shriver, and Hana Mandlikova to name a few
-holds Southern Tennis Association titles in both singles and doubles
-was the Head Pro at Kiawah Island Resort for 5 years
-taught or played alongside such tennis legends as Ken Rosewall, Dennis Ralston, Cliff Drysdale, Roscoe Tanner, and Manuel Orantes to name a few
-taught former Vice President Spiro Agnew and NBA Coach and Announcer Hubie Brown

Nathan Beckroge

Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Nathan grew up playing tennis at CBRC and has been working over 6 years with our JDP Programs, teaching private lessons, and working with several local High Schools.

He has extensive tournament playing experience throughout Tennessee.

Along with personal and professional experience, Nathan is also a Master Racquet Technician (MTR) and has been stringing at Racquets and Jackets since 2005.

Chris Kiser

Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Chris was top ranking junior player in Texas and former collegiate player.  He attended Temple College and the University of North Texas.  Chris has 15 years of teaching experience with adult and junior players.  Chris has coached sectional and nationally ranked players in New York, Texas, and Tennessee.   Before coming to Cedar Bluff Racquet Club Chris taught at Manker Patten Tennis Club in Chattanooga, Univ. of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and The Westside Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York

Jaime Lladro (Tito)

Private Rate: $60.00 per hour.

Tito is from Madrid, Spain who trained in the Federation of Madrid.  His last year in high school he went to the High Performance Tennis Center of Madrid where he was coached by Sergio Perez (Fernando Verdasco’s coach) and Tati Rascon (Spanish Davis Cup 1998/2000).  He was awarded a tennis scholarship by Tennessee Wesleyan University graduating with a business and marketing degree.  He was a 2 time recipient of the Champion of Character Award by the University and a Champion of Character Award recipient by the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) in 2016/2017.  His collegiate tennis record is 65-18.  Before joining our staff Tito was a JTT coach at Baylor in Chattanooga and a teaching pro at Manker Patten Tennis Club for 2 years.

Jacob Lorino

Private Rate: $55.00 per hour.

Jacob came to Cedar Bluff Racquet Club in the summer of 2021.  He played high school tennis for Knoxville Catholic under Rusty Morris from 2013-2017 where he was a 3 time state champion and 3 time state runner up.  He was the 2017 Tennessee Player of the Year with an individual record of 88-9.  He played college tennis for NCAA Div-I Austin Peay State University from 2017-2021.  He was the team captain for 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons where he led the team in wins for both seasons.  He was a 3 time Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor Recipient and the 2021 Student Athlete of the Year.  Jacob graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Travis Fields

Private Rate: $55.00 per hour.

Travis Fields grew up in Maryville, Tennessee, excelling in tennis at the high school level.  He held the top spot for singles and doubles and was awarded team MVP for his junior and senior years. Upon graduation, Travis attended Maryville College where he was awarded all-conference and all freshmen team honors for tennis.  After his freshmen year, Travis transferred to Milligan College where he was awarded a tennis scholarship.  Travis played on teams that advanced to multiple NAIA Regional Finals and was a member of the 2006 NAIA all-academic team.  Travis still ranks high on the Milligan singles and doubles wins list for his career.

After graduation, Travis began his coaching career under the guidance of his junior coach Steve Annacone at the Smoky Mountain Tennis Academy.  While at Smoky Mountain Trvis cached his 3.5 women’s team to multiple sectional tournament appearances an formed a highly successful junior development program for ages 12 and under.  He has also coached at Fox Den Country Club and cedar Bluff Racquet Club in the Knoxville area. At Fox Den, Travis led his Junior Tennis Team to a Tennessee State Championship.  Recently, at Cedar Bluff he coached many of his adult/junior teams and students to state and southern rankings.  As a high school head coach Travis’ team have won district, regional, and state championships at Christian Academy of Knoxville and Oak Ridge High School. Recently, Travis helped develop the elementary, middle and high school tennis and adult pickleball programs at Grace Christian Academy.  He has also coached numerous players to college tennis scholarships during his 12 years of high school coaching.

Travis is certified by the United States Professional Tennis Association as an Elite Tennis Professional.  To obtain these certification coaches must complete on and off court assessments with a grade higher than 90 and must obtain continuing education credits.  Travis was also a member of the USPTA Tennessee Board from 2019 until 2022.  In 2012, Travis was one of 32 coaches selected to attend the prestigious USTA High Performance Coaching Program under the direction of Patrick McEnroe.  In 2018, Travis was certified as an International Tennis Performance Association and has coached numerous individual and group pickleball lessons.  Also, Travis is certified by the National Academy of Sprots Medicine as a Persona and Group Fitness Trainer and Titleist Performance Institute as a level 1 certified fitness trainer for golf.  Travis has trained a variety of different clients including college athletes, high school teams, women’s tennis teams, golfers, and those interested in general fitness.  Travis enjoys training clients of all ages and fitness levels.  He fosters a positive atmosphere for his clients and believes in the power of sprots to change lives and the world we live in