Birthdate: October I, 1937
Ventura High School 1952-55
Student Body President – 1955
Member of the Varsity Tennis Team – 1952-55
Tennis Team Most Valuable Player – 1955
Ventura County Junior Singles and Doubles Champion – 1955
Stanford University 1955-60
BA – Physical Education – 1959 (Dean’s List, 1959)
MA – Education – 1960
Varsity Tennis Letterman – 1957, 1959, 1960
Tennis Leadership Award – 1960
Mt. View High School – 1960-62; Teacher, Football (J.V.), and Tennis Coach
Foothill College – 1962-66
Coach – California State Championship Junior College Tennis Team – 1964-65
Co-founder and President – Mid-Peninsula Tennis Patrons Association – 1962
Co-founder and President – Recreation Tennis, Inc. – 1966
Author – “Tennis Anyone?” – 1964, 65, 71 , 78, and 85
Fremont Hills Country Club Tennis Professional – 1960-66
President, Northern California Tennis Professionals’ Association 1967
Stanford University – Mens’ Tennis Coach – 1966
USTA – “Master Clinician” designation – 1966
Stanford “Block S” Award for Distinguished Service in Athletics – 1973-74
Honorary Member – U.S. Tennis Professionals’ Association – 1981
UST A “Education Merit Award” – 1983
Volvo “Community Service to Tennis Award” – 1989
Director – U.S. Junior Davis Cup Training Cup 1968, 69, 70, 80
USTA National Junior Training camp – 1985-87
Coach – U.S. Men’s Tennis Team to China – 1977
– Intercollegiate All-Stars to Japan – 1977
Designed and Fund Raised $3.5 million Stanford Tennis Stadium – 1989
Advisor – “Inside Tennis Magazine,” Wilson Sporting Goods, Adidas USA
Coach of the Year Awards:
Pac-IO Conference – 1977, 78, 80, 83, 86, 88, & 89
NCAA/Wilson Sporting Goods – 1974
Sharp Electronics/World Tennis Magazine – 1989
NCAA/Wilson “Coach of the Decade” – 1989
Coaching Honors:
10 NCAA Team Champions (1 973, 74, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 89)
6 NCAA Singles Champions, 4 runner-up, & 29 All- Americans
1982 – 8 former Stanford players reached at least Round 32 at Wimbledon
1983- 4 former Stanford players reached at least the Quarterfinals at Wimbledon
1989-90 – 7 former Stanford players ranked in World’s top 35
Collegiate Coach of 5 “World Top Ten” players (John McEnroe – Wimbledon & U.S. Champion, Roscoe Tanner – Wimbledon Finalist, Alex Mayer – Wimbledon Semi-Finalist, Tim Mayotte – Wimbledon Semi-Finals, and Gene Mayer. (Pat DuPre also reached the Semi-Finals of Wimbledon and attained a World ranking of 14. Scott Davis attained a World ranking of 11.)
Gould coached for 38 seasons at Stanford University…He had 17 NCAA men’s tennis team titles and 50 All-Americans…He was named as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association coach of the decade for the 1980s and 1990s…Gould was named to the Pac-12 Hall of Honor, Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame and the United States Tennis Association Hall of Fame.