ORLANDO - Andy Gladstone was named as the Director of Operations for the UCF men's and women's tennis teams in September of 2022.
Gladstone spent 20 years working for USTA as an administrator, where throughout his time dealt with current Tennis players such as Reilly Opelka, Sloane Stephens, Amanda Anisimova, Danielle Collins, and Nicole Melichar. Along with working for USTA, Gladstone also was a ball boy at the US Open for several years. Gladstone's family was voted USTA Florida's family of the year in 2008.
Over this past summer, Gladstone was a tennis coach for the Maccabiah games in Israel, which is only held every four years and is ranked the third largest sporting event in the world measured by the number of athletes.
Gladstone's family includes his wife along with a son and a daughter. His wife is a leader in the United States as a 10 and under Tennis coach and also holds the record for all-time wins at the University of South Carolina. His son, who attended the creative school at UCF back in preschool, earned his master's degree in math and is now a tennis coach in Jacksonville. Gladstone's daughter played four years of college tennis at Davidson and graduated in 2022, which is considered to be the same graduating class as four-time NBA Champion Stephen Curry.
During his time at USTA, Gladstone became personal friends with college basketball commentator Dick Vitale. Vitale would often call Gladstone to find out the rankings of his grandchildren, who played tennis at USTA.
Along with being a passionate tennis player and fan, Gladstone loves to read business, motivational and sports books in his free time.
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