Betsy Danner, Women Tennis Coach

Betsy Danner has been the women's tennis coach at Ouachita Baptist University since 1993 and has made the Lady Tigers tennis team a perennial power among NCAA Division II programs. Her players excel in both the classroom and on the courts winning both athletic and academic honors.  Danner has coached numerous All-Gulf South Conference players, All-Americans and ITA Scholar-Athletes during her tenure.

Danner's career has been highlighted by being named the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II National Coach of the Year for the 2003 season.  Danner coached Ouachita to a 21-0 regular season record, a Gulf South Conference championship that was the school’s first in any sport since joining the league in 2000, and the program’s second consecutive berth in the NCAA Women’s Tennis National Championships.  The Lady Tigers reached the round of 16 before ending the season with a spectacular 26-1 overall record. Over the three-year stretch from 2001-2004, the Lady Tigers became a fixture in the national Top 10 poll among NCAA Division II women's tennis programs.

Danner is a 4.0 level USTA League tennis player. Her players excel in both the classroom and on the courts winning both athletic and academic honors. In addition to her responsibilities with her varsity women's tennis team, Danner also has taught private lessons for nearly two decades. In addition to her coaching duties, Danner serves as an adjunct instructor in Ouachita's Department of Kinesiology.

Danner has coached at both the high school and college levels in the sports of tennis, swimming, and volleyball. She holds a bachelor of science in education degree (1973) from Ouachita and a Master of Science in education diploma (1978) from Henderson State University.