Coach Bateman is in his fifth year at Bethany College.

 

In Coach Bateman's first four seasons Bethany has won all 4 men's and 3 women's conference titles and back to back to back men's regional titles wtih 3 national tournament appearances and a national tournament appearance also for the women. Under Bateman's leadership the men have not lost a conference match in 4 years going 33-0 against conference foes during that time.  With the recent addition of Coach Swiantek, we can only get stronger as a program.

 

Coach Bateman was previously the head coach at Pratt Community College and led the men's team to a high national ranking of #16 and the women to a high national ranking of #19. coach Bateman consistently had players raked in the top 30 nationally at Pratt Community College.

As a player in Canada Coach Bateman was ranked in singles and doubles in open tennis. He went on to attend Barton County College, then moved on to graduate from Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City with a BS in Finance. coach Bateman was ranked nationally in both singles and doubles in his college career. During the summers Coach Bateman runs the Bethany Tennis Camps at Bethany College.

Coach Anthony Swiantek is entering his first year as the Assistant Tennis Coach for Bethany College.

 

Prior to Bethany, Coach Swiantek was a teaching professional for 3 years at the World Renowned Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. He also taught tennis at the Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson Kansas for 2 years.

 

As a player, Swiantek was the number 3 ranked junior in the state of Kansas. He also played 4 years of Varsity Tennis at Pratt High School. Winning a 4A State Championship in Doubles as a junior with a 37-0 record and finishing 5th in singles as a senior with a record of 34-1. In college, Coach Swiantek played for two years at Barton County Community College then moved on to graduate from Division I Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He finished his senior campaign with the 2nd highest win total in school history.