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- Title:
- Head Coach
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- Organization:
- Men's Tennis
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- Phone:
- (714) 432-5043
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- Email:
- cketcham@occ.cccd.edu
Bio
Returning to the OCC courts for his ninth season is head coach Chris Ketcham.
During his tenure at Coast, Ketcham has continued to raise the success of the Pirate program, making the playoffs and sending players onto four-year schools thanks to their success both on and off the tennis courts. Over the past six years, Ketcham has guided the the Pirates to over 60 wins while competing in the always-tough Orange Empire Conference.
In his first two seasons as head coach, Ketcham helped guide the Pirates to back-to-back 12-5 seasons and in 2008, he was named the Orange Empire Conference Co-Coach of the Year.
In addition to his duties with men's tennis, Ketcham also helped out for the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the OCC men's soccer team and will be back for this third season in the Fall.
Before coming to OCC, Ketcham was an assistant coach at Cypress College (2004-06) and at Irvine Valley College (2006-07).
For the past several years, Ketcham has been the director of the junior tennis program The Tennis Club. Currently a coach for several ranked local juniors, Ketcham has helped guide his club's junior teams to Southern California Sectional titles three different times (2005, 2006, 2007).
Born in Newport Beach, Ketcham attended Newport Harbor High School and from there, he played soccer and tennis both at UC Irvine and at Chapman, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology.
For more information on the men's tennis team, call Ketcham at (714) 432-6848.
