Michael Harmon

Harmon joins Oneonta in the fall of 2023 with extensive tennis industry knowledge and 15 years of coaching experience. Before Pacific Lutheran, Harmon served as the assistant coach for Mesa Community College in Arizona, where he led practices, recruited student-athletes, and enhanced the overall educational development of the students. In 2020, Harmon coached a player to runner-up in the Arizona State Championships at Notre Dame Prep.

He also worked with the top juniors in the Southwest at the Players Academy in Scottsdale, AZ with five going on to play at the collegiate level. Four of which played Division I and one who went Division III.

From 2009-11, he was the head coach at St. Pius X High School in Kansas City, Missouri. While at St. Pius, Harmon guided the Warriors to a 56-4 record. Additionally, Harmon created and implemented a workout and injury prevention program that collegiate coaches adopted for their teams.

Harmon was the primary head tennis professional at the Clayview Country Club in Kansas City, Missouri, bringing in new members and maintaining the courts and equipment.

A prolific college player, Harmon was a seven-time All-Saint Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) selection at Westminster College and was named to the SLIAC All-Decade Team for 2000-2009. Harmon continues to play competitively and is one of the nation's top tennis players in his age group.

Harmon earned a bachelor's degree in international business from Westminster College (Mo.) and Queen Mary College of London (U.K.). He holds a master's degree in international business from Oklahoma City University. Harmon is also certified with the USPTA as a tennis professional.