Roger Follmer
Director
Roger Follmer has established Washington University in St. Louis into one of the premier men's tennis programs in NCAA Division III. Follmer, who is in his 24th season on the Danforth Campus, guided WashU to the first NCAA National Team Championship in 2008 and first National Indoor Team Championship in 2014. A two-time National College Coach of the Year and two-time USTA Missouri Valley St. Louis President’s Award Winner (2008 & 2023). Prior to coaching at WashU; Follmer coached at the U.S. Naval Academy for two seasons and at his alma mater, Purdue University.
A graduate of Lindbergh High School in St. Louis, Follmer was a two-year tennis letterman and senior captain at Purdue University. He graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology and earned his master’s degree in special education, also from Purdue, in 1999.