Thomas Johnston

Seasoned camp director, Thomas Johnston, is the director of tennis at Sea Colony Resort. He is former UVA men’s coach and director of tennis at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia.

Thomas is a three-time collegiate All-American and former head mens' tennis coach at the University of Virginia. At UVA Johnston established himself as one of the most innovative and successful coaches in the country. In 1997, UVA qualified for the national team tournament for the first time in the school's history. In another first, Thomas led his team to the finals of the 1998 ACC championships and NCAA Regional Championships. Under his leadership, the team's NCAA national ranking improved from No. 95 to No. 15. Upon graduating, several of Johnston's students went on to achieve world rankings.

Before joining Sea Colony as the tennis director, Johnston headed an award-winning tennis program at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia for 10 years. Under Johnston's guidance, Tennis Resorts Online.com consistently rated Wintergreen as one of the top 15 tennis resorts and top five adult tennis camps in the world. Wintergreen also achieved TRO's No. 2 ranking for tennis instruction in 2009.

Currently Sea Colony is ranked as one of the Top 25 tennis resorts in world and one of the top 20 camps. Sea Colony’s Junior program has been rated as high as the number 5 junior program for resort tennis programs world-wide.

With a master's degree in sports psychology, Johnston offers seminars on the mental and strategic aspects of tennis, and other sports. Johnston has also published numerous sports-related articles.

Thomas has two children, Robert Alexander, and Julianna Marie, ages 18 and 14. His son is attending Lynn University on a lacrosse scholarship. Juliann is an excellent athlete, excelling at both tennis and lacrosse. In addition, she is a talented pianist.