USTA—Coaching Platform

USTA—Coaching Platform

USTA Coaching is a digital membership platform that empowers coaches with tools, resources, and community to drive the growth of tennis toward 35 million players by 2035.

“The USTA’s boldest investment yet in the people who shape the future of the sport — a hub for recognition, resources, and connection.”

— USTA Director, Digital Products

My Role

I led the creative direction across the marketing site and coaching dashboard, partnering closely with our Director of Experience to translate complex requirements into simple, intuitive UX flows. I guided multiple look & feel workshops to align on a single bold direction and collaborated with strategy, design, and technology leads to bring stakeholders together around a cohesive vision from concept to launch.

Challenge

Only 20% of U.S. players currently receive formal coaching, creating a barrier to growth and retention. Coaches span from certified professionals to volunteers and parents, so the experience had to be inclusive and easy to use. At the same time, business requirements were highly complex and multi-stakeholder, demanding structure, alignment, and clarity from the outset.

Approach

From the start we partnered with USTA leadership to shape the vision, align on requirements, and test early prototypes. The final product delivered two complementary experiences: a bold, court-inspired marketing site to attract coaches and a simplified dashboard to make resources and certification accessible.

We built a flexible design system, refined multiple look & feel directions into one bold expression, and worked in sprints with strategy, design, and technology leads to keep execution aligned with the vision.

Two smartphones displaying tennis coaching apps on a black platform against a bright green background.

A System Built to Scale

A modular design system built from flexible components ensures consistency across the platform while adapting seamlessly to new features, content, and future scale.

A collage of sections from a website promoting tennis coaching, courses, and workshops, with images of people playing tennis and coaching, and various buttons and text promoting memberships and programs.

Inspiring Coaches to Join

A bold, court-inspired marketing site that highlights community, benefits, and the new USTA Coaching identity, designed to recruit and inspire the next generation of coaches.

Screenshot of USTA coaching website featuring programs for skills development, safe play, and coaching community, with options to join or explore courses, set against a bright green background.

Coaching Made Simple

A streamlined dashboard that brings training, progress, and memberships into one coach-first system, making growth clear and tangible.

Screenshots of a coaching app interface, displaying course modules related to coaching, badges, and membership details with highlighted progress and status.

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