Rubinstein Wins 500th Match as a Head Tennis Coach Former USPTA National High School Coach of the Year Reaches a Major Milestone

Who: Todd Rubinstein, Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High Head Tennis Coach (Boy's & Girl's)

When: April 4, 2023 at 2:00pm

Where: Sans Souci Tennis Center in North Miami, Florida

What: Mourning High Boy's & Girl's Tennis Teams played against Goleman High where Head Coach Todd Rubinstein won his 500th & 501st career tennis matches as a Head Tennis Coach. Mourning High's Boy's Team won 6-1 and the Girl's won 7-0 to put him over 500 career wins. (Current 2022-2023 Records: Girls Team 11-1, Boys Team 8-3)

Why: Coach Rubinstein started coaching in the 1997 - 1998 season at Piper High School in Broward County for one year. He then coached at Goleman High in Miami-Dade County for 12 seasons, where he then made his way over to Mourning High for the past 9 seasons. Coach Rubinstein's current overall record before the upcoming District Tournament is: 501 - 145 - 2 (22 seasons) with 24 Regional Tournament appearances, 5 State Appearances, and two FHSAA State Tennis Championship wins. As of today, he is the only coach in Mourning High history with not just one, but two state championships in any sport.

How: Coach Rubinstein is a former high school standout himself, as he won three FHSAA high school state championships as a player at Cooper City High School in Cooper City, Florida He won two individual FHSAA State Tennis Championships in singles in 1987 & 1988 and also was part of the overall FHSAA Team State Tennis Champion Cowboys in 1988 Todd then went on to play #1 singles & #1 doubles for Barry University where he was the first Sunshine State Conference All-Team Player in the school's history

Accolades: 2018 USPTA National High School Coach of the Year, 2018 Tennis Industry Magazine's High School Coach of the Year, USPTA South Florida Region 8 President, USTA National Awards Committee, 2021 & 2017 USPTA Florida High School Coach of the Year, 2021 & 2020 USPTA Florida District President of the Year, 2021 USPTA Florida Section of the Year (Miami), 2019 Mourning High Teacher of the Year, 2018 USPTA Florida District 16 Professional of the Year, 2017 & 2018 Mourning High Coach of the Year, 2016 FHSCTA Wilson 3A Florida Tennis Coach of the Year, was on the FHSAA Tennis Advisory Committee from 2015 - 2018, is a USTA High Performance Coach, a USPTA Elite Professional, and was the Team USA Head Tennis Coach at the 2017 World Maccabiah Games & 15th European Games.

Quote: "It's been a remarkable journey and a true honor being a part of so many lives. What's even better is watching them grow up into mature adults and going to college, getting married, having kids of their own, starting their own careers, and just basically living their lives to the fullest. It puts a huge smile on my face knowing I had something to do with their lives and impacted them positively in some way." Rubinstein goes on saying, "I also can't thank my current and former players & their families enough, as well as my school administration and school staff over the years for putting their trust in me, as being a coach is a huge responsibility and luckily enough, they always gave me the reigns so to speak to not just lead, to not just coach, but to teach and help mold our next leaders of tomorrow " Rubinstein finally states, "To me, it's always about the team, period and end of story! Coaching is a selfless act which I've been lucky to do for over two decades A coach is meant to empower, show empathy, listen, challenge, motivate, support, and help others around them not just reach their potential, but to surpass it When I say that it's all about the team, I truly mean that, but in other words, it's really all about Family!"

Links: https://www youtube com/watch?v=CbEUdwfa4wg (CBS4 Mentoring Matters segment, Miami) https://www sharkstennis com/ (Mourning High Sharks Tennis website)