Monte Vista High

 

Patty began coaching girls’ tennis at Monte Vista in 1996.  Always an advocate for hard work and healthy competition, she began to build a program.  She was the girls’ team head coach for 8 years before she took over the head coach position on the boys’ side.  During her tenure, the girls have won multiple EBAL Championships, participated in the NCS tournament 18 of the 21 years with 13 of them being the championship game.  They have captured 7 NCS Championships and qualified for the CIF playoffs in 13 seasons.

 

Coach Gross’s 2003 boys’ team was undefeated EBAL Champs and their program took off from there.  They were undefeated in EBAL play until 2016. They have won 4 NCS Championships and represented MV in the CIF playoffs 10 times.  In her career as Monte Vista’s tennis coach, Patty has 697 wins and 128 losses. In 2011, Patty was awarded the NCS Honor Coach and was the Times Coach of the Year in 2003-2007 and 2010.