He's Out of the Racket

February 10, 2012

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His team fell to Georgia in his final national title match, but don't cry for Frank Brennan. He already has enough rings for both hands. Brennan, who has coached women's tennis at Stanford since 1979, retired at the end of this season to spend more time with his family. The second-winningest women's coach in NCAA tennis history, Brennan compiled a 510-50 record on the Farm. His teams won 10 national titles and 13 Pac-10 crowns, and he was named coach of the year four times by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. "These years at Stanford have been the best 21 years of my life," Brennan says. Longtime assistant Lele Forood, '78, will replace him.

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