Staff

Armando Espinosa

USPTA professional entering his first year as Director of Tennis at Ames Fitness Center. Before joining the staff at AFC, he spent 11 years as the head coach of Iowa State University. He has spent most of his coaching career coaching at the collegiate level. Armando last season coached Ankeny Centennial high School taking a record number of participants to the state tournament.

Ron Miller

Ron is a USPTA Elite Professional who has extensive tennis experience coaching and playing at various levels. He coached at Eastern Michigan University (Division 1 NCAA), and has always coached and played at Siena Heights University (NAIA level). Ron has worked with ranked juniors in Michigan, Florida, and the UK both as a hitting partner and coach. After several years in the technology space industry, he has come back to teaching, coaching and racquet stringing. He still plays on several USTA teams, making Nationals in 2017 and 2018 on 18+ and 40+ teams respectively.