About Ann Koger
Born 1950. Ann Koger is an American tennis coach and tennis player.
Ann Koger (born 1950) is an American former tennis player and coach. An African-American tennis pioneer, she was the coach of Haverford College's women's tennis team from 1981 to 2016.
Life and career
Born in Baltimore in 1950, Koger took up tennis at age seven or eight. As a young player, she faced racial segregation on the courts of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. She was the first African American to win the Maryland State Tennis Championships. She was one of the first African Americans to play on the Virginia Slims Circuit (the precursor of the WTA Tour), where she played from 1973 to 1977.
Koger was hired to coach Haverford's women's tennis team in 1981. In 2016, she retired after 35 years in the position.
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American tennis coach
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Ann Koger was born in 1950 in Baltimore.
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