Tennis Staff

Our passionate and driven Tennis team work to help support & develop our student athletes, enabling them to excel in both their academics and tennis ambitions.

Our team

Tom Kisiel

Tom Kisiel

Head Coach

Tom re-joined the University as part of the coaching team in January 2016. He is a Level 5 Master Performance Coach and brings a vast amount of experience to the performance programme having worked with various players competing internationally on the ITF, WTA and ATP tour. 

Tom is at the forefront of driving the performance programme vision to be recognised as the leading UK University Performance Tennis Programme. 

Lottie Howard

Lottie Howard

University Tennis Coordinator

Lottie joined º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ in September 2023, as the role of Assistant Tennis Coach. As a player, Lottie trained at the National Tennis Centre alongside top British players. Lottie won several National events and competed internationally on the ITF tour.
Lottie is currently working towards her Level 4 Senior Performance Coach qualification. She has captained Hampshire county teams, assisted on National camps, and travelled on GB tournament trips. Lottie is looking forwards to implementing her previous player knowledge and current coaching philosophies into the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ university programme, whilst continuing to learn and grow from the players and coaches around her.
Dave Boddy

Dave Boddy

University Tennis Coordinator

Dave was previously in role as Tennis Coach Development Manager and now back as the University Tennis Coordinator. A level 5 LTA Accredited Plus coach with over 30 years of coaching across all levels from beginners to performance. An LTA tutor and one of 8 LTA National Assessors delivering Level 1 to 3 qualifications along with a number of CPD’s, short and teachers courses. Dave is responsible for developing and mentoring our student workforce.

Meg Willoughby

Megan Willoughby

Strength and Conditioning Coach

Megan provides strength and conditioning support to our performance tennis athletes, tailoring their programmes to meet their individual needs and working closely with the on court coaches and the wider interdisciplinary team to achieve this.

Megan holds an MSc in Strength and Conditioning. Prior to taking this role she spent 2 years on a paid placement with º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Sport with the Men’s Rugby, Women’s Cricket and Lightning Cricket programmes. Most recently Megan has been working with the Boxing Centre of Excellence and Motorsport Division that train at º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Sport.  

Naomi Sargent

Naomi Sargent

Physiotherapist

Naomi joined º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Physiotherapy Clinic in November 2022 and is the Lead Physiotherapist for Badminton, Squash & Tennis and Netball support.

Naomi qualified as a physiotherapist in 2014 from the University of Nottingham and has since gained a breadth of experience working in public, private and sporting settings.

Naomi began her career in the NHS, working within a variety of areas before specialising in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, where she realised her particular interest was for sports rehabilitation. Due to this, as well as working within the NHS, Naomi also worked with Nottingham Rugby Club, where she could further focus on sports-specific rehab, appreciating the importance of injury prevention, specialised conditioning, and recovery as well as rehab post-injury.