Our Team
King Daddy Sports provides the Houston area a diverse group of teaching professionals that have the ability to motivate, inspire, and push players to achieve greatness both on and off the court!
We are always striving to be better every day as coaches just as we desire players to strive for the same.
Todd Folsom
Founder & Director
- Founded King Daddy Sports in 1997
- Over 30 years teaching experience developing hundreds of Nationally ranked juniors, many of which have went on to compete both collegiately and professionally
- Has the ability and intensity to push players to reach their maximum potential both on and off the court
- Father of TJ and Skyla
Selim Samman
Chancellors Summer Camp, Challenger, JTT Director
- 15+ years teaching experience developing thousands of young players
- Directs Summer and holiday camps; Junior Team Tennis (JTT) programming, 10U, and Challenger Programs for King Daddy Sports
- Provides an amazing, fun, learning and developmental environment for all students to learn and grow
- Father of Alex, Foster, & Emily
- Co-Founder of King Daddy Sports
- 25+ years teaching experience developing players of all ages
- ATP Tour Level Playing Professional 1988-1992, with a High World singles ranking of #262
- #1 Ranked junior in USA in EVERY AGE DIVISION- 12's, 14's 16's, and 18's
- 11 Time National Junior Champion, 10 time finalist, 19 Gold & Silver Balls
- Father of Sean and Brian
John Boytim
Katy Co-Director
Anna Djannova
Katy Co-Director
- Bio Coming Soon!
Tomas
Head Pro Spring Branch
- Former DII player in SAC (South Atlantic Conference) and GMAC (Great Midwest Athletic Conference) Conferences with the highest UTR of 12.27
- GMAC Conference Player of the Year 2019
- ITF Junior Ranking 579
- B.A. in Economics and M.B.A. in Business Administration
Dionicia "Dodo" Akina
High Performance Coach
- Head Pro Houston Christian High School
- Ranked #10 in state of Texas in super-championship level 12-14s
- Ranked top 20 in state of Texas for 16's
- Former College tennis athlete (Lee College)
- Studied Kiniesiology
Todd Smith
Head Pro Missouri City
Jane Strnadel
Academy Coach
Jakub Novak
High Performance Coach
- Bio coming soon!
Christopher Moolchan
High Performance Coach
Samaria Mouton
Academy Coach
- Girls 14,16 & 18 & Under USTA Texas Super-Champ
- 4x TAPPs District & Regional Tennis Singles Champion
- 4x TAPPs State Tennis Singles Qualifier
- Studied Economics at Rice University
- Rice University Club Tennis - USTA Tennis on Campus National Team Qualifier - Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles
- Rice University Women’s Tennis Team Manager - helped team to 2 CUSA Semi-finals, 1 CUSA Final, & 1 CUSA Championship & 2 NCAA D1 Women's Team Championship Births, including 1 Sweet 16 appearance
- 25+ years playing experience
- 15+ years coaching experience
Karl Holub
Barkers Landing Head Coach
- Bio coming soon!
Todd Whitley
Adult Director at Chancellors and Houston Christian
- Born in Houston, Texas and grew up playing top level junior tennis in Texas
- Reside in Houston with my wife and sons who all play and enjoy tennis greatly
- I began teaching tennis over 17 years ago.
- Apart from teaching tennis and all its multiple strokes and strategies, I will help a player, of any level and age range, through a system of intense repetition and mental toughness techniques, develop a core set of skills necessary to overcome adversity both in the game as well as in life.
- Be prepared to have fun and hit a ton of balls!!
Ben Chimezie
Academy Coach
- Bio coming soon!
Trish Begley
Academy Coach
- Traveled the world with my daughter, who played junior tennis at the highest level nationally and internationally (won tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Oslo) She was also a semifinalist at Orange Bowl and the Eddie Herr international
- Previously coached at elite private schools, The Kinkaid School and Greenwich Academy in Ct.
- Has been with King Daddy since 2013 (when daughter left to play tennis at The University of Texas)
- Continue to compete locally through HLTA and USTA teams (both sectionals and nationally)
Ryan Ybarra
Academy High Performance Coach
Tom Nguyen
Missouri City Assistant Coach
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