Clarence Mabry

Before Clarence Mabry was a great coach who turned Trinity University into a collegiate tennis power in the early 1970s, he was a star player at the University of Texas who won the 1946 Southwest Conference singles and doubles titles. It was as a coach, however, that Mabry really made his mark. Known as the “Father of Trinity Tennis,” Mabry coached the Tigers from 1956-74 and amassed an astounding record of 319-36. Trinity won the 1972 NCAA championship and was the runner-up in 1970 and ’71. Mabry’s teams produced 10 All-Americans, including Hall of Famers Chuck McKinley, who went on to win Wimbledon in 1963, and Dick Stockton, the 1972 NCAA singles champion. In 1997, Mabry was inducted into the Texas Hall of Honor, and in 1999, he was a member of the inaugural class of the Trinity Athletic Hall of Fame. Mabry died in 2013 at the age of 87.