Since fall of 2017, Coach Adam Ascher has been watching over the tennis teams, both boys and girls, at Armijo, but before that, he used to coach youth soccer.

“Our tennis teams have been impacted greatly by COVID-19,” he said. “There haven’t been as many tennis players coming out to play.” Additional protocols have been put into place, and the outside environment makes tennis one of the sports that is considered safer than close contact and / or indoor sports, but the players are still harder to come by.

Coach Ascher became a coach because there was a need for a tennis coach and his son and daughter were both on the Armijo teams at the time, “so I stepped up to coach,” he said. He was a tennis player when he was in high school at Will C. Wood, and said that he had had a great experience. He also was part of that school’s swim team.

When it comes to coaching, “I highly recommend it,” he said. “Coaching is so much fun and it is very rewarding to see students enjoy the sport and improve thanks to the coach.” He would like to see newer facilities at Armijo, however, that would benefit the student athletes, including newer tennis courts and equipment and additional hydration stations.

When he is not coaching, he works as a general contractor. “I remodel and build homes,” he said. “I am also a landlord that rents out apartments and homes in Dixon.”

For fun, Coach Ascher enjoys hiking, working on classic cars, and traveling. “I like to spend a lot of time with my family,” he said.