Introducing Adam Jasick, Sports Director at MCC

By Cheryl Campbell-Hutter

Last November, Monterey CC welcomed our new Sports Director, Adam Jasick. He has wasted no time in elevating our sports programs to a higher level. With an extensive background as an athlete and now in the sports business, he is focused on developing the MCC programming in Tennis, Pickleball, Bocce and the Fitness Center.

Adam and his wife Reagan spend their summer seasons in the Catskills of New York, about two hours north of NYC. Here, he is the Athletics Director at Onteora Club, where he also owns the Golf and Tennis shops, providing staff, programming and events for tennis, golf, pool and the lake facilities.

Once bitten by the tennis bug, Adam jumped in with both feet. While still in high school, he started his first business to teach tennis clinics to children at a public park. It was here that he recognized that his contagious enthusiasm, along with his passion for tennis, increased students’ interest and participation. However, after three years, Adam sold the program, enabling him to focus on playing college tennis at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI.

After obtaining a B.S. in Pedagogy, the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, with a minor in Human Physiology, Adam began working at one of the top tennis training academies in the world, Van Der Meer (VDM) Tennis Academy on Hilton Head Island. Adam traveled extensively with top international junior players and professionals to tournaments and worked as part of the team organizing their training. While at Van Der Meer,

Adam worked with numerous top 10 players in the world, including three world #1 junior players. During his time at VDM, he was taken under legendary coach Dennis Van der Meer’s mentoring and was honored to present clinics, camps, presentations and speaking engagements with him. Adam was proud to be present at Dennis’ International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction in 2021.

Moving into private club coaching in 2004, Adam has been the Director at award winning facilities from Genesys Athletic Club (Grand Blanc, MI), USTA Midwest Facility of the Year, Miller Tennis Center (Williamsville, NY), USTA Top 50 Tennis Welcome Center and the PTR Pride Award given to a facility that has supported and facilitated its staff to achieve the highest standards of education in the coaching industry.

Adam is highly sought after as a Coach-Developer and consultant. He has been a Professional Tennis Registry Clinician and Tester, a member of the Wilson Global Speakers Team, Tennis Industry Association Master Trainer, and has presented/spoken/consulted in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Europe. His variety of positions and involvement in the tennis world has enabled him to travel to 49 states and 45 countries.

Because of his personality and emceeing skill set, Adam has been on the mic for events at the US Open Tennis Championships in NYC and the Pickleball Nationals at Indian Wells Tennis Garden (IWTG). He has also organized numerous events for Wilson, USTA, JP Morgan, among others, working with Legends including Roger Federer, Billie Jean King, Bob and Mike Bryan, Tracy Austin, Victoria Azerenka, Madison Keys, Gael Monfils and James Blake. He has also worked with legendary coaches Nick Bollettieri and Robert Lansdorp.

Originally from Whitehall, MI, Adam moved to California in 2008 to work on the management team of the IWTG and the BNP Paribas Open. He founded the IWTG Junior Tennis Academy, the largest in the Coachella Valley, and managed the tournament’s ball kids program. Adam was executive director of the National Junior Tennis and Learning chapter, offering 5,500 underprivileged children in the Coachella Valley weekly tennis and life skills training at school and after school, as well as organizing programs at Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center and multiple CV reservations in the area.

When it comes to pickleball, Adam organized the first International Pickleball Coaches Conference. He has been a speaker/presenter, played in Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR) International Pickleball Championships, finishing 4th in the Open Division. He has served a Tournament Director for The Lakes Spring Fling tournament, the largest tournament in Southern California before Nationals came to IWTG, He also emceed the Championship Court at Nationals at IWTG this year! When he started playing pickleball in high school in Michigan, it was a unit in his PE curriculum. Adam has been teaching pickleball for over a decade and enjoys getting new players involved in the game!

In 2017, Adam founded Future Champions Foundation (IRS 501.c.3 Organization), planning, building and operating a public primary school in the north of Togo in West Africa. The school is currently in year three of operations and functions day-to-day because of the generous donors that continue to support this educational non-profit.

With his background in development, he is excited to be here at MCC to lead the way in building a sports program that our entire membership can enjoy and be proud of. Adam and his wife Reagan live in La Quinta with their two rescued dogs, Layla and Little Hubert.