Texas Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor Inductees

BRYAN, Texas – Four outstanding individuals will be honored by the Texas Tennis Coaches Association on Friday, December 12, at the TTCA’s Wilson Hall of Fame and Coach of the Year Banquet at Horseshoe Bay Resort.

The event is part of the 2026 TTCA Convention, to be held December 10-13 at Horseshoe Bay. Registration opens August 1, and information is available at texastenniscoaches.com. Additional details are forthcoming for the Hall of Fame and Coach of the Year Banquet

Tim Cochran (Amarillo), Norm Smith (Lubbock), and Manuel Moreno Jr.(Galveston) will be inducted into the 2025 Texas Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Terry Hunter (Lubbock) will be installed to the TTCA Hall of Honor.

Tim Cochran began his career at Caprock High School in Amarillo in 1981, where he quickly established a winning culture. Under his leadership, Caprock achieved early success with district championships and regional qualifications in both boys and girls doubles (1981, 1982), and a third-place regional finish in boys singles in 1988.

In 1993, Cochran moved to Dumas High School, where he elevated the program to new heights. During his 21 years there, his teams consistently excelled, producing two girls singles state qualifiers and a girls doubles state qualifier, along with numerous district champions and regional qualifiers. Cochran’s Dumas teams captured five team district championships and made eight team postseason appearances, including six regional semifinal finishes.

Since 2014, Cochran has served as the head tennis pro at Rebel Tennis Center in Amarillo. He manages the facility, offers private lessons, organizes hitting groups, and helped develop the PATS Tournament Series, which has become a staple for junior competition in the area. He also oversees the Amarillo ISD Middle School Tennis Program, a vital initiative that has significantly enhanced the development of young players and strengthened high school programs citywide.

Norm Smith coached the men’s and women’s teams at Midwestern University and was honored as the 1982 NAIA Coach of the Year.

At Wichita Falls High School, he led the team to state Class 4A runner-up finishes in 1991, 1992, 1995, and 1996. His teams produced two state girls doubles championships and a singles winner. Smith was also named the 1996 Class 4A Texas State Tennis Coach of the Year. From 1997 to 2005 he skippered Lubbock Monterey to the Regional tournament five times and to the semifinals on two occasions.

During his tenure at Southlake Carroll High School, the teams were ranked in the top-10 in the state for five seasons. The 2011 campaign had Carroll produce a state girls singles runner-up. A versatile coach, the school’s golf teams finished in second and third place in state in 2014.

Moving to Lubbock Trinity Christian High School, his girls squad captured the 2019 TAPPS Class 4A state championship. Smith now serves as the assistant tennis coach at All Saints Episcopal School of Lubbock. They have captured six individual state titles and seven team championships since Smith started in 2022.

Manuel Moreno Jr. is entering his 27th year as head coach at J. Frank Dobie High School in Pasadena, and 44 years overall, including two as an assistant to TTCA Hall of Famer Ron Wesbrooks at his alma mater, Lamar University.

 He has coached numerous district champions and runners-up, both team and individually, while at Dobie. The Longhorns produced their winningest-ever fall season in 2019, with 16 victories. Moreno served for 13 years as head coach at Galveston O'Connell, winning the boys' state team title and girls' state team runner-up in 1981, while coaching the state winning boy (Terry Siller) and runner-up girl (Suzanne Schwab), both in singles. In 1990, Moreno's boys' doubles team (John Bannister/Kevin Kampe) captured the state doubles crown.

He was head coach at Houston Clear Lake High School from 1997-1999, qualifying three individuals (girls' doubles and girls' singles) for the state tournament.

Awards have been the order of the day for Moreno. Included was the 2005 TTCA Class 5A (now 6A) "Coach of the Year." Last February, Moreno was the recipient of the USTA-Texas Lloyd Sessions Educational Merit Award for the second time, previously receiving the accolade in 2020, and more recently was featured in the July issue of "Racquet Sports Industry" Magazine as one of the top high school coaches in the country.

Moreno has also served for over 50 years for the Galveston County Daily News as a sports correspondent and tennis columnist. Additionally, for 52 years now, Moreno runs the free-of-charge City of Galveston Parks & Recreation Department Summer Tennis Program.

"It has been a privilege being a member of the TTCA since 1980, and I hope to continue working with this incredible organization for years to come," Moreno said. "It is especially exciting knowing my high school teammate at Galveston O’Connell, Bobby Kleinecke, is serving as TTCA's executive director. Now to be named to the TTCA Hall of Fame Class of 2025 is the ultimate honor for me."

Terry Hunter founded Tennis Outlet in 2002, a Lubbock-based retail operation specializing in outfitting Texas high school tennis teams with everything they need—from equipment, uniforms to racquets to custom gear and more. Under his leadership, Tennis Outlet has become a trusted partner to hundreds of schools across the state.

He began playing tennis at the age of 15 and never looked back, earning his USPTA Pro 1 certification in 1985. From 1985 to 2002, Hunter served as the tennis director at Hillcrest Country Club in Lubbock, where he also opened the Hillcrest Tennis Shop. A forward-thinking entrepreneur, he launched his first online store, atennisoutlet.com, in 2000.

Hunter continues to give private lessons to junior players aspiring to compete at the high school level and is always seeking new ways to give back to the coaches who’ve helped shape his journey. In recognition of his impact on the tennis industry, he received the USPTA Texas Industry Excellence Award in 2018.

Outside of tennis, Hunter enjoys traveling and spending time with family. His love for God, family, friends, the sport of tennis—and for the people who make it thrive—is the driving force behind everything he does.

A Hall of Fame committee selected the honorees from a statewide list of nominations.

The mission of the TTCA, headquartered in Bryan, Texas, is to encourage and develop tennis as part of the curriculum and athletic programs in public and private schools in the state of Texas.