Rick McClure has coached more than 1,200 tennis matches at Loyola University, and his resume shows more than 750 career victories.
Those totals have earned McClure, now in his 39th with the Greyhounds, a spot in the Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame and his name on a $3.2 million tennis facility, but they only tell a fraction of McClure's story.
"If you talk to his former players, there is a love for him that is palpable," said Joe Boylan, who served as Loyola's athletic director from 1991-2010. "In so many cases he really changed their lives. He's as competitive as anyone, but he's never let that override the kids and what he really thinks is important."
