Cradle of Coaches

Leann Davidge

  • Position Tennis
  • Custom1 2001
  • Custom2 Davidge, a nationally ranked tennis player from Middletown, Ohio, won four Big Ten titles before graduating from Ohio State in 1978. She coached the women’s tennis team from 1979 to 1985, leading the program to four straight Mid-American Conference titles. As coach, she had a five-year record of 92-50, including a 25-1 mark in the MAC, and was named MAC Coach of the Year in 1981 and 1983. She became the first woman inducted into Miami University's Athletic Hall of Fame.

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