Tennis Staff
Tim Weber - Manager
Tim grew up in Oklahoma but has lived in KC since 1987 and after playing in competitive basketball leagues, at age 38 took to the tennis courts at KCRC where he was employed - starting out as a 4.0 worked and achieved a 5.0 ranking at the age of 53. Has captained USTA teams for over 15 yrs and had 3 teams go to Nationals with a 4th place finish for the Men 9.0 55's team in 2018.
Branden Joost - Director of Tennis
Branden is from Tecumseh, KS and has been playing tennis since the age of 3. He has been teaching tennis for 17 years and is currently the Director of Tennis at Northland Racquet Club. During his junior career he was ranked as high as top 30 (singles) and top 5 (doubles) nationally. He played college tennis at the University of Arkansas for 3 years and returned home to play for Washburn in Topeka where he earned his degree in Corporate Communication. Branden is married and has 3 kids - ages 13, 9, and 4.
Over the course of Branden’s career he has worked with brand new players, state champions, national champions and everything in between. His passion is sharing his knowledge and love of tennis!
Adam Marchetti - Head Pro
Ian Cunliff - Tennis Pro
Landon Hover - Tennis Pro
Rick Salas - Tennis Pro
Rick has been passionate about tennis from a young age, growing up playing on red clay and hard courts. He is a former USPTA developmental coach and a former Modern Tennis Methodology (MTM) instructor. With over 20 years of instructing experience, he has developed juniors for high school varsity tennis, many starting as freshmen.
As a junior, Rick was developed by François Savy, who emphasized technique and style. Rick played varsity high school tennis from his freshman year in New England. In the 2000s, he briefly worked with legendary tennis instructor Oscar Wegner in St. Louis, often referred to as the father of modern tennis teachings. Rick is also an app developer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to tennis and pickleball.