Bart grew up in Goleta, California and was a two-time Doubles All-American at Cal State Bakersfield. During his four college years, Bart played #2 & 3 singles and #1 doubles on a team that finished #2 NCAA Division 2 team in the nation in 1982. In 1983 Bart and his doubles partner won the independent doubles title at the Ojai Tennis Tournament, and he was runner-up in the NCAA Division II National Champions. After College he was hired as the Assistant Pro at Cathedral Oaks Tennis Club, and he was promoted to Interim Tennis Director for one year. Then in 1987 he was hired as Director at The Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club. Bart ran all the tennis activities and taught tennis to adults and kids of all levels from beginners to National Champions. After his 17 year stint at the SBPRC he took a sabbatical to pursue his dreams of traveling and fixing up and flipping homes. Bart has been back for over three years and is very happy to be back home with his friends and what he likes to call his extended family, the SBPRC Members.

 Bart works with players throughout the years and has had many successful protégés: Junior National Champions: Lori Kimbell-1985, 14’s national champion and Derrick Pope-1993, 18’s clay court national doubles champion

A native of Santa Barbara, Lance has played on state championship teams at Santa Barbara High and Santa Barbara City College and earned All-American honors twice as a collegiate player. After college, he became head coach of Men’s Tennis at Santa Barbara City College where he worked for 5 years and was awarded Coach of the Year honors in 2001.  With over 22 years on staff here at SBPRC, Lance has been a great ambassador to the game, helping create a fun and exciting tennis environment for players of all ages and abilities, as well as making it an important place to develop and improve one's game. Lance is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, and is available for private training sessions in addition to his scheduled group classes.