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PAL Tennis Program Coordinator Deputy Craig
Corry and Golf Program Coordinator Deputy Terry O'Reilly were
recently voted "Coach Of The Year" in their respective sports by the
St. Petersburg Times Sports Staff.
Deputy Corry coaches the
tennis team at Seminole High School. He retired from St.
Petersburg Police Department where he originally started a PAL
tennis program and shortly after joining the Sheriff's Office
established the Sheriff's PAL tennis program. The Sheriff's
PAL tennis program has been in existence for 7 years and during that
time has targeted three groups of players: (1) Kids that just want
to have fun with the game of tennis, (2) "Quick Start" program
(beginner tennis), (3) Tournament players (kids that desire to
participate in junior league tennis tournaments).
Deputy Corry has coached high school tennis for
14 years and has won several district and conference championships.
He has taken his high school tennis teams, on several occasions, to
state championships. During the 2009 high school tennis
season, Deputy Corry took both of his girls and boys high school
tennis teams to the state championships after winning both boys and
girls district championships.
The Sheriff's PAL tennis
program has been recognized by the United States Tennis Association
as an accomplished, innovative, and necessary program. Deputy
Corry travelled to Jacksonville in the summer of 2009 to assist the
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office with the implementation of their PAL
tennis program.
Deputy Corry is currently
assisting with the coordination of the 6th Annual Sheriff Jim Coats
Clearwater Women's Open Professional Tennis Tournament which will
financially benefit the Suncoast Boys and Girls Club as well as the
Sheriff's PAL.
Deputy O'Reilly coaches the
boy's golf team at East Lake High School. This is Coach
O'Reilly's fifth season as the Head Coach.
The Eagle's Boys Golf Team has advanced to the
state finals the two previous years and to the regionals every
season. The Eagles are the defending Regional Champions and
were the Pinellas County Conference Champion in 2005.
Deputy O'Reilly is currently the
School Resource Officer at East Lake High School and runs the
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Police Athletic League Golf
Program. He is involved in Junior Golf Tournaments around the
Tampa Bay Area.
Coach O'Reilly was named Coach of the Year in 2007
by Pinellas County Coaches, and 2008 Coach of the Year by the St.
Petersburg Times. He is a member of the FHSAA State Golf
Advisory Committee and is a rules official on the Florida Junior
Tour.
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