Vince Pulupa

A Washington, DC native, Vince has been coaching junior players in the Mid-Atlantic region for more than 20 years. He has coached 9 different Gold Ball winners, 15 players in the Top 10 nationally, and also worked with 5 NCAA Champions. For 20 straight years, Vince has also coached the top-ranked junior girl in G16s and/or G18s in the Mid-Atlantic.

Vince's coaching career took off when he coached Drew Courtney as a junior player from 14s-18s through to his college career at #1-ranked University of Virginia where Courtney was a 3-time All-American. Courtney won the 2010 NCAA Doubles Championship and went on to compete in the 2010 US Open and 2010 & 2012 Citi Open.

Current players Vince coaches:

• Calla McGill: USTA #2 nationally (Blue Chip), 2025 and 2026 Easter Bowl 5th-Place, 2025 National Clay Courts Top 8, 2024 Easter Bowl Bronze Ball, 2023 Orange Bowl Semifinalist; University of Michigan bound in 2026
• Sylvana Jalbert: USTA #1 nationally (Blue Chip), 2025 National Indoors Gold Ball, 2026 Easter Bowl Silver Ball,  2025 National Clay Courts Silver Ball, 2024 National Indoors Silver Ball
• Boning Wang: USTA #15 nationally, 2025 Easter Bowl Gold Ball
• Kori Montoya: ITF #91 (Blue Chip), 2025 US Open Juniors, 2023 National Clay Courts Bronze Ball, 2023 Easter Bowl Silver Ball, 2022 National Indoors Silver Ball, 2022 Winter Nationals Gold Ball, 2021 Easter Bowl Bronze Ball; University of Texas A&M bound in 2026
• Carolina Castro: USTA #9 nationally, 2026 Easter Bowl Silver Ball, 2025 Easter Bowl Silver Ball
• Nola Jones: USTA #90 nationally, 2023 Orange Bowl semifinalist; Quinnipiac University bound in 2026
• Georgia Kulevich: USTA #20 nationally, 2024 Easter Bowl Bronze Ball, 2023 Hardcourts Bronze Ball, 2023 Winter Nationals Bronze Ball, 2022 National Clay Courts Silver Ball; University of Kentucky bound in 2026

In recent years, Vince coached Princeton starter Zoé Howard (G18s USTA #2 in 2019), Virginia Tech starter and NCAA #9-ranked Jordan Chrysostom (B18s USTA #20 in singles and #1-ranked doubles player in 2019), Clemson University starter Trey Stinchcomb (B18s USTA #19 in singles and #1-ranked doubles player), Spencer Liang (2017 NCAA Champion at University of Florida), the academy's most decorated girl player, Peggy Porter (2013 US Open and 2017 NCAA Champion at University of Florida), and Caroline Lampl (2016, 2018 and 2019 NCAA Champion at Stanford University) in the junior ranks.

USTA Top 10 Nationally-Ranked Junior Players:

• Brendan Lynch
• Drew Courtney
• Arnav Dhingra
• Jordan Chrysostom*
• Trey Stinchcomb*
• Spencer Liang*
• Peggy Porter*
• Caroline Lampl
• Zoé Howard*
• Sylvana Jalbert*
• Calla McGill*
• Kori Montoya
• Reiley Rhodes*
• Carolina Castro
• EJ Martin*
• Kahven Singh
• *Reached #1 or #2 in the United States

Vince was added to the adidas National Coaching staff in 2013 and he's also been a Babolat National Coach since 2006.

Vince graduated from High Point University (North Carolina) in 1999 where he was a 3-time All-Conference selection and won Rookie of the Year honors in 1996. Vince and his wife, Rebecca, live in Rockville, Maryland, with their son Dylan.