Striving to teach student-athletes to cherish the value of competitive tennis in a context that encourages their growth as individuals and productive, responsible members of society, head coach Lynn Miller has been fulfilling that commitment to excellence at Wheaton for 31 years.

Miller emphasizes that physical fitness is a life-long process and that one's athletic life does not have to end upon graduation. In conjunction with the ideals of a liberal arts college tradition, she also aims to maintain the integrity of sport and encourages players to value high ethical standards in competition.

Miller led the men's squad to an overall record of 11-6 during the 2010-11 season and a berth in the semifinals of the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament. In 2009-10, she guided the Lyons to a 4-1 NEWMAC mark (14-5 overall) and a spot in the league tournament final for the fifth time in the league's 13-year history.

In 2007-08, the men earned a spot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast poll during much of the year after reaching its third straight NEWMAC Tournament final in the spring of 2007. During the 2005-06 season, the men’s squad drew its first ITA national ranking.

On the women's side, Miller’s squad followed up a historic and record-breaking 2009-10 campaign with an even better season in 2010-11. The Lyons won a school-record 19 matches against only two losses en route to their second-consecutive NEWMAC Tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Wheaton knocked off Nichols College 5-1 in the first round before bowing out to four-time NCAA Champion Williams College in the second round for the second-straight year.

For her efforts, Miller was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year for the second-consecutive year and sixth time in her career in 2010-11, while nine of her student-athletes garnered all-conference honors. The 19 wins also gave the Lyons their fifth-consecutive season of 10-or-more wins, which broke the program record of four, set from 1988-1992.

The Lyons laid the groundwork for their record-breaking 2010-11 campaign one year earlier, when they captured the program’s first-ever NEWMAC Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament berth. Miller led the Lyons to a then-school record 17 wins, including an NCAA First Round triumph over Ithaca.

Named United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) New England Coach of the Year on multiple occasions, Miller owns an all-time record of 331-211-2 (.610) in women's tennis with 10-plus wins in 21 of 31 seasons while having individuals compete in the NCAA and ITA national tournaments. With the men, Miller owns 15 seasons of 10-plus victories over a 22-year span, boasting a cumulative mark of 226-129 (.637).

Overall, Miller has been named NEWMAC Coach of the Year on the women’s side three times (2003, 2009, 2010) and twice on the men’s side (2005, 2010). She was also named the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Coach of the Year in 2010, two years after receiving her UTSA High Performance Coaching Certification.

Since coming to Wheaton, Miller has played an important role in both teaching and coaching tennis. She is the director and head coach of the tennis camp at Wheaton, which is now in its 29th year. Miller also served as the head clinician for Wheaton's annual high school tennis coaches' clinic from 1985 until 2003. In 1996, she was the coach of the USTA New England Zonal Team in St. Louis.

Under Miller's direction, Wheaton was honored in 2000 as Educational Association of the Year by United States Tennis Association (USTA) of New England. A Level I USPTA and United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR) certified tennis professional, Miller was named USPTA/NE Player of the Year a total of seven times: 1998, 2003, and 2004 (45-and-over), and again from 2005-09 (45-and-over, then 50-and-over). Miller was tabbed Co-Player of the Year in 1999 and 2000.

Miller began her coaching career as an assistant with the men’s tennis team at her alma mater, Plymouth State University, in 1974 and earned her first head coaching position in 1977, when she took over at the helm of the Hofstra University women’s tennis program. She has also worked as a teacher/instructor at Rockville Recreation (NY), Oceanside Recreation, Camp Echo Lake, Averett College, and Franklin Continuing Education and Recreation.

A nationally-ranked National Standard Race (NASTAR) ski racer, the multi-talented Miller qualified for the collegiate women's tennis nationals and competed several times in the United States Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA) nationals.

Miller, who earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Plymouth State University in 1974, was a two-time New England collegiate doubles champion. She was inducted into Plymouth State's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989. Miller received a master's degree with a concentration in sports psychology from Penn State University in 1978.

Bill Sadlowski, a nationally certified tennis instructor and experienced high school coach, returns for his sixth season with Wheaton's men's and women's tennis programs in 2011-12.

Sadlowski has served as head coach Lynn Miller’s top assistant and recruiter since his arrival in Norton. He was instrumental in the women’s tennis team capturing the 2009 and 2010 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship and subsequent berth in the NCAA Tournament.

An English teacher for 35 years at Pittsfield High School, Sadlowski coached in the girls' tennis program from 1998-2004, first assisting the squad before heading the team.

A United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR) certified, Sadlowski also worked as an instructor at Berkshire West Athletic Club in Pittsfield from 2005-06.

With more than 50 years experience as a teaching professional and high school coach, Chuck Straley begins his ninth season as a volunteer assistant tennis coach at Wheaton in 2011.

As a high school tennis coach, Straley’s teams were often national contenders, once placing second and another time placing fourth at the National High School Team Championships. Four of his pupils went on to win national championships.

Straley began his collegiate playing career at Georgia Tech in 1953, where he played No. 2 singles for the Yellow Jackets. Upon transferring to the University of Richmond, Straley was the No. 1 singles and doubles player for the Spiders. In 1956 and 1957, he was a Southern Conference singles champion and also captured the doubles championship in 1957.

A member of the United States Junior Davis Cup Team in 1956, Straley played ‘the circuit’ from 1956-57 and 1960-61. In 1957, he was accepted to play in the National Championships (now referred to as the U.S. Open) at Forest Hills. Straley was also a member of the All-Air Force Tennis Team in 1960-61.

In 1975, Straley and his son won the USTA National Father and Son Clay Court Doubles Title. Three years later, Straley captured the Australian Veterans Hardcourt Doubles title.

Straley graduated from the University of Richmond in 1957 with a bachelor of science in mathematics. He went on to receive his masters in mathematics from Emory in 1969 and his doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Virginia in 1975.