Helen Smith completed her first season as the Lynchburg College men’s and women’s tennis coach, returning to her alma mater.
Smith serves currently as the director of tennis at the Sports Racket in Lynchburg, teaching junior and adult private lessons and conducting clinics for up to 30 students. She also directs junior and adult tournaments. Smith was the head girls’ tennis coach for Heritage High School in 2005 and works as a volleyball referee/umpire in the Colonial Officials Association and through the Lynchburg City Parks and Recreation Department.
Smith graduated from Lynchburg in 1980 with a degree in accounting after playing for four seasons on the Hornet tennis squad, two as captain.
Bill Carico joined the Hornet men’s and women’s tennis programs for his first season as co-head coach. He has coached various sports over the last 38 years, and worked with the VES boys’ tennis team the last two years before joining the Hornets. A graduate of ODAC-rival Roanoke College, Carico is still active on the court. At the beginning of 2008, he was ranked third in the state in his age group (55), is seventh in the mid-atlantic region, and has won tournaments both in Virginia and Texas.
Carico is the president and CEO of ACTS Corp, which offers a wide variety of information technology services.
