Women's Tennis Coaches

Head Coach

Sara Kipping

sara.m.kipping@svcc.edu

Coach Sara Kipping begins her 32nd year of coaching the Skyhawk Women’s Tennis Program at Sauk Valley Community College.  

Kipping was inducted into the Region IV Hall of Fame in 2013. She has coached numerous teams that have qualified for the national tournament, and has been named coach of the year several times.

 An SVCC graduate and former Skyhawk tennis player, Kipping knows the dedication needed to both compete in a sport and excel academically. Her teams have been awarded Academic Team of the Year. Also, she has had many players who have received the Arrowhead Athletic Conferences Academic Achievement Award.

Kipping graduated from SVCC with an Associate of Science with an emphasis on Education. As a player, she was one of the first athletes to receive an Athletic Waiver Award from SVCC. She also placed 2^nd at regionals and was on the first SVCC women’s tennis team to qualify for nationals in 1983.

Coach Kipping lives in Dixon with her husband of 37 years, Bob, and is a Title 1 Reading Para Professional at Jefferson School in Dixon.  Her son Matt Kipping and his wife Korrisa, both grads of SVCC, played tennis for Kipping, along with grandkids Karley and Zander Kipping. Plus, her daughter Katie (Kipping) Dempsey and her husband Dilan, also SVCC grads, played for Kipping along with their kids, Lane and Levi.