About Steve

Steve Milano has been teaching tennis since the 1980s, though he spent most of his career as a business executive. Steve is back on the courts a few nights a week to help Metro Atlanta tennis players improve their games, get a great workout and have fun.

Steve has taught many ALTA teams since moving to Atlanta in 2000. His men’s and mixed ALTA teams have won more than a dozen division and city championships, and he helped his USTA men’s team win a state championship.

He is the former executive director of the Professional Tennis Registry Foundation, the founder of the U.S. High School Tennis Association, former executive editor of TennisPro magazine and ran the PTRF International Tennis Symposium for several years.

Steve has traveled the country training American coaches via workshops, seminars and conferences appearances, and has conducted workshops for or lectured at various tennis federations events around the world.

An active member of his tennis community, Steve has donated his time to the following organizations and events:

Board of Directors, Roswell Community Tennis Association
Board of Directors, Lawrence Tennis Association
Board of Directors, Tennis Association of Hilton Head Island
Board of Directors, Hilton Head Island Tennis Professionals Association
Founder/Director, Hilton Head Island Youth Tennis Program
Head Coach, Hilton Head High School Boys Tennis Team; 1992 SC Region 6-AAA Champions
Assistant Coach, Hilton Head High Girls Tennis Team; SC 1992 Region 8-AAA Champions
Organizer, New Balance “Yes to Tennis, No to Drugs” clinic featuring Tracy Austin
Organizer, Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraisers
Organizer, Hilton Head Boys & Girls Club tennis program
Clinician, Muscular Dystrophy Association summer tennis clinics
Clinician, Week of Champions chidlren’s tennis clinics
Clinician, Northside (Atlanta) Hospital Breast Cancer fundraisers