Muhlenberg College Athletics

Amadou Diop joined the Muhlenberg tennis staff for the 2021-22 year, bringing considerable knowledge and experience.

Diop, who moved to Allentown from Senegal, West Africa, in January 1996, is a lifelong tennis player and coach. He took more than six Quick Start workshops, four 10 and under workshops and USPTR Certification Development workshop for 11-14 year-olds. Diop is a certified coach, coaching his top-ranked daughter throughout high school and during her college years. 

Currently, Coach Amadou runs a USTA Community Tennis Association named AMCOTENNIS. His daughter, Aida Diop, is his assistant coach, and together they run a USTA Net Generation program at Prater Park in nearby Wescosville. Coach Amadou is also on the coaching staff for the KidsPlay-Tennis programs at Oakmont Tennis Club and Bethlehem Community Park and for the Allentown Tennis Program at Lower Macungie and Macungie parks. 

A speaker of five languages (English, French, Spanish, Russian and Wolof), Diop received an honorary doctorate from Muhlenberg College in 2003. He served as director of international programs for the Rodale Institute until December 2008 and continues to do international consulting in organic farming in addition to coaching tennis and his extensive volunteer work.