Brandon Arradaza

After over a decade of academy and private coaching experience, Brandon Arradaza joined the South Carolina women’s tennis staff in October 2024 as an assistant coach. His resume includes experience working with Blue Chip juniors and on-court work with WTA professionals.

“We are excited and fortunate to have a coach with Brandon’s experience join our Gamecock staff,” Epley said. “Brandon is an organized and tireless worker who will hit the ground running, working with our athletes to take them and our team to the next level.”

Arradaza joins the Gamecock staff after spending four years as the head academy coach at LTP Academy in Charleston, S.C., which is most recently notable as the home base of WTA No. 8 Emma Navarro.

Prior to that position, Arradaza was at Saddlebrook Tennis Academy for over four years, first as a pro and then the last three years as the head girls’ coach. There he oversaw and planned the short-, mid- and long-term development of all junior girls training at the Wesley Chapel, Fla., academy, while also working daily with developmental junior players, including Blue Chip players such as DJ Bennett and Sophia Wang, well as ranked ITF and touring professional women. His court work included sessions with pros such as Gaby Dabrowski, Sam Stosur, Luisa Stefani and Layne Sleeth.

A member of the men’s tennis team at Ferris State University, Arradaza graduated in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in professional tennis management. He went on to become one of the youngest graduates of the USTA’s High Performance Coaching program and is a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Elite Professional.