Grand Traverse Tennis Camp
Join us this summer for our 48th year of summer tennis! Grand Traverse Tennis Camps is proud to have Coldwell Banker Schmidt Family of Companies and The Larkin Group as our primary sponsors. Also sponsored in part by Burger King of Traverse City.
Larry Nykerk
Larry is retired from head Varsity coaching for TC Central HS Girls and Boys teams and is Grand Traverse Tennis Camps Founder and Director. He was chosen as Michigan High School Coach of the year 3 times ,is in the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches "Hall of Fame" and was inducted into the Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame in 2018. In 2014 Larry recorded his 1000th win. In his 40+ years of coaching tennis at TC Central, Larry's teams have won 35 Regional Titles, and have had 50 "Top 10" finishes at States. He has coached 25 State Champions, 72 All-Staters and has had 59 players join the prestigious "Century Club" (over 100 individual wins). Grand Traverse Tennis Camps has been the breeding ground that has produced some of the best players in the state!