Coaching Experience
• Head Coach, Cornell University (2019-present)
• Private Instructor, Ithaca, N.Y. (2018-19)
• Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2016-18)
• Private Instructor, Tulsa Tennis Club (2010-11)
Education
• B.S., History, University of Virginia (2012)
At Cornell
Milo Johnson, who served as an assistant coach when Cornell University won its first Ivy League title in program history in 2017, was named the Carl H. Meinig '31 Head Coach Of Women's Tennis in August 2019.
Johnson spent three seasons as assistant coach for the Big Red, helping the program reach new heights. Cornell won its first-ever Ivy League title in 2017 while matching the program record for victories in a single season. Additionally, Marika Cusick '17 was unanimously selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year, and she was later tabbed the ITA's Northeast Region Most Improved Player.
Prior to Cornell
Previously, Johnson served as the coach for Treat Huey on the ATP World Tour, helping him reach the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2016. He has extensive experience as a private coach of both amateur and professional players.
Johnson was a three-year player at Virginia, where the Cavaliers were ACC Champs and ranked as high as #1 in the country during his tenure. As a freshman in 2006, he won the UVa Fall Invitational Doubles title alongside Leif Sunderland.
In high school, Johnson was ranked No. 1 in the Missouri Valley region in boys’ 16s and 18s and was ranked in the top 20 nationally for 16s. He also was the Oklahoma Class 4A State Singles Champion as a junior for Booker T. Washington H.S., the first champion in school history.
Johnson went on to rank as high as 1,320th in the world in doubles after he earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Virginia in 2012.
Updated August 2019
