Roland Ingram
Inducted 2018
Hometown: Harlingen
High School: Harlingen High School
College: North Texas State University
Best Known for: Tennis Coaching
A high school tennis career that started as a player at Harlingen High culminated with a 19-year run at Texas Christian University’s women’s tennis coach.
Ingram played tennis at HHS from 1954-57, graduating in 1957 and earning a full scholarship to Schreiner Junior College, where he won national singles and doubles titles in 1958. He transferred to North Texas State University, and played there three years and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He coached high school tennis in Amarillo for seven years before going to Midland College in 1974. He was a club pro for seven years before joining the TCU staff in 1983. His TCU teams were nationally ranked nine times and won conference championships four times.
He has been elected to Hall of Fames by the Texas Tennis Coach Association in 1995, Schreiner University in 2003, and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 2008.
