Goshen College Men's Tennis

Veteran club and high school tennis coach Doug Gossman began his tenure as an assistant in the Goshen College men's and women's programs in 2016. Gossman, who has a track record of success at both the club and high school level, previously served as head women's coach from 2009 to 2015; beginning with the 2016 season, director of tennis Evan Atkinson is considered the head coach of both teams. At the high school level, Gossman coached a total of 12 seasons and has landed his teams in at least the state semi-finals in 10 of those seasons. Most recently, Gossman took the Northridge High School boys team to semistate in 2008. He has also led his squads to two Florida state championships in the late 1990s as well as taking Goshen High School teams to six semi-state appearances between 1995-2000.  Gossman's experience beyond the high school level attests to his teaching ability. Since 1999 he has been the head of the tennis program at Maplecrest Country Club in Goshen. He has also served stints at the Somerset Hills Country Club, Warsaw Racquet Club, and with the Goshen Community Tennis Program. Gossman's commitment to the game of tennis have allowed him to coach many of the top players in Northern Indiana, a number of whom have received scholarships at all collegiate levels, and several players who have gone on to play professionally. A graduate of Grace College in Winona Lake, Ind., Gossman received bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Education in 1991.

Director of Athletics Dr. Erica Albertin announced Jon Bemisderfer as the next Director of Tennis at Goshen College beginning for the 2023-24 school year. Bemisderfer has over 35 years of tennis coaching experience and most recently served as the Assistant Coach for the Indiana Wesleyan women's and men's tennis teams. He was a part of four Crossroads League titles on the women's side in his four seasons with the team. Bemisderfer is the owner of JBTennis, where he develops tennis players from beginners to nationally-ranked athletes in the northern Indiana area. He was the Director of Tennis and Tennis Professional for the Eastlake Athletic Club in Elkhart, Indiana, from 2016 to 2019. He also held the Director of Tennis role at the Pine Ridge Racquet & Fitness Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from 2004 to 2012. While there, he developed and grew the junior and adult programs from inception to over 325 participants. As the assistant coach for the Indiana Wesleyan women, Bemisderfer guided the team to the national tournament semifinals in 2021. He was with the women's team for four years and the men's team for two. He also has spent time as the head coach at three high schools - Clay High School, Springs Valley High School and Elkhart Memorial High School. Bemisderfer studied Business at Ferris State University in the Professional Tennis Management Program and continued his schooling at Bethel University in Mishawaka in English Education.