Northwest Mississippi Community College Men's Tennis

Northwest Mississippi Community College has selected Ryan Mounce as its new head coach for the men's and women's tennis programs.  Mounce comes to Northwest after spending a year as the head coach for the men's and women's tennis programs at Meridian Community College. Mounce had a successful stint at Meridian this past season, as the Lady Eagles finished third in the MACCC with a No. 18 national ranking in the year-end ITA JUCO rankings. The men's program finished sixth in the conference and earned a national ranking of No. 22, with both Meridian teams making appearances in the NJCAA National Tournament. Prior to last season, Mounce served as the assistant tennis coach at Lafayette High School in Oxford, Miss. from 2021-24, helping the Commodores to four straight MHSAA Class 5A state championships. Along with head coach Debbie Swindol, he also coached eight individual state champion student-athletes during that timeframe. In addition to his coaching stint at Lafayette, Mounce also was a personal trainer at the Oxford YMCA from 2020-24 and was a teaching professional for the Oxford Park Commission from 2021-24, leading groups and giving private tennis instruction. Mounce played tennis for Oxford High School and was the Vice President of the Ole Miss club tennis team. He graduated from Ole Miss in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science.

Patrice Christian enters her fourth year as the coach of the Northwest Dance team for the 2024-25 season. Since her arrival in the fall of 2021, Christian has revamped the Northwest Dance team into a nationally competitive squad. Over the past two seasons, Northwest has competed at the UCA/UDA College Nationals in Orlando, winning second place in the Open Hip-Hop category in January 2023 and earning the gold medal in the same category last year. A native of Memphis, Christian arrived at Northwest after spending nearly 10 years as the head coach of the College of Charleston dance team, where she guided the program to multiple top five finishes at UCA/UDA College Nationals. In the spring of 2021, Christian led the program to its first national championship in the Division I Hip-Hop category. While in Charleston, Christian also served as the head coach for the pom squad at Bishop England High School from 2011-21, where she also guided the program to several top 10 finishes at UDA Nationals. Most recently, Bishop England finished with third place finish at last year's nationals. Prior to her time in Charleston, Christian was a member of the University of Memphis Pom Squad and was part of a Tigers' squad that won the Division 1-A Hip-Hop national championship.