Few coaches in college sports history have been as successful as Stanford men’s tennis coach Dick Gould.  In his 38 years as head coach, Stanford won a combined 34 NCAA Championships (17 team titles, 10 singles and 7 doubles championships). He was named Coach of the Decade for both the 1980s and 1990s.  Nine of his former players reached the top 15 in world singles rankings and fourteen attained a top 10 doubles ranking, with seven of these ranked #1 in the world. Gould retired from coaching in 2004 with a record of 88-11 (.889) in NCAA championship play and an overall record of 776-148 (.839). 

Dick Gould was inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.