From Berks County Tennis Association
Conrad Weiser Tennis Head Coach Ryan Knarr has been named the 2024-25 PIAA/NFHS High School Tennis Coach of the Year. The honor recognizes the top high school coach in each sport statewide in Pennsylvania from the PIAA/NFHS for 2024-25, with Knarr selected as the top high school tennis coach in Pennsylvania for an outstanding 2025 boys’ tennis campaign that saw him lead Conrad Weiser Tennis to:
- 2025 PIAA State Doubles Championship with Armaan Malik and Jiovany Garcia, which is the second PIAA state title in program history (2020: Alex Pancu and Emma Perkins).
- 2025 PIAA State Team Final, which is the second PIAA State Team Final in program history (2019: boys).
- 2025 District 3 Team Final, which is the fifth straight boys District 3 Team Final and the 10th overall boys and girls District Final.
- 2025 Berks County Boys Tennis Team Final, which is the third straight county boys final and the 12th county final boys and girls combined, with four county titles since 2017.
Ryan Knarr is in his 11th year as Head Tennis Coach at Conrad Weiser, having led the Scouts into becoming a perennial state power in high school tennis. He has a combined boys and girls team coaching record of 301-75, an 80% winning percentage, including eight undefeated regular seasons, four Berks County team championships, (three with the girls team, one with the boys team), two District 3 girls team championships, a combined 12 county team finals appearances, 10 district team finals appearances, and two PIAA State team final appearances 2019 and 2025. He has coached in six PIAA State Finals in singles or doubles with two PIAA State Championship-winning doubles teams: Emma Perkins and Alex Pancu in 2020 and Armaan Malik and Jio Garcia in 2025.
Knarr has previously been named the Berks County High School Coach of the Year six times in boys and girls tennis combined, the USPTA Middle States Section Coach of the Year (PA, NJ, DE, WV) two times, in 2018 and 2019, the USTA Middle States Section High School Coach of the Year in 2018, and the USTA Eastern PA District Coach of the year two times. He won the prestigious USPTA National High School Coach of the Year in 2021 at the USPTA World Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
Knarr is a native of Robesonia, PA, and a 2006 graduate of Conrad Weiser. Weiser has become a state power in tennis over the last decade plus with the creation of Conrad Weiser Tennis Association, in which Knarr is President and helped co-found as a USTA Community Tennis Association in 2011. The program hosts year-round tennis programs for Conrad Weiser student-athletes, grades K-12, within the school district, as well as community programs, and has been recognized as an eight-time USTA Premier Provider organization by USTA Middle States.
“To be named the PIAA/NFHS High School Coach of the Year for 2025 is one of the highest honors of my tennis career. I am humbled and grateful that, of the hundreds of high school tennis coaches statewide, that I was selected as the PIAA State Coach of the Year for boys’ tennis. Fourteen years ago, we started a process of building a tennis program and culture at Conrad Weiser, in a place that was not considered, at that time, a tennis community. Throughout that time, we have used tennis to inspire a generation of Conrad Weiser athletes of all ages on the court, in the classroom, and in the community. This award is not just about me; it is a true a reflection of having one of the best coaching staffs in the state, amazing support from our school district and administration as well as a commitment to working with the USTA to give our players the best opportunities to be successful in all aspects of their lives on and off the court,” said Knarr.
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