Johnee Kop

Tennis Faculty, Girls JV Head Coach, Boys Intermediate Head Coach
USPTA Certified Elite Professional

Kop was born and raised on Oahu. He started playing tennis in his 20’s and in the early 90’s moved to LA and played for Santa Monica College. In 1997, Kop was awarded the USTA Hawaii Division Men’s  30 Singles “Player of the Year”. Santa Monica College named him “Athlete of the Year” and HTL (A League) gave him the “Undefeated Player of the Year” award.  He also won the 1998 Oahu Open Championship in singles and doubles. Most recently, while in China, he won the 2003 National Amateur Championship in Beijing.

In 1996, Kop became a USPTA Certified Elite Professional. He was a former USTA Hawaii Team Coach for the Boys and Girls 16s National Tournament and Team Captain for Kailua Racquet Club Adult-League Team Tennis. In 1998, Kop moved to Beijing. During his 20-year stay in China, Kop worked as a full-time touring coach for Jessica Yang, China’s Girls 12s and 14s National Champion from 2003-2005 and also worked with Rosie Cheng who was New Zealand’s #1, 12year player. He was the Nike/Junior Team China Coach in 2005 (Spain Tour) and 2006 (France Tour). Before moving back to Hawaii in 2018, he was the Director of Tennis at Western Academy of Beijing taking his Varsity Team to #1 in China and #2 in Asia.

Kop also is a triathlete, completing his first full IRONMAN in Taiwan in 2017.

Kop has worked at Punahou since 2018.