Just beyond the trees lining Magnolia Drive, in the sun but out of the spotlight, the Rebels have quietly assembled a tennis dynasty.
Ole Miss tennis, for much of the early 1900s, was seen largely as a club sport, but J.W. “Wobble” Davidson, named head coach in 1949, brought legitimacy and stability to a program destined for success. Since then, 77 All-SEC picks and 29 All-Americans have called Oxford home. With 23 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, the Rebels boast a tennis prestige few in the nation can match.
Yet, at Ole Miss, a true SEC school in the heart of the South, that success has failed to translate into mainstream notoriety.