Athlete Bio#
Age
61
Hometown
Warren, NJ
Playing Career:
- 1992 & 1996 Olympian
- Member of US National team for over 12 years
Coaching Career
- USATT 2028 Hopes - Road to LA, Featured Olympian
- 2016 US Olympic Team Leader/Coach
- Team Leader/Coach for the 2014 World Junior Championships in Shanghai, China. Team USA Girls win a Bronze
- Team Leader/Coach for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. USA's Lily Zhang wins a Bronze medal for Girls Team
- The Head Coach/Director for the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey. The LYTTC is an ITTF Hotspot and a USA Table Tennis National Center of Excellence.
- Team Leader for 2014 World Team Cup in Guangzhou, China
- Head Coach for the 2013 ITTF World Hopes Camp held in at the LYTTC in New Jersey
- Head Coach for the 2012 US Olympic (including 2014 US YOG player Lily Zhang) and National Team Training in June 2012 at the LYTTC in New Jersey
- Team Leader/Coach for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
- Team Leader for the 2008 World Championships in Guangzhou, China
- US National Junior Team Girl's Coach from 2005 to present
- 2004 US National Cadet Girl's Coach
- US Girls Cadet Team Coach to the 2004 World Cadet Challenge
- Certified as a National Level Coach by USA Table Tennis
- Four-time US National Coach of the Year for 2014, 2013, 2010 & 2004
- Inducted to the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame (December 2004)