Bill Eydler enters his 32nd year as the college's head men's coach in 2010-11 and owns an outstanding 380-276 career mark at King's. He is also in his 18th season as King's women's coach. Eydler came to King's with an outstanding background in tennis and has enjoyed a great deal of success during his tenure with the red and gold.
Over the last 35 years, he has been the director of the Wilkes-Barre Department of Parks and Recreation. Eydler is a well-known official, tournament director and a USTA/NTRP Verifier. He is also a United States National Tennis Academy certified teaching professional.
He began his coaching career at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa. and led his team to the Northeastern Pa. High School Tennis League title in 1972. After his tenure at Wyoming Seminary, he then returned to coach his alma-mater, Wilkes-Barre Meyers, for three years before coming to King's.
An accomplished player, Eydler has won many tournaments on the local level as well as in the Northeast, earning MSTA Men's age 35 doubles ranking of #10 in 1984. In 1981, he was named to the Advisory Board of Four Star Tennis Academy and has served as an officer in the Lehigh Valley Tennis Association, a division of the USTA, for several years.
In 1986, he was honored with the selection of State Tennis Director of the Keystone State Games, retiring from the position in 1989. For the second time in his tenure at King's, Eydler was honored by the LVTA as the 1990 Outstanding Coach of the Year, an award he previously received in 1983.
In 2008, Eydler received a tremendous honor when he was inducted into the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame.
Eydler received his BA degree from King's College in 1970 and earned his Master's degree in Physical Education Administration from Columbia Pacific University in 1982.
Eydler will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Public Service from Ansted University, British Virgin Islands of UK for meritorious contributions in coaching and athletic administration, 2004.
Eydler is recently retired as a Math Specialist in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. Coach Eydler and his wife Diane reside in Wilkes-Barre.
