Conrad Weiser Tennis Head Coach Ryan Knarr has been named the 2024-2025 PIAA-NFHS High School Tennis Coach of the Year. The honor recognizes the top high school coach in each sport state-wide in Pennsylvania from the PIAA/ NFHS for 2024-2025 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 & Jiovany Garcia- second PIAA state title in program history (2020: Alex Pancu/Emma Perkins)
- 2025 PIAA State Team Final: second PIAA State Team Final in program history (2019 boys)
- 2025 District 3 Team Final (5th straight boys District 3 Team Final, 10th overall District Final boys and girls)
- 2025 Berks County Boys Tennis Team Final (3rd straight county boys final and 12th county final boys and girls combined with 4 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 8 undefeated regular seasons, 4 Berks County Team championships, (3 with the girls team, 1 with the boys team), 2 District 3 girls team championships, a combined 12 county team finals appearances, 10 district team finals appearances, 2 PIAA State team final appearances 2019 and 2025. He has coached in 6 PIAA State Finals in singles or doubles with 2 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 6 times in boys and girls tennis combined, the USPTA Middle States Section Coach of the Year (PA, NJ, Del, WV) 2 times in 2018 & 2019, the USTA Middle States Section High School Coach of the Year in 2018 and the USTA Eastern PA District Coach of the year 2 times. He won the prestigious USPTA National High School Coach of the Year in 2021 at the USPTA World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Knarr is a native of Robesonia, PA and 2006 graduate of Conrad Weiser. Weiser has become a state power in tennis 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 a 8x 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.
