Taylor Braziel is in his first season as volunteer assistant coach for the men's tennis team. Braziel joins the Seminoles after working at the Rick Macci Tennis Academy since 2011 working with the top ranked junior tennis players. Macci has coached five former No. 1 tennis players in the world, Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova and Jennifer Capriati. He is a teaching professional certified by the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) serving as a hitting partner for Jan Abaza who reached a career high ranking of 386 by the WTA. He also worked with Jose Gracia who is a freshman at Florida State. He also worked at the DB Racquet Club and helped develop freshman Cole Fiegel of Georgia Tech while working under former NCAA Doubles Champion Dave Blair.
Braziel is a native of Niceville, Fla., and received an AA in Exercise and Sport Science at Santa Fe Community College and is continuing his bachelor's degree here at Florida State.
