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Knoxville Racquet Club
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The Knoxville Racquet Club is an independently owned and operated tennis and swimming club. It is located on Lonas Road in Knoxville, TN. Tennis Since its founding in 1954, the Club has grown to become one of the premier junior tennis facilities in East Tennessee. The most notable tennis player to come out of Knoxville Racquet Club (KRC) alumni is Chris Woodruff, who was formerly ranked #29 in the world, reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, and beat Pete Sampras. Swimming Although the swim team at KRC does not compete on a national level (USA swimming,) it is perhaps the most dominant summer swim team in the history of GKAISA, the Greater Knoxville Area Interclub Swimming Association. Since GKAISA and the KRC swim team's inception in 1962, the KRC swim team has won an astonining 26 city championships, more than any other team. (For a list of the years that KRC has won the city meet, see Appendix C.) Joe Hendee Joe Hendee is considered by many to be the driving force behind the current KRC swim team. Hendee has been the head coach of the KRC swim team for 17 years. He also works as the assistant coach for the University of Tennessee swim team, under head coach John Trembley. During Hendee's tenure at KRC, the team has won 11 city championships. Bad Boys One of the most venerable and venerated traditions of the Knoxville Racquet Club swim team is the "Bad Boys." The Bad Boys is the unofficial name for the senior boys age division (15 years old - 18 years old) at KRC. Although all senior boys are by definition Bad Boys, throughout the years certain groups of swimmers have become the definition of what a "Bad Boy" truly is. To achieve this honor, a group of boys must generally become City Meet Champions in both the 200 Medley Relay and the 200 Free Relay and/or set a record in one of these events. Whenever a group of Bad Boys wins the preliminaries of one of these relays, they walk out at finals to the song Bad Boys, by Inner Circle. This is considered for obvious reasons to be the theme song of the Bad Boys. 
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