Funeral services were held Monday for John Markham, Goddard’s tennis coach who died Oct. 22. He was a longtime coach and a fixture at Goddard tournaments. I remember talking to him at this fall’s Goddard Invitational, and I photographed him (above) as he instructed the Goddard doubles team of Ellie Dunn and Brooklynn Dossey during a break in action.
John led the Goddard boys to Class 5A state titles in 2001 and 2002. His son, Kyle Markham, earned the 5A singles title in 2001.
The Kansas Tennis Coaches Association named John the boys’ coach of the year (overall) in 2003 and Class 6A boys’ coach of the year in 2006. In addition, the Kansas Coaches Association honored him as boys’ coach of the year in 2003 and 2008.
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