Jimmy Pinjuv grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and learned to play the magnificent sport of tennis in an environment with many national and world top ranked junior players.  He started his teaching career running a summer kids tennis camp at Spanish Trials Country Club at 16 years old.  He was a leading player in singles and doubles for the Bishop Gorman high school tennis team which won State all four years, taking 2 doubles titles with his partner.  He went on to play tennis at Miami Dade North, after a severe illness late in his high school senior year, and then played for The University of Reno, Nevada’s tennis team. Jimmy was the captain in 1990 and 1991.  After giving up his partial scholarship in 1992 to open Jim’s Deli, he put his racket down for almost 20 years, in pursuit of climbing and other various adventures.   Jimmy settled down in Hamilton, Montana where he raises his 2 wonderful, gifted girls, Matilda now 15 and Tallulah 12.   Now confident of his abilities to focus while always having fun, which he learned from his years of climbing and exposed adventures, it was time to pick the racket back up when asked to help with the Hamilton High School team as an assistant coach in 2011.  This led to him becoming the head coach for a few more years and becoming a busy tennis instructor on the public courts.  In 2014 he became the head tennis professional at the Canyon’s Athletic Club and started helping with instruction at the Stock Farm shortly after.  Jimmy has been teaching at a private facility in Hamilton for 6-8 months a year, 4-5 days a week since 2013 and continues teaching there to this day.  Volunteering for the BTA, Bitterroot Tennis Association, the JTT, Junior Team tennis through the USTA, and Hamilton High School tennis is all part of growing the tennis community, spreading the love for tennis.  Jimmy fundraises money for the BTA, helping to create a more affordable entry point for juniors into the JTT and other programs offered through the BTA.   Playing as a pro/volunteer at the Watkin’s Shelter Pro-Am at the Peak Athletic Club, in Missoula MT, since 2014 is a blast for him and is usually accompanied by his daughters.  Jimmy looks forward to working in environments where he can assist in making peoples lives’ healthier & happier through the wonderful game of tennis.  He strives to look after the needs of not only those students which he will be providing services to, but more importantly, work symbiotically with co-workers which will ultimately improve the atmosphere and environment at the Canyons, Stock Farm, Roaring Lion Ranch or any other tennis facility where he can help.  Jimmy can’t wait to meet you on the court!!