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On the day in March when the news broke that the University of Texas men’s tennis coach, Michael Center, had been arrested in connection with a college admissions bribery scheme, the team held a meeting with athletic director Chris Del Conte and the assistant coach Bruce Berque.
The message was simple: No one knew exactly how this crisis would end, but Berque was taking over on an interim basis, and the players should continue as they had before. Berque emphasized that the players, who have only four years to compete in college, should not let the unexpected events distract them from making the most of their experience.