In tennis, the Davis Cup is the world's largest annual international team competition. It involves 130 nations including, the U.S. this year.
What began in 1900 as a competition between the U.S. and Great Britain is now in Boise. Greg Patton is the man who's pushed to have the contest hosted in Idaho's capital city.
“This is like a dream come true for me," Patton says. "This is one of the things on my bucket list for years. I’d been in meeting with the city 10 years ago.”
The veteran coach led the Boise State men's tennis program for a time in the 1990s, worked as a national coach, and then rejoined the school in 2003. We caught up with Patton in his office, and he explained how he brought the Davis Cup to Boise.
Click below to hear the conversation.
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