Born and raised in the state of Connecticut, Jamie Watson played his junior tennis in the New England USTA section before becoming a high school standout and eventually playing his college tennis career for Bucknell University while receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
As a coach Jamie first worked with high performance juniors and USTA teams at the Weeburn Country Club in Darien, Connecticut before making his way north to the green mountains. Prior to joining the Topnotch coaching staff Jamie spent six years with Grand Slam Tennis Tours traveling the world and taking the world's biggest tennis fans to the yearly Majors and Master's 1000 tournaments. Here he had the opportunity to coach side by side with greats such as Tracy Austin, Gigi Fernandez and Owen Davidson in addition to many current players on the ATP and WTA tours.
Jamie has served as head coach of the Stowe Boys Tennis Team since 2014 and has coached the team to Two State runner up finishes and 1 State Championship in 2019.