FDean Papakonstantis
Pickleball Director

Dean Papakonstantis is an experienced pickleball coach and director who is passionate towards creating fun pickleball experiences while helping people take their skill levels to the next level and beyond! As a coach and director, Dean has taught lessons and clinics throughout multiple indoor facilities as a head pro and directed pickleball at multiple country clubs throughout Long Island, NY and NYC the past two years. In addition, he taught in Antigua in November 2024 for a ladies pickleball getaway experience. Throughout the past summer, he played in pro exhibitions and taught clinics after the exhibitions at Bay Head Yacht Club on the Jersey Shore and Westhampton Beach Tennis & Sport. Dean also led an eight-week pickleball program for juniors throughout the past winter, implementing his experience and knowledge from being a middle school & high school Social Studies teacher for six years and coaching various high school sports. As a coach who is continuing to build upon his playing skills to improve his coaching abilities, Dean has earned prize money in six open level (5.0+) prize money tournaments throughout the northeast region consistently finishing in the top 30% in over fifteen open level prize money tournaments in the past two years. Moving forward, he will be competing in some PPA & APP pro qualifiers as well as representing Greece in the Pickleball World Cup. His official DUPR rating is a 5.47. In sum, Dean is a highly experienced coach who is looking forward to spreading his knowledge and passion to contribute to a vibrant, energetic pickleball community at Seven Bridges!