Tennis
Steinberg, Danielle
Danielle Steinberg
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Years At CU:
- 1st Season
- Record At CU:
- 0-0 (.000)
- Alma Mater:
- Arizona '10
- E-mail:
- dsteinberg@colorado.edu
Last updated on June 12, 2018
COACHING EXPERIENCE
• Head Coach, Colorado (2018-Present)
• Head Coach, K-State (2014-Current): 47-57 (8-28 Big 12)
• Head Coach, McNeese State (2012-14): 29-17, .630
• Head Coach, WTA Tour's Romina Oprandi (2011-12)
• Assistant Head Coach, Wichita State (2010-12)
• Student Assistant Coach, Arizona (2009)
HONORS AS A COACH
• 2018 ITA Central Region Coach of the Year
• 2014 Southland Conference Coach of the Year
• 2014 All-Louisiana co-Coach of the Year
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
• Arizona, 2005-09
HONORS AS A PLAYER
• 2009 Pac-10 Spring Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2009 ITA Arthur Ashe Award for Sportsmanship and Leadership
• 2009 Pac-10 Post-Graduate Scholarship recipient
• 2006 Academic All-American
• Three-time NCAA Singles Championship qualifier (2006-08)
• Four-Year letter winner (2005-09)
Danielle Steinberg is in her second season as the head coach of the Colorado tennis team.
During her first season, Steinberg led the Buffs to a highlight year with a school record three Pac-12 wins, including the first-ever sweep of a Pac-12 opponent.
The team finished with a 10-14 overall record with a 3-7 conference record, including an upset of No.28 Washignton State in a 4-3 win at home. She helped lead freshman Sara Nayar to a 101st-rank finish in the nation that included three top-40 upsets in the nation. In doubles, Annabelle Andrinopoulos and Moncia Malinen upset the No.2-ranked team in the nation and No.15 throughout the season, ending as the 43rd-ranked doubles team in the nation on the verge of a NCAA Tournament berth.
The 2018-19 season is just the third time in school history that the team, an individual and a doubles pair concluded the season ranked overall.
She came to CU after four years as head coach at Kansas State (2014-18) and previously spent two seasons at McNeese State (2012-14). Steinberg comes to Boulder with a 76-74 (.507) career record in six seasons. She will be just the third head coach of the Colorado program since 1987, as she succeeds Nicole Kenneally who retired after 19 seasons and previously Tom Russ was at the helm of the program from 1987-99.
Steinberg did a marvelous job in building up the Kansas State program. Prior to her being hired, the Wildcats had just two winning seasons in the previous 11 years.
Her last Wildcat team went 15-11 and 4-5 in the Big 12 to tie for fifth place, the programs first top five finish in conference play in a dozen years. The crowning achievement for her Wildcats came in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, when KSU overcame a 3-1 deficit versus No. 26 Kentucky to win 4-3. It was K-State’s first NCAA appearance since 2003 and led to Steinberg being named the 2018 ITA Central Region Coach of the Year.
Among some of her top Wildcats that she recruited to Manhattan include Maria Linares, the 2018 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Margot Decker, an All-Big 12 singles and doubles selection.
The momentum Steinberg built up in her four seasons at Kansas State resulted in her singing the 14th-best recruiting class in the nation in 2018, according to tennisrecruiting.net.
Steinberg was previously the head coach at McNeese State for two seasons (2012-14). She guided the Cowgirls to unseen heights with a 29-17 overall record in her two campaigns there.
In 2014, Steinberg guided the Cowgirls to a 16-7 overall mark, including a 10-2 record in Southland Conference action, earning both Southland Conference Coach of the Year and All-Louisiana co-Coach of the Year honors. At the conclusion of the season, the Cowgirls achieved the first top 10 regional ranking from the ITA in the program's history. McNeese State's 16 wins marked the first time the Cowgirls finished a season with 15 or more dual match victories since the 2005 season.
Steinberg recruited top prospect Klaudia Gawlik to Lake Charles, La. Gawlik playing under Steinberg was a two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year, the 2013 All-Louisiana Player of the Year and 2013 SLC Freshman of the Year. Another recruit, Sara Castellano, backed up Gawlik’s honor the following year by winning the 2014 SLC Freshman of the Year award.
The year prior to taking over at McNeese State, the Cowgirls’ had gone just 3-16. Her first season in Lake Charles, Steinberg flipped that around and produced a 13-10 record, the programs first winning season in eight years.
Steinberg got in to coaching as an assistant at Wichita State for two seasons from 2010-12. There she helped guide the Shockers to back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships along with a pair of NCAA berths.
She also performed coaching duties for Romina Oprandi of Switzerland from December 2011 through April 2012 on the WTA Tour. In her one season working with her, Oprandi’s world ranking improved form No. 88 to No. 61 and she reached the third round of the 2012 Australian Open, a career-best at a Grand Slam event.
Steinberg was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection playing primarily at the No. 1 singles position in her collegiate career at the University of Arizona, where she was a team captain. She qualified for three NCAA Singles Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008, was the 2009 Pac-10 Toyota Spring Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also won the ITA Arthur Ashe Award for Sportsmanship and Leadership that same year, was named to the Academic All-American team in 2006 and was a three-time Academic All-Pac-10 selection.
A native of Tel Aviv, Israel, Steinberg graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2010 from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral science. In May of 2012, Steinberg obtained her master’s in sport management from Wichita State University.
What They Are Saying About Danielle Steinberg
John Currie, Kansas State Athletic Director 2009-17
“Danielle Steinberg’s high integrity and dedication to the holistic development of her student-athletes was omnipresent as she rebuilt K-State tennis into an NCAA tournament team. Rick George has hired a tenacious leader who will be a tremendous asset to both CU athletics and the Boulder community, while elevating Buffalo tennis into a Pac-12 contender.”
Lisa Hart, Head Coach at Washington State
“Danielle is a terrific hire for the University of Colorado. She is a tremendous recruiter and has accomplished so much during her time at Kansas State. Having played in the Pac-12 she is already very familiar with our conference and I have no doubt she will be very successful at Colorado.”
Colin Foster, Head Coach at Wichita State
“We started off here together at Wichita State and I really enjoyed my time here with her, and I’ve enjoyed watching her grow and develop into really one of the premiere coaches in the country. She has been able to build programs and build programs the right way at each of her previous stops and certainly was a big part of our success in her time here. She is great, passionate, energetic, enthusiastic and is a winner, but she does it the right way. She doesn’t compromise her values to get the job done.”
Lee Taylor Walker, Head Coach at TCU
On His Overall Impressions Of Her
“I’ve actually known Danielle quite a long time, even back when she was at Arizona. Early on she reached out to me when she got hired in her first year at McNeese State and that was my first impression of her is that she is just so very hungry, a learner and wanted to do the best she could right away. She kind of reached out and wanted to know, ‘how can I do this, how can I do that,’ we had just finished building a pretty good program at the University of Memphis and she was ready to get it going. It took me about six years to build a good program at Memphis and it took her about two at McNeese State and another two or three at Kansas State.
“I would just say that she’s kind of an all-in in every aspect. From building relationships with players, to recruiting to the player development to the in-match coaching, she just kind of checks off all the boxes. It is hard to find people as intense and tenacious and as driven as her, so I think you got a very driven coach who wants to do things the right way with integrity and she is going to be real successful.”
On Her Ability To Build Programs
“I think Danielle knows that it starts with players and she’s proven at both places she’s been at that she has been able to attract the best players and even take them to another level. When you’re competing for any big five conference championship or trying to get up into that upper tier, it starts with the players. I don’t think it is going to take Danielle long to get in there and assess where everything is and start going after some very talented and hardworking players. I think it is also just one of those things that she probably wouldn’t take it and do it if that wasn’t the case. She is pretty tenacious, so I see her climbing up the Pac-12 pretty quickly. She can definitely do it.”
COACHING EXPERIENCE
• Head Coach, Colorado (2018-Present)
• Head Coach, K-State (2014-Current): 47-57 (8-28 Big 12)
• Head Coach, McNeese State (2012-14): 29-17, .630
• Head Coach, WTA Tour's Romina Oprandi (2011-12)
• Assistant Head Coach, Wichita State (2010-12)
• Student Assistant Coach, Arizona (2009)
HONORS AS A COACH
• 2018 ITA Central Region Coach of the Year
• 2014 Southland Conference Coach of the Year
• 2014 All-Louisiana co-Coach of the Year
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
• Arizona, 2005-09
HONORS AS A PLAYER
• 2009 Pac-10 Spring Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2009 ITA Arthur Ashe Award for Sportsmanship and Leadership
• 2009 Pac-10 Post-Graduate Scholarship recipient
• 2006 Academic All-American
• Three-time NCAA Singles Championship qualifier (2006-08)
• Four-Year letter winner (2005-09)
Danielle Steinberg is in her second season as the head coach of the Colorado tennis team.
During her first season, Steinberg led the Buffs to a highlight year with a school record three Pac-12 wins, including the first-ever sweep of a Pac-12 opponent.
The team finished with a 10-14 overall record with a 3-7 conference record, including an upset of No.28 Washignton State in a 4-3 win at home. She helped lead freshman Sara Nayar to a 101st-rank finish in the nation that included three top-40 upsets in the nation. In doubles, Annabelle Andrinopoulos and Moncia Malinen upset the No.2-ranked team in the nation and No.15 throughout the season, ending as the 43rd-ranked doubles team in the nation on the verge of a NCAA Tournament berth.
The 2018-19 season is just the third time in school history that the team, an individual and a doubles pair concluded the season ranked overall.
She came to CU after four years as head coach at Kansas State (2014-18) and previously spent two seasons at McNeese State (2012-14). Steinberg comes to Boulder with a 76-74 (.507) career record in six seasons. She will be just the third head coach of the Colorado program since 1987, as she succeeds Nicole Kenneally who retired after 19 seasons and previously Tom Russ was at the helm of the program from 1987-99.
Steinberg did a marvelous job in building up the Kansas State program. Prior to her being hired, the Wildcats had just two winning seasons in the previous 11 years.
Her last Wildcat team went 15-11 and 4-5 in the Big 12 to tie for fifth place, the programs first top five finish in conference play in a dozen years. The crowning achievement for her Wildcats came in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, when KSU overcame a 3-1 deficit versus No. 26 Kentucky to win 4-3. It was K-State’s first NCAA appearance since 2003 and led to Steinberg being named the 2018 ITA Central Region Coach of the Year.
Among some of her top Wildcats that she recruited to Manhattan include Maria Linares, the 2018 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, and Margot Decker, an All-Big 12 singles and doubles selection.
The momentum Steinberg built up in her four seasons at Kansas State resulted in her singing the 14th-best recruiting class in the nation in 2018, according to tennisrecruiting.net.
Steinberg was previously the head coach at McNeese State for two seasons (2012-14). She guided the Cowgirls to unseen heights with a 29-17 overall record in her two campaigns there.
In 2014, Steinberg guided the Cowgirls to a 16-7 overall mark, including a 10-2 record in Southland Conference action, earning both Southland Conference Coach of the Year and All-Louisiana co-Coach of the Year honors. At the conclusion of the season, the Cowgirls achieved the first top 10 regional ranking from the ITA in the program's history. McNeese State's 16 wins marked the first time the Cowgirls finished a season with 15 or more dual match victories since the 2005 season.
Steinberg recruited top prospect Klaudia Gawlik to Lake Charles, La. Gawlik playing under Steinberg was a two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year, the 2013 All-Louisiana Player of the Year and 2013 SLC Freshman of the Year. Another recruit, Sara Castellano, backed up Gawlik’s honor the following year by winning the 2014 SLC Freshman of the Year award.
The year prior to taking over at McNeese State, the Cowgirls’ had gone just 3-16. Her first season in Lake Charles, Steinberg flipped that around and produced a 13-10 record, the programs first winning season in eight years.
Steinberg got in to coaching as an assistant at Wichita State for two seasons from 2010-12. There she helped guide the Shockers to back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships along with a pair of NCAA berths.
She also performed coaching duties for Romina Oprandi of Switzerland from December 2011 through April 2012 on the WTA Tour. In her one season working with her, Oprandi’s world ranking improved form No. 88 to No. 61 and she reached the third round of the 2012 Australian Open, a career-best at a Grand Slam event.
Steinberg was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection playing primarily at the No. 1 singles position in her collegiate career at the University of Arizona, where she was a team captain. She qualified for three NCAA Singles Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008, was the 2009 Pac-10 Toyota Spring Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also won the ITA Arthur Ashe Award for Sportsmanship and Leadership that same year, was named to the Academic All-American team in 2006 and was a three-time Academic All-Pac-10 selection.
A native of Tel Aviv, Israel, Steinberg graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2010 from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral science. In May of 2012, Steinberg obtained her master’s in sport management from Wichita State University.
What They Are Saying About Danielle Steinberg
John Currie, Kansas State Athletic Director 2009-17
“Danielle Steinberg’s high integrity and dedication to the holistic development of her student-athletes was omnipresent as she rebuilt K-State tennis into an NCAA tournament team. Rick George has hired a tenacious leader who will be a tremendous asset to both CU athletics and the Boulder community, while elevating Buffalo tennis into a Pac-12 contender.”
Lisa Hart, Head Coach at Washington State
“Danielle is a terrific hire for the University of Colorado. She is a tremendous recruiter and has accomplished so much during her time at Kansas State. Having played in the Pac-12 she is already very familiar with our conference and I have no doubt she will be very successful at Colorado.”
Colin Foster, Head Coach at Wichita State
“We started off here together at Wichita State and I really enjoyed my time here with her, and I’ve enjoyed watching her grow and develop into really one of the premiere coaches in the country. She has been able to build programs and build programs the right way at each of her previous stops and certainly was a big part of our success in her time here. She is great, passionate, energetic, enthusiastic and is a winner, but she does it the right way. She doesn’t compromise her values to get the job done.”
Lee Taylor Walker, Head Coach at TCU
On His Overall Impressions Of Her
“I’ve actually known Danielle quite a long time, even back when she was at Arizona. Early on she reached out to me when she got hired in her first year at McNeese State and that was my first impression of her is that she is just so very hungry, a learner and wanted to do the best she could right away. She kind of reached out and wanted to know, ‘how can I do this, how can I do that,’ we had just finished building a pretty good program at the University of Memphis and she was ready to get it going. It took me about six years to build a good program at Memphis and it took her about two at McNeese State and another two or three at Kansas State.
“I would just say that she’s kind of an all-in in every aspect. From building relationships with players, to recruiting to the player development to the in-match coaching, she just kind of checks off all the boxes. It is hard to find people as intense and tenacious and as driven as her, so I think you got a very driven coach who wants to do things the right way with integrity and she is going to be real successful.”
On Her Ability To Build Programs
“I think Danielle knows that it starts with players and she’s proven at both places she’s been at that she has been able to attract the best players and even take them to another level. When you’re competing for any big five conference championship or trying to get up into that upper tier, it starts with the players. I don’t think it is going to take Danielle long to get in there and assess where everything is and start going after some very talented and hardworking players. I think it is also just one of those things that she probably wouldn’t take it and do it if that wasn’t the case. She is pretty tenacious, so I see her climbing up the Pac-12 pretty quickly. She can definitely do it.”
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