Dave Steinbach
Brookfield Central High School
Impact Statement
“Quantity plus Quality equals Success”
-Dave Steinbach’s motto
Biography
Steinbach has coached Brookfield Central’s boys’ and girls’ tennis teams for 28 seasons and his teams have combined for 13 Division 1 state team titles and 13 runner-up finishes. Nine of those titles belong to the girls’ team, which took state gold five straight years from 1983-87 and also won three titles this decade, in 2002, 2003 and 2006. He has coached two boys’ doubles teams and two girls’ doubles teams to state titles.
The chairman of the United States Tennis Association’s No-Cut Program, his girls’ tennis teams boast 120 players and his boys’ teams 95 players. Now retired from teaching at Brookfield Central, Steinbach is on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
A past president of the Wisconsin High School Coaches Association (WHSCA), Steinbach has earned many national coaching honors, including Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations in 2003; High School Tennis Coach of the Year by Racquet Sports Industry magazine in 2006; and Coach of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association in 1998 and 2007. The WHSCA named Steinbach Division 1 Boys Coach of the Year in 2000 and Girls Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2007.
Since being honored, Steinbach has continued to lead Brookfield Central. Steinbach has coached 13 State Championships teams and 13 teams to State Runner Up finishes. His teams have qualified for the state tournament 39 times over the course of his career. He has also notched over 1,000 victories.
Steinbach has had a ‘no cut’ team policy throughout his career. He has coached over 6,000 student athletes according to Brookfield Central. On October 6, 2018, Brookfield Central honored Coach Steinbach with the dedication of the Dave Steinbach Tennis Center .
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