Brookfield Tennis Coach, Educator Dave Steinbach Retires

BROOKFIELD, WI — After more than 50 years teaching and coaching tennis in Brookfield, Dave Steinbach has retired from the Elmbrook School District. He most recently served as Head Girls Tennis Coach at Brookfield Central.

Announcement of Steinbach's retirement came in early July.

Steinbach began his teaching career in Elmbrook in 1960 and his 38-year tennis coaching career began at Brookfield Central in 1982.

He was a physical education teacher and coached gymnastics, basketball, and tennis over the years. Elmbrook schools officials said Steinbach has coached more than 6,000 students, and never cut a single player from the program.

Among his accomplishments are more than 1,000 victories. His varsity teams have won 28 Braveland or Greater Metro conference titles. Over the years, Steinbach's teams won 13 state titles, have been state runner-up 13 times, and have made 39 team state tournament appearances. He also designed the team state tournament format the WIAA currently uses.

In October 2018 Brookfield Central named its new tennis court facility the "Dave Steinbach Tennis Center," in honor of Coach Steinbach.

"He mentored over 60 assistant coaches through guidance, clinics and instruction in order to help them instill his love of tennis in them to pass on to their players. His teams routinely included over 100 players, yet he somehow found the time to watch all of his players' matches," Elmbrook officials said.