Maddie Kobelt returns to Syracuse as coach after 6-year professional career
Daily Orange File Photo
Facebook
Google+
The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission.
For Maddie Kobelt, transitioning from teaching to coaching felt natural. She used to teach beginner lessons to kids at her dad’s tennis club in New Albany, Ohio. Coaching Division I tennis at Syracuse is just like teaching those lessons, she said. She’s utilizing the same extensive knowledge about the sport, but instead applying it to more advanced players.
Kobelt, a former Syracuse player from 2011-14, was a second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and All-Big East selection and a captain during her senior year. She became the 30th player to reach 100 victories in program history. In January, Kobelt announced she was returning as an assistant coach, a decade after she first arrived at SU.