Men's Tennis | 10/15/2026 12:05:00 PM

Oberlin, Ohio – Head Men's Tennis Coach Eric Ishida and Head Women's Tennis Coach Magda Stepnik welcome Steve Schram as a full-time Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Coach.

"Steve brings a lot of coaching experience, but most importantly, he brings a lot of passion and care for our scholar-athletes. I'm excited to have his experience and energy as part of our program," Stepnik adds. 

"We are thrilled to welcome Steve to Oberlin. Coach Stepnik and I look forward to continuing to build each of our programs with his tremendous coaching experience, " Ishida continues.

Bringing 18 years of coaching experience to Oberlin, Schram most recently served as the Assistant Women's Tennis Coach at William & Mary for one year. Before William & Mary, Schram brought 10 years of head coaching experience with a career head coaching record of 126-58 (.685), including a 42-24 (.636) conference mark, with stops at Eastern Michigan (2022-23), Southern Mississippi (2018-22), Nova Southeastern (2013-16), and Limestone (2011-13).  As a head coach, Schram guided 18 student-athletes to all-conference honors, including four first-team selections and three All-Americans. His teams have received eight ITA All-Academic Team Awards with 32 ITA Scholar-Athlete honorees.
  
During his four seasons at Southern Miss, Schram guided the Golden Eagles to a 44-14 record, including a perfect 28-0 mark at home. The Golden Eagles achieved the program's highest regional ranking at No. 7 in the ITA South Region in 2021 and followed it up by finishing No. 8 in 2022. The 2022 season also saw Southern Miss earn its highest Conference USA Tournament seed in program history at No. 6. 
 
Schram's first two head coaching stops came at the Division II level at Limestone and Nova Southeastern, where the Sharks ended No. 7 nationally in 2015 and No. 8 in 2016. Schram was selected as the ITA South Region Coach of the Year in 2015 after leading the Sharks to an 18-3 record and an NCAA Regional appearance.
 
As an assistant coach, Schram spent time at Division II Barry along with Division I stops at Minnesota, Bucknell, Radford, and Wofford. In his two seasons at Barry, he helped the Buccaneers to back-to-back NCAA Division II National Championships and a perfect 58-0 record. Schram was named the ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018 and took home South Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors in both 2017 and 2018. 
 
Schram played collegiately at the University of Charleston in West Virginia for one year and Florida Gulf Coast University for three years. During his three seasons with the Eagles, he helped propel the program to a 48-14 record. In 2005, Schram led FGCU to a school-record 19 wins and the program's first NCAA Division II Tournament appearance. Schram earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from FGCU in 2006. He received his Master of Education in transformational leadership from Aspen University in 2011.

"I would like to thank Eric and Magda for this tremendous opportunity to be the Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Coach.  Oberlin's tremendous academic and athletic reputation, along with two of the top coaches in college, Eric and Magda, drew me to this position. This opportunity will allow me to coach two outstanding and highly accomplished Division III tennis programs which I am seeking at this point in my coaching career," Schram continues. "It's an exciting time to join both of these elite programs where I can utilize my coaching experience and knowledge for achieving program goals and helping to ensure the scholar-athletes have the most positive and rewarding experience during their four years."

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