Oberlin College Athletics

Magda Stepnik enters her fourth season as the Head Coach of the Oberlin College women's tennis team during the 2026-27 year after being hired in June of 2023.

After winning just one match in her first season as the head coach, Stepnik transformed the women's tennis program as Oberlin was awarded the 2025 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Coaching Staff of the Year while also making back-to-back appearances in the NCAC Semifinals in 2025 and 2026. During the 2026 season, the Crimson and Gold had a remarkable season, finishing their campaign 14-6 and producing their winningest season since the 2017-18 season. Additionally, Oberlin recorded their highest win percentage at .700 in 14 years since the 2011-12 season.

At Oberlin, Stepnik has coached five All-NCAC honorees in singles play and two All-NCAC doubles teams. In the classroom, the Crimson and Gold have registered 18 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) scholar athletes, 14 NCAC Academic Honor Roll recipients, seven College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selections, and three ITA All-Academic teams. 

Stepnik came to Oberlin after spending the 2022-23 season as the assistant men’s and women’s tennis coach at Bates College, where she also served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. Competing in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), which is regarded as one of the toughest in the nation, Stepnik helped lead the Bobcats to a combined 12 wins, including four NESCAC victories on the men’s side. The season was highlighted by nationally ranked wins over MIT (31), Skidmore (30), and Wesleyan (18), while the Bobcat women also knocked off No. 37 Wellesley. 

Prior to her time at Bates, Stepnik worked as an assistant tennis coach at Smith College from 2020-22, earning ITA Assistant Coach of the Year accolades in her second season after helping the Pioneers have their most successful campaign in over 12 years. During her tenure in Northampton, she also was a course instructor in Smith's Exercise and Sport Studies department while earning a master's degree in exercise and sport studies from the institution.

A native of Kielce, Poland, she has also coached with the Polish Tennis Association in Warsaw, Poland, as well as with MUKS Gemik Kielce.

A three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete, Stepnik was a four-year letterwinner at Division II Florida Southern University, combining for 82 wins between the doubles and singles courts while ranking as high as 42nd in the country in singles in 2019. She graduated in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a minor in sports business.