A proven winner throughout his coaching career, Jeff Bloomberg's first season as head coach of the Stevens men's and women's tennis teams was no different. As he embarks on his second season in the fall of 2004, Bloomberg has his sights set on Skyline Conference titles for both teams.
Bloomberg, who came to Stevens after three years as women’s tennis coach at Division I Siena College, took over just prior to the start of the women's season. Inheriting a team with just three returning starters, Bloomberg got the most out of his young players as he guided the Stevens women to the finals of the inaugural Skyline Conference Tournament. The women also participated in the ITA Regionals for the first time while also making their first spring training trip to Hilton Head, S.C.
His first season with the Stevens men was just as successful. After going 3-3 in Hilton Head, the men returned home and won 11 of their final 12 matches, including nine straight to close the season. Stevens went 5-0 in Skyline regular-season play and then knocked off defending Skyline champion Manhattanville in the Skyline Tournament to capture its first conference title. The final tally for the season was 14-5.
Under Bloomberg's tutelage, junior Kari Munger was named Skyline Conference Player of the Year honors for the women while sophomore Steve Su was the Skyline Player of the Year on the men's side.
While at Siena, Bloomberg inherited a program that had finished 10th out of 10 teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) for two straight years prior to his arrival. Appointed interim head coach in February of 2001, he took over a team that was 1-6 the preceding fall and guided it to a 5-6 spring record. Their strong finish, winning four of the last five matches, earned the Saints a fifth-place finish in the conference.
Before coming to Siena, Bloomberg coached women’s tennis at Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y. While there, he guided a team that was 3-9 his first season to a 6-4 record his year. Under his leadership, the program inaugurated a spring season including an annual southern trip, participated in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Small College Regional Championships for the first time, and was the only Division III program to send team members to the John J. Rooney, New York State Women’s Collegiate Championships. The program also produced a New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association All-State Selection for three consecutive years.
Prior to his stint at Sage, Bloomberg was head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Division II St. Rose College. While there he helped both the men’s and women’s number one players improve their records from 3-11 and 2-10 in his first season to 13-3 and 9-3 respectively in his second.
Bloomberg began his coaching career at the high school level. He spent four years as boy’s tennis coach at Chatham Central School and three years as the girl’s tennis coach at Columbia High School. At Chatham, his teams compiled an impressive record of 56-10, went undefeated in 1994, won three Patroon Conference championships and captured one sectional championship. At Columbia, he took over a program that had not won more than one match in any of the previous four years and led it to the sectional quarterfinals in just his second season.
Coach Bloomberg is a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) certified teaching professional, a member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and has attended the Van Der Meer Tennis University in Hilton Head, South Carolina. A retired dentist, Bloomberg is an active volunteer with the Leukemia Society of America and Habitat for Humanity. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Adult Day Services Association.
Joan, his wife of 39 years, is Deputy Director of the Columbia County Department of Human Services. They have two adult daughters, Eliza and Anne.
