Ronni Bernstein

Biography

Ronni Bernstein enters her 19th season as the head coach in 2025-26, guiding the Maize and Blue to 12 Big Ten championships, six Big Ten Tournament titles, 12 NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, four trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals (2016, 2023, 2024, 2025) and the program’s first Final Four (2025) during her tenure. Bernstein has achieved success at every level, as an All-American collegiate player, touring professional, private instructor and head coach. In her 18 years at the helm in Ann Arbor, Bernstein has compiled a 182-8 record in Big Ten matches with nine perfect B1G seasons en route to 12 Big Ten crowns. The Wolverines won the 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Big Ten Tournament titles and have advanced to the championship match 17 times - every time the tournament has been contested during Bernstein's tenure. Bernstein is one of three coaches in Big Ten women's tennis history with at least 10 championships and holds the highest winning percentage among active conference coaches. Bernstein has coached 11 Wolverines to 25 All-America honors, highlighted by 2017 NCAA Singles Champion Brienne Minor along with four-time All-American Kari Miller and three three-timers in Kate Fahey, Emina Bektas and Denise Muresan. Minor, the program's first four-time All-American, became the first Wolverine in program history to win a national title after winning six straight matches in the individual tournament. Minor and Fahey teamed up to reach the championship match of the 2019 NCAA Double