Steve Gachko

Title

Head Men's Tennis Coach
Email

sgachko@stevens.edu
Phone

201-216-5694
Year

21st Season
Alma Mater

The College of New Jersey '02

Steve Gachko is in his 21st season as the head coach of the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s tennis team in 2025-26.

Gachko served as the head coach of both the men's and women's programs prior to 2020 and compiled a 370-203 record combined between the two teams. Since 2020, he has amassed a 68-28 mark as the men's head coach.

He was the ITA National Men’s Coach of the Year award in 2015. He is the winningest women’s and men’s tennis coach in program history.

Gachko has won 13 conference Coach of the Year awards, and his teams have finished over .500 in all but three of his 20 total seasons. Additionally, Gachko was awarded the USTA/ITA Campus & Community Outreach Award in recognitions for service to the community and leading community-based tennis programs.

MEN’S TEAM:

2025: Second Round
2024: Second Round
2023: Second Round
2022: Second Round
2021: Second Round
2019: Second Round
2018: Second Round
2017: First Round
2016: Second Round
2015: Second Round
2014: Second Round
2013: Round of 16
2012: Second Round
2011: Second Round
2010: Second Round
2008: Second Round
2007: First Round

WOMEN’S TEAM:

2019: Second Round

2016: Ben Foran – NCAA and ITA All-American
2016: Matthew Heinrich – NCAA and ITA All-American
2015: Ben Foran – ITA All-American
2015: Matthew Heinrich – NCAA and ITA All-American
2014: Matthew Heinrich – NCAA Player of the Year & ITA Player of the Year
2013: Jessica Borque – ITA All-American
2013: Lisa Tessitore – ITA All-American

2024-25: Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2024-25: Max-William Kanz - MAC Freedom Player of the Year
2024-25: Aidan Miller - MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year
2023-24: Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2023-24: Vivek Harinarayan - MAC Freedom Player of the Year
2022-23: Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2022-23: Aashi Kulakarni – Player of the Year
2022-23: Coach of the Year
2021-22: Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2021-22: Mark Feliu – Player of the Year
2021-22: Vivek Harinarayan – Rookie of the Year
2021-22: Coach of the Year
2020-21: Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2020-21: Mark Feliu – Player of the Year
2020-21: Aashi Kulakarni – Rookie of the Year
25 MAC Individual Champions:
- 2021: Vivek Harinarayan – Line One Singles
- 2021: Matthew Luzzi – Line Two Singles
- 2021: Sebastian Wroe – Line Three Singles
- 2021: Andrew He – Line Four Singles
- 2021: Olof Persson – Line Five Singles
- 2021: Brian Li – Line Seven Singles
- 2021: Keegan Morris/Marc Feliu – Line One Doubles
- 2021: Aashi Kulakarni/Olof Persson – Line Two Doubles
- 2021: Sebastian Wroe/Troy Zhang – Line Three Doubles
- 2021: Mark Pabalan/Eloi Pradier – Line Four Doubles
- 2019: Marc Feliu – Line One Singles
- 2019: Keegan Morris – Line Two Singles
- 2019: Mark Kanevsky – Line Three Singles
- 2019: Philip Szkurdlarski – Line Four Singles
- 2019: Gabriel Sifuentes – Line Five Singles
- 2019: Arjun Krishnan – Line Six Singles
- 2019: Eloi Pradier – Line Seven Singles
- 2019: Marc Feliu / Keegan Morris – Line One Doubles
- 2019: Gabriel Sifuentes / Philip Szkudlarski – Line Two Doubles
- 2019: Mark Kanevsky / Arjun Krishnan – Line Three Doubles
- 2019: Garrett Kincaid / Brian Li – Line Four Doubles
- 2019: Audrey Heaberlin – Line Two Singles
- 2019: Alexis Fuda / Isabella Calandra – Line Two Doubles
- 2019: Nicole Badalyan / Makenna Sargis – Line Three Doubles
- 2019: Gabriella Tantillo / Juliette Marchisio – Line Four Doubles

2019: Feliu Gomez – Player of the Year
2018: Danny Polk – Player of the Year
2018: Women’s Coach of the Year
2018: Agatha Malinowski – Player and Rookie of the Year
2017: Will Persson – Player of the Year
2017: Men’s Coach of the Year
2016: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year
2016: Women’s Co-Coach of the Year
2016: Men’s Coach of the Year
2015: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year
2015: Men’s Coach of the Year
2014: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year
2014: Jessica Bourque – Player of the Year
2014: Men’s Coach of the Year
2013: Matthew Heinrich – Player of the Year
2013: Men’s Coach of the Year
2013: Jessica Borque – Player of the Year
2012: Chris Rosensteel – Player of the Year
2012: Men’s Coach of the Year
2011: Chris Rosensteel – Player of the Year
2011: Men’s Coach of the Year
2011: Jessica Bourque – Player of the Year
2010: Men’s Coach of the Year
2008: Men’s Coach of the Year
2007: Dana Bacalla – Player of the Year

2007: Ricky Bawa – Player of the Year
2006: Dana Bacalla – Player of the Year
2006: Ricky Bawa – Player of the Year
2005: Dana Bacalla – Player of the Year

2016: Matthew Heinrich – CoSIDA Academic All-American
2015: Matthew Heinrich – CoSIDA Academic All-American
2014: Jessica Bourque – CoSIDA Academic All-American
2014: Matthew Heinrich – CoSIDA Academic All-American
19 ITA All-Academic Team Awards
- Men:
  - 2024
  - 2023
  - 2022
  - 2021
  - 2020
  - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2009
- Women
  - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2009
  - 2008

Led Stevens to the MAC Freedom Regular Season and Tournament titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in each year as a member of the MAC Freedom
Coached the Ducks to a sweep at the 2019 MAC Individual Championships in their first year in the conference
Led the Ducks to 10 consecutive Empire 8 Championships and 13 overall conference titles
Helped Matthew Heinrich win the ITA Northeast Singles Regional Title in 2015 as well as Heinrich and Ben Foran win the Doubles Championship
Won a program-record 19 matches in the 2014-15 season
Took the Ducks to their first-ever Round of 16 appearance in 2013
Named ITA National and Northeast Coach of the Year in 2015
Won 12 straight matches in his first season as a head coach
Won their first NCAA Tournament match in 2008, setting off a run of 11 second round appearances in 13 seasons

Coached Stevens to four MAC Individual Titles at the 2019 MAC Individual Championships in 2019
Led the Ducks to 13 consecutive Empire 8 Conference Tournaments, including five straight appearances in the championship match
Helped Stevens win their first Empire 8 Tournament Championship in 2019
Took the Ducks to their first-ever NCAA Tournament victory in 2019
Coached Jessica Bourque and Lisa Tessitore to the 2015 ITA Doubles Northeast Regional Title
Went a perfect 10-0 in the 2014 regular season, including handing Ithaca College its first Empire 8 loss since 2011
Led Dana Bacalla to the finals of the ITA Singles Northeast Regional in 2006

Helped coach several All-Americas en route to both teams finishing in the top-25
During his second year with both programs, the men compiled a 12-3 record while the women recorded an impressive 14-3 mark
Started a co-ed club tennis team from scratch
Earned his bachelor’s degree after a four-year playing career with the Lions tennis program
Guided his players to the 2004 National Campus Championships in Daytona, Fla. before steering his club team to a berth in the national event in San Diego in 2005