Michael Kopelman

Babson College

Team:men & women

Michael Kopelman was named head men's and women's tennis coach at Babson College in September 2018.

Kopelman enjoyed a terrific debut at Babson leading both his men's and women's teams to 14 wins and a pair of NEWMAC Tournament final appearances in 2019. His men's squad picked up two victories over top-40 foes and earned the program's first national ranking in 2020. In addition to the on-court success of his teams, all four of Kopelman's recruiting classes have been nationally ranked and his teams have combined to over 30 academic accolades.

Success on the Court
WOMEN
• Six NEWMAC All-Conference selections in 2019.
• Alexa Tutecky ’21 defeated then-fifth-ranked Caroline Casper of Pomona-Pitzer, 6-3, 6-3, in March 2019 to record the highest-ranked win in program history.
• Carolina Merz ’21 reached the third round of the singles draw at the 2019 ITA New England Championships, which included a 6-0, 7-5 victory over one of the top seeds, Chloe Henderson of Williams, in the first round.

MEN
• Earned first national ranking in program history, rising as high as No. 37 in the ITA poll in 2020.
• Markus Nordby ’21 earned the program’s first All-America honor since 1998 and finished the season ranked 16 in the ITA singles poll. He also defeated then-No. 1 Boris Sorkin of Tufts, 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 10-5, on March 7.
• Nordby and Maxwell Conlin ’23 finished the 2020 season as the 10th-ranked doubles team in the Northeast Region.
• Victory over No. 32 in February 2020 was the highest-ranked win in program history.
• Tied the program record with 14 wins in 2019.
• Four NEWMAC All-Conference selections in 2019.

Success in the Classroom
WOMEN
• Have earned 10 ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete awards, seven NEWMAC Academic All-Conference awards and two ITA All-Academic team honors since 2019.

MEN
• Have earned 11 ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athlete awards, four NEWMAC Academic All-Conference awards and two ITA All-Academic team honors since 2019.

On the Recruiting Trail
WOMEN
• 2020 recruiting class was ranked 10th in Division III by the Tennis Recruiting Network.
• 2019 recruiting class was ranked a program-best 5th in Division III and 20th among mid-major programs by the Tennis Recruiting Network.

MEN
• 2020 recruiting class was ranked a program-best 17th in Division III by the Tennis Recruiting Network.
• 2019 recruiting class earned its first national ranking coming in 23rd in Division III according to the Tennis Recruiting Network.



Kopelman came to Babson following a successful three-year stint as an assistant men's and women's tennis coach at nearby Brandeis University. The 2018 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year, Kopelman helped the men's squad win 14 matches and saw the program rise to as high as 14th in the national poll during the 2017-18 campaign. The Judges' top doubles pairing also was selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament as part of the program's best showing in more than three decades.

The success of the men's program came on the heels of a historic 2016-17 campaign for the Brandeis women. Under Kopelman's tutelage, the program set a school record with 15 wins and got as high as No. 18 in the ITA national poll. Additionally, four of Kopelman's six recruiting classes at Brandeis ranked in the top 25 by The Tennis Recruiting Network, which includes Division III's seventh-ranked men's class in 2018.

Prior to Brandeis, Kopelman spent two seasons as the assistant men's and women's tennis coach at Division II Bentley University, where a combined 11 players from the men's and women's programs earned Northeast-10 Conference honors.

A 2013 graduate of Boston University, Kopelman was a two-time captain and a two-time All-America East Conference doubles selection for the Terriers. He helped the program record its first winning season since 2007 as a senior in 2013, accumulating 50 wins in just two-and-a-half seasons.