Wisconsin Badgers

Suzie Matzenauer begins her first season as an assistant coach with the Wisconsin women's tennis program in 2021-22.

Matzenauer joins the Badgers from Boise State, where she gained experience serving as both an assistant coach, as well as the director of operations for the program.

A Big Ten and Big West standout during her collegiate career, Matzenauer played at both Northwestern and Cal Poly. An NCAA individual qualifier in doubles and a four-time NCAA team participant, Matzenauer accumulated a 40-6 record in the Big Ten.

"I'm incredibly excited about Suzie, a former Big Ten and Big West standout, joining our program," Wisconsin head coach Kelcy McKenna said. "In addition to being an extremely successful player, Suzie made major contributions as an assistant coach at her previous institutions. Her ability to help develop, lead and relate to our young women will assist in the continued evolution of Wisconsin women’s tennis"

In her first season with the Broncos, Matzenauer helped guide Boise State to a 13-10 over record, 4-3 conference mark, as well as a 7-4 tally against ITA Mountain Region opponents. She coached two players who earned postseason all-conference honors in Sandy Vo and Megan LaLone. Vo was also named the ITA Mountain Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award winner for her conduct on and off the court, while Anissa Bryant-Swift was named the ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Senior of the Year. 

Prior to Boise State, Matzenauer served as a tennis professional for one year at Stafford Hills Club in Tualatin, Oregon.

Prior to her time at Stafford Hills Club, Matzenauer served as an assistant coach at her alma mater Cal Poly. During her first season with the Mustangs, she helped guide Cal Poly to its second-ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.

On the competitive side, Matzenauer is a four-time Pacific Northwest Women's Open Player of the Year (2010-13). She won the 2013 singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the prestigious 122nd Annual $20,000 Pacific Northwest Open Tennis Championships.

A native of Tacoma, Washington, Matzenauer had an outstanding collegiate career at Cal Poly and Northwestern. She is one of the most-successful performers in the history of the Cal Poly women's tennis program earning All-Big West Conference first team singles and doubles honors in 2009 and 2010 after transferring from Northwestern. Matzenauer finished her Cal Poly duals career with a 39-16 singles mark and a 31-10 doubles record.

Matzenauer produced an 18-3 doubles mark in dual matches and a 14-6 singles record during her 2009 junior campaign. A year later, Matzenauer registered a team-best 14-6 singles mark and teamed with Brittany Blalock to produce a 17-4 record in doubles play that included a victory over eventual NCAA champions Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette of Stanford. The pair completed their careers by becoming just the second Cal Poly doubles team to earn an invitation to the NCAA Individual Championships.

At Northwestern (2006-08), Matzenauer compiled a combined 40-6 singles record in dual matches playing primarily at the No. 6 position. She also posted a 20-4 doubles mark for a Northwestern program that reached the third round of NCAA Championships during her 2007 freshman season and the quarterfinal round in 2008. In two seasons with the Wildcats, Matzenauer helped Northwestern to a 52-7 dual record.

A four-year letterwinner at Tacoma's Bellarmine Prep, Matzenauer helped the program capture four-successive Washington state championships. A Washington doubles champion as a senior in 2006, Matzenauer's junior year yielded a runner-up finish in state singles play.

Matzenauer received her bachelor's degree in communications from Cal Poly in 2010.