Joey Kronzer '16 is in his second season as the head coach for the St. Olaf men's and women's tennis teams in 2024-25 after being promoted from assistant coach on July 12, 2023.
In his first season leading the programs, Kronzer guided the St. Olaf men to their first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Playoff appearance since 2015, while the women missed out on the postseason on a tiebreaker. The St. Olaf men finished 6-12 overall and 4-5 in MIAC play, while the women were 11-7 overall and 5-5 in conference matches.
In 2023-24, the men's team had two student-athletes (Bogdan Vizoli and Marjan Veldic) earn All-MIAC accolades in both singles and doubles, while the women had one All-MIAC honoree in singles and one in doubles, as well as one honorable-mention selection in both singles and doubles. The programs also combined for 12 Academic All-MIAC awardees (7 women, 5 men) and seven College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees (4 women, 3 men).
Prior to his promotion, Kronzer spent three seasons as an assistant coach for both programs, working alongside Scott Nesbit and Chris Kuna. During Kronzer’s three years as an assistant coach, the St. Olaf women’s program posted a combined record of 22-20 (.523) overall, including a mark of 16-13 (.552) in MIAC play, and qualified for the MIAC Playoffs in all three seasons. The Oles advanced to the semifinals of the six-team tournament in both 2020-21 and 2022-23. The St. Olaf men’s program won at least six matches and recorded at least three MIAC victories in each of Kronzer’s three seasons as an assistant.
Prior to his time at St. Olaf, Kronzer spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Hamline University (2017-19) and one season on the staff at the University of St. Thomas (2019-20). As a student-athlete at St. Olaf, Kronzer was an All-MIAC selection in both singles and doubles in each of his final three seasons and helped the Oles qualify for the MIAC Playoffs three times, including runs to the championship match in 2013-14 and the semifinals in 2014-15.
Kronzer graduated from St. Olaf in 2016 with a bachelor of arts in psychology and went on to earn his master of science in kinesiology, sport and exercise psychology from the University of Minnesota in 2020.
