For first-time head coach, Houston is a welcome challenge

Junior Despoina Vogasari was a leader for the Cougars last season, and Steinbock will be counting on her to lead the way again this season. | Courtesy of UH AthleticsAs the tennis team welcomes in the new semester, they’ll have more than just professors to get to know.

Courtney Steinbock, a former assistant coach with Oklahoma State University, was hired this summer to take the place of the departed head coach Patrick Sullivan.

“I think this was a good opportunity for me, I had a couple opportunities throughout the last couple of years of being a head coach and I’ve kind of been pretty particular where I wanted to be,” Steinbock said. “This was a good opportunity for me to take over a really…