University of Oregon Men's Tennis

Schyllander has been at UO for a total of 15 years and is one of two coaches in ITA history to be named regional coach of the year for both a mens and womens team. He served as an assistant coach for four years and a head coach for three years with the womens program before being named head coach of the UO men prior to the 2007 season. In the past three years, Schyllander has led Oregons charge to prominence as the Ducks have turned into a contender at the national stage. The native of Sweden has led the Ducks to three straight 16-win seasons for the first time since 1979-82 and five straight .500 or better seasons for the first time since 1966-70. Oregon has won 49 matches in the past three years, marking its winningest three-year stretch in nearly 20 years. Schyllander has coached student-athletes to four of the top six singles seasons in program history and all four of the top doubles seasons in UO history. He has also coached Oregons all-time winningest player, Robin Cambier, who graduated in 2014 with the program record for singles (90) and doubles (92) wins. In eight seasons, Schyllander has posted a 103-89 (.536) record with the UO men and is one of two coaches in program history to reach triple figures in wins. Schyllander cemented UOs status as a growing power nationally last season, guiding the Ducks to their first Pac-12 Championship semifinal appearance in program history and their first NCAA Championship appearance in 10 years. The Ducks posted a 17-10 record in 2014 with six wins over nationally ranked opponents and numerous milestone victories. Among the most prestigious of those milestones was Oregons first ever ITA top 25 national ranking, which was achieved on March 16, 2014, with a No. 24 ranking. Oregon opened the season ranked No. 52, but steadily climbed the polls after winning 14 of its first 15 matches, tying its best start in 20 years. In nonconference play, Oregon snapped an 18-match losing skid to rivals Washington with a 4-2 decision. UO also defeated No. 15 Boise State, the highest ranked team its defeated in history, and snapped Drakes 37-match home winning streak. On March 26, 2014, Schyllander earns his 100th win with the Duck men as Oregon downed Hawaii, 6-1. UO advanced to the Pac-12 Championship, downing the Huskies for the second time this season to tally its first win in the conference tournament. Oregon then defeated Stanford for the second time in program history to reach the semifinals. Competing in the NCAA Championship for the first time in 10 years, UOs season ended with a hard-fought 4-2 loss to second-seeded North Carolina State. Schyllander coached two players to 20-win singles seasons in Cambier (23) and freshman Jayson Amos (24), while Cambier and sophomore Kevin Farin tallied the second-best doubles season in UO history with 24 wins. The Ducks continued to reach new heights in the 2013 season, posting a 16-8 overall dual record with a number of quality achievements. Oregon reached a No. 33 ITA ranking, posted a 13-1 mark in a challenging nonconference schedule and defeated Stanford for the first time in program history. Schyllander had three Ducks post 20-win singles season, including freshman Daan Maasland, whos 23-9 season ranked fourth best all-time. Robin Cambier (22-11) and Alex Rovellos (21-8) win totals also ranked in the top 10 in UO charts. Schyllander guided the Ducks to a remarkable 71-31 doubles record on the season, led by Cambier and Jeff Mullen (23-7), who finished the season ranked No. 59. Academically, Schyllander had three players named to the All-Pac-12 Academic teams as honorable mentions. In the 2012 campaign, Schyllander guided the Ducks to 17 wins, the most since the 1994-95 season, including three victories over nationally ranked programs. Through UOs first 15 matches, the Ducks posted a remarkable record of 14-1. Oregon was ranked within the ITA top 75 for the entirety of the spring dual schedule. Schyllanders No. 69 ranked doubles team of Robin Cambier and Jeff Mullen break the school record for wins with 28 against only four losses. Cambier also moved to second on Oregons all-time best singles season list (24); Daniel Sardu was fifth with 22 and Alex Rovello was eighth on the list with 21 wins. Cambiers impressive sophomore campaign included him earning UOs only Pac-12 Player of the Week honor for the week of March 5-11 in addition to him capping off the season with being named to the Pac-12s honorable mention list. Academically, UO had three tabbed to the Pac-12 All-Academic team. As a squad, Schyllanders program was tabbed as an ITA-All Academic team with Sardu being named an ITA Scholar-Athlete. A youth movement at the top of the lineup yielded strong results during the 2011 season. The Ducks finished with an 11-11 mark. This marked the first time Oregon has finished .500 or better for two-straight seasons since 1995. Freshmen Alex Rovello and Robin Cambier combined to go 39-28 in singles play with Rovello spending a portion of the season in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles rankings. Oregon also made headway in the Pac-10 Conference, scoring a 4-3 upset victory over No. 53 Arizona on March 27 to snap a 21-match losing streak against Pac-10 opponents, picking up its first league win since April 13, 2007. The win helped the Ducks finish sixth in the Pac-10 standings, their highest league finish since tying for fifth in 2000. The 2010 season saw Schyllander guide UO to an 11-3 start that earned the Ducks national prominence as they ranked as high as 65th in the country. Oregon also saw senior Alexander Cornelissen close out his career in strong fashion, advancing to the final eight in singles play at the Pac-10 Championships. The Ducks 12-11 dual record was the programs first winning record since 2002. During 2008, Schyllander fielded a fairly young squad against some of the top competition in the nation. With a team built on a young sophomore class, the Ducks finished the season 11-14 overall. In his mission to make Oregon more competitive, first on Schyllanders checklist was to develop a stronger representation in doubles action. The work paid off, as the Ducks nearly doubled their match victories from 2007. In fact, the team won the doubles point in 14 of its 25 duals during the spring. Oregons confidence on the doubles court culminated by winning the doubles point in back-to-back matches at No. 36 California (April 11) and No. 28 Stanford (April 12) in Pac-10 action. The Ducks also increased the competitiveness of their schedule, playing 12 ranked opponents during 2008. In singles action, three players reached double-digit victories, while Marcos Verdasco received Pac-10 honorable mention accolades. In 2006, Schyllander garnered the ITA/Wilson West Region Coach of the Year for his accomplishments in leading the Duck women to a 13-9 overall dual meet record and sending Dominika Dieskova to the NCAA Individual tournament as well as Ana Cecilia Olivos partnered with Dieskova to the NCAA doubles tournament. In the 2004-05 season, Schyllander led the Ducks to a 17-9 record and a top 25 national ranking. The 17 wins were the programs highest since the Pac-10 merged into a nine-team womens tennis conference in 1997 and a seven-win improvement from 2002-03. The Ducks reached the second round of the NCAA Team Championships, falling to No. 9 Washington, 4-3. The bid marked the Ducks fourth postseason appearance in eight years. Individually, Schyllander has coached two All-Americans (Daria Panova, 2002-03, 2003-04 and Courtney Nagle, 2002-03) and sent four players to the NCAA Individual Championships (Panova, Nagle, Dominika Dieskova, Alina Wygonowska). Prior to being named head coach, Schyllander was an assistant coach at Oregon for four years. Schyllander originally came to Eugene after a stint in Aliso Viejo in southern California, mentoring four nationally-ranked junior players in one and a half years. Prior to that, he served as the Advanced Junior Tennis Director for the Sam Olsen Professional Academy, coordinating the administrative aspects of the program and traveling with his players to regional and national tournaments. A former Northern Arizona University standout, Schyllander began his collegiate coaching career with the Lumberjacks as an assistant coach at Northern Arizona University during the 1995-96 season. He coordinated the teams recruiting and practice components, and also oversaw opponent scouting and various administrative duties. As a player, the two-time Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention selection was also voted the teams MVP and Northern Arizona Universitys mens athlete of the year in 1995. Prior to his arrival in Flagstaff, Ariz., Schyllander played one season at Saddleback College, receiving All-America recognition in 1993. A native of Tessinkolan, Sweden, he graduated from high school in 1990 with an emphasis in Political Science. Afterwards, Schyllander served in the Swedish Royal Army in the Ammunition Transport Platoon through June, 1992. Schyllander graduated from Northern Arizona with a bachelors degree in liberal arts and a minor in physical education. Schyllander and his wife, Rebecca, have two daughters, Elin Elisabet (10/6/02) and Ida Eleonora (7/6/07). The Schyllander File