Men's Tennis
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- nils@uoregon.edu
- Phone:
- 541-346-4420
Nils Schyllander recently completed his 20th season as head coach of the University of Oregon men’s tennis program. Schyllander has been at UO for a total of 27 years and is one of two coaches in ITA history to be named regional coach of the year for both a men’s and women’s team. He served as an assistant coach for four years and a head coach for three years with the women’s program before being named head coach of the UO men prior to the 2007 season.
Schyllander has recorded 285 wins with the UO men and is one of only two coaches in program history (Buzz Summers, 1968-94) to reach triple figures in wins. He earned Wilson/ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year honors in 2014 and was the Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the 2016-17 season.
Schyllander has led Oregon's charge to prominence as the Ducks have established themselves as a consistent contender on the national stage. The native of Sweden has led the Ducks to five NCAA Tournament team appearances, advancing to the second round four times. Thomas Laurent and Quinn Vandecasteele have earned trips to the NCAA singles championships under Schyllander, with Laurent earning ITA All-American honors in 2019. Vandecasteele and Joshua Charlton became just the second doubles pair in school history to reach the NCAA Tournament in 2022.
In 2017, the Ducks advanced to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time in the history of the program, earning Schyllander the honor of Pac-12 Coach of the Year. For the second straight year, Oregon advanced past the opening round with a victory over No. 34 Memphis. The Ducks finished the year with a 19-7 record, tied with 2016 for the most wins under Schyllander, and recorded their best-ever Pac-12 finish in fourth. Oregon finished the year inside the ITA top 25 for the first time ever at No. 24, and added to their terrific season with a win over No. 15 Stanford on April 16, matching the highest-ranked win in program history.
Schyllander-coached student-athletes sit atop every list in the Oregon record book, including single season singles wins (Laurent, 30), single season doubles wins (Cambier/Mullen, 29), career singles wins (Laurent, 96), doubles pairs wins (Clissold/Laurent, 62), individual doubles wins (Charlton, 103) and combined wins (Charlton, 189). 13 different players have earned all-conference honors with Schyllander at the helm.
10 Oregon teams under Schyllander have finished the season in the top 50 of the ITA final rankings, including a program-high ranking of No. 24 in 2017. 19 of his 20 teams have finished the season with double-digit wins and his .578 winning percentage is the highest by a UO coach since the 1940s.
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 team’s recruiting and practice components and oversaw opponent scouting and various administrative duties.
As a player, the two-time Big Sky Conference Honorable Mention selection was also voted the team’s MVP and Northern Arizona University’s men’s 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 bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and a minor in physical education.
