UIW alum Jonas Andersson was hired as the school's men's tennis coach in May, 2017. Arguably the most decorated player in program history, Andersson has brought even more success in his time as the Cardinals' head coach.
For the second time in three seasons, Andersson guided the Cardinals to an undefeated regular season in Southland Conference play and a spot in the conference tournament championship match. Five different UIW players earned all-conference honors in 2026, led by Player of the Year Alejandro Hernandez. For his efforts, Andersson was named SLC Coach of the Year for the third time in his eight-season tenure.
His second Coach of the Year honor was earned in 2024, when Andersson led his team to an 18-4 overall record and an undefeated 4-0 mark in conference play. The Cardinals entered the Southland Conference tournament as regular season champs. UIW made it to the conference championship, but fell to NJIT 4-3. Six athletes earned All-Conference recognition and five were named to the All-Conference Academic team. Emilio Vila was named Newcomer of the Year and Tomas Reche was named Student-Athlete of the Year.
In 2023, he led the team to a 13-9 record while also leading the team to the second round of the Southland Conference Tournament after defeating UIC in round one. Noah De Luna capped off his regular season by being named to the Southland Men's Tennis All-Conference first team at No. 6 singles.
In 2022, he won his second regular season conference title winning a sharing of the title as tri-champions. That season tennis placed four student-athletes on the SLC All-Conference teams.
In 2019, he led the team to the No. 3 seed in the Southland Conference Tournament. Three student-athletes earned All-Southland Conference honors on the year.
In his first season as head coach, he led the team to a regular season Southland Conference title, the first Division I title in program history. His incredible work in his first season got him named Southland Conference Coach of the Year. He also led UIW Men's Tennis to earn 12 postseason honors in 2018.
Andersson is no stranger to the university, as he played tennis for three years during which time he won three national championships, becoming the first and only UIW athlete to win a national title. In 1994 he was the Rolex men’s doubles national champion, and in 1995 he won the NAIA National Singles Championship and teamed with Javier Ruiz to win the NAIA National Doubles Championship. He was an NAIA All-American in both 1995 and 1996. He received his bachelor’s of business administration degree from UIW in the spring of 1997.
Jonas continued to win national championships since leaving UIW. He won two national titles, including the 2004 men’s USTA 5.0 team title and the 2004 mixed USTA 10.0 team crown. Also in 2004, he was a Yonex Men’s Open semi-finalist.
Prior to returning to his Alma mater, Andersson was a tennis professional at West End Racquet Club in Torrance, Calif.
