Coach Yair Banuelos had his top winning season with the men’s team during the 2015-16 season compiling 15 wins that had the team secure their seventh straight RMAC regular season and tournament crowns. With the Mustangs now moving to the Lone Star, they finish their historic seven-year run in the RMAC with a 37-0 regular season mark and 14-0 in tournament matches during that stretch. The men came away with some big victories against Point Loma and St. Edward’s during the season. The women tallied nine wins and came on strong defeating both MSU Denver and Colorado Mesa in the tournament to take the title for the fourth time in the past five years. Six players landed on the Academic All-RMAC squads and the Mustangs won nearly every All-RMAC Conference award possible with most of the team landing on first, second or honorable mention teams. Jean-Laurent Pageault was ranked in the top-50 nationally throughout the season and was ranked as high as 43rd toward the end of the season.
Coach Banuelos moved from graduate assistant to head coach during the 2013-14 season. He will enter his fourth season as the head coach during the 2016-17 season. He has been around the Mustang tennis program since transferring from Riverside Community College in 2009-10.
His second year saw great success, while helping the women back to another RMAC title. He once again guided the Mustangs to the top in 2014-15, with both teams taking the RMAC regular season and tournament titles. He was named the RMAC Women's Coach of the Year. The men rolled to both their sixth straight RMAC regular season and tournament titles. The women have won three of the past four tournament titles and two of the past four regular season crowns. Each team advanced to the NCAA South Central Regional, with the men nearly defeating St. Edward's and advancing to the Sweet 16. RMAC Academic and Player of the Year Ganna Tiurina concluded her year and career in style with both honors. The men ended the season ranked No. 27 by ITA.
In his first campaign leading the Mustangs the men again swept the RMAC regular season and tournament titles with perfect 5-0 and 2-0 records. During the past five years in which WNMU has won both titles the team has gone an unprecedented 28-0 in the regular season and 10-0 in tournament play. The women nearly won both the RMAC regular season and tournament titles finishing second and coming up just one point short of the tournament crown.
During his playing career he helped start what has become a tradition of RMAC conference titles as the team has now won six straight on the men's side including another crown during the 2014-15 season. The Mexico City, Mexico native starred for the Mustangs during his time on the court as he was named the Senior Player of the Year in the Region. That same season he was the RMAC Honor Student-Athlete of the Year as he went a perfect 6-0 in singles and doubles play in the RMAC, was named to the All-RMAC Singles First-Team, All-RMAC Doubles Second-Team, and RMAC First-Team All-Academic. He finished the 2011 campaign with a 13-6 record in singles and 19-6 in doubles. In his final 13 doubles matches he went an astonishing 12-1. The only loss came against No. 10 Columbus State in the NCAA National Championship quarterfinals.
In his first season at WNMU, he was named RMAC Player of the Week once, RMAC Player of the Year, All-RMAC First-Team Singles and All-RMAC First-Team Doubles.
