University of California Athletics

Kris Kwinta joined the Cal Athletics family in the fall of 2021, when he was named the Peter Wright Director of Men's Tennis as the head coach of the California men’s tennis program.
 
Kwinta earned All-American honors as a player at UCLA before embarking on his coaching career, first at his alma mater, and then for the last nine seasons at USC where he served as associate head coach since 2014.

Kwinta presides over a storied Cal program that has made 37 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, produced 36 All-Americans, captured nine NCAA doubles championships and won two NCAA singles titles. The Bears also won the national collegiate title in 1925 as well as ITA National Indoor Championships in 1980 and 1989.
  
The 2014 ITA Southwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, Kwinta served as the associate head coach of the Trojans from 2014-15 until departing for Berkeley. In the 2020-21 season, Kwinta helped USC compile a 23-7 dual-match record and reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

Kwinta began his USC tenure in 2012-13 under former head coach Peter Smith, served as the interim head coach of the program when Smith retired in July 2019, and remained on staff when Masi was hired as head coach in August 2019.
 
Previously, Kwinta served as an assistant for four seasons at UCLA under his college coach, Billy Martin. Kwinta was a graduate assistant for the Bruins in 2008 and was named the 2010 ITA Assistant Coach of the Year for the Southwest Region.
 
After one season at Tennessee, Kwinta transferred to UCLA where he played two seasons, most notably winning the clinching match in the Bruins' 4-3 upset of Baylor to claim the 2005 NCAA team championship. He would go on to earn NCAA all-tournament honors for his efforts in that championship run. In his 2004 and 2005 seasons at UCLA, Kwinta posted a career singles record of 59-22 and a career doubles mark of 62-24. He earned ITA All-America honors in doubles in 2004 after he and partner Alberto Francis finished the year ranked No. 7 in the country. The duo went 33-15 that season, earning Pac-10 Doubles Team of the Year honors.
 
Kwinta also finished the season ranked No. 94 in singles in the final ITA Rankings. In 2005, he posted a 26-9 overall singles record, including a 29-9 mark in doubles play. He earned 2004 All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, finishing the season ranked No. 65 in singles and No. 20 in doubles with Francis in the final ITA Rankings.
 
A former member of the Polish National Team, Kwinta was ranked as high as No. 2 in singles and No. 1 in doubles in the Polish Junior Rankings. He has represented Poland at the Davis Cup in doubles, teaming with former Bruin Marcin Matkowski. Kwinta is a native of Poznan, Poland, and began playing tennis at the age of 13. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA in 2008.