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Paul Settles
Title: Head Coach
Phone: 909-607-3563
Season: 8th
College: University of Pennsylvania
Overall Record: 159-52, .754
SCIAC Record: 64-4, .941

In his seven seasons, Coach Settles has established CMS Stags Tennis as one of the very elite in Division III. In the past five years, the Stags have earned top five year-end national rankings, and have been top three in two of the last three years. The Stags have won 49 consecutive conference matches and five consecutive outright conference titles, both program bests.

Settles is a USPTA certified P1 professional and a graduate of the USTA High Performance Coaching Course. In December of 2008, Settles was named coach of Team USA in the International University Challenge, leading six top collegiate American players in an eight team international competition in France.  Settles also serves as a coach for the Southern California Maze Cup Team (Boys and Girls 16s and 18s) against Northern California and is a member of the Player Services staff for the LA Open, an ATP World Tour event.

Settles has served as a volunteer member of two USTA national committees, the Collegiate and Adult & Senior Competition Comittees. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and is co-chair of the ITA Small College Operating Committee and task force on NCAA Legislative Issues. In 2006, Settles was named the USPTA Collegiate Coach of the Year by the California division, and in 2009 he was named West Region ITA Coach of the Year.

Before coming to CMS, Settles served as Director of Player Services of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the governing body of men’s professional tennis. At the ATP, Settles’ wide range of responsibilities included supervision of the Player Services Department, staff liaison for the ATP Player Council, Player Leadership Committee, and Board of Directors; and serving as founding committee member of the ATP Medical Services Committee.

Still an active player himself in the adult and family divisions, Settles is winner of 12 USTA National Championships. Paul, and wife Kathy - an Assistant Coach for CMS women's team - have four children: Ryley, Christian, James, and Caleb.

Hank Krieger
Title: Volunteer Assistant Coach
Phone: 909-607-3618

Hank Krieger's name is synonymous with CMS Stags Tennis. Coach Krieger was inducted into the CMS Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004, recognizing a twenty-two season coaching tenure in which the Stags won over 400 matches. During that time his overall winning percentage was .647 and his SCIAC winning percentage was .865. Twice named the NCAA Division III Coach of the Year (in 1985 and 1993), Krieger was at the helm for the Stags only national championship (in 1981) and has coached 24 All-Americans.

Having retired from full-time teaching as a Math Professor at Harvey Mudd College in 2005, Krieger is still actively involved in several academic projects at HMC, and serves on a handful of community-based committees and boards. His contributions as team consultant, historian, and volunteer asistant coach continue to be invaluable.

Hank and his wife Rita live in Claremont. They have two grown children and four grandchildren.

Gui Schils
Title: Assistant Coach
College: Claremont McKenna '09

A 2009 graduate of Claremont McKenna College and four-year starter for the Stags. Among his accomplishments at CMS, Schils earned ITA All-American and All-SCIAC honors three times. He was an NCAA Doubles Champion, ITA West Region and ITA National Doubles Champion, and Ojai Valley Doubles Champion. Schils was also an ITA Scholar-Athlete (for maintaining a 3.5 GPA of higher), and is part of the CMS Wall-of-Fame for his achievements on-court and in the classroom. In singles, Schils posted a 38-18 career record, for a .679 winning percentage. In doubles he was 93-38 (.710 winning percentage), putting him second all-time in matches played, and third in matches won for an individual. With partner Larry Wang, he holds the CMS record for matches played and won in a single season and career (36 and 29, 122 and 88 respectively).


A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Schils is a huge Cleveland professional sports fan. When not working with the Stags in his spare time, Schils works as a financial analyst for Merrill Lynch in their Private Banking and Investment Group in Century City, CA.

Lawrence Wang
Title: Assistant Coach
College: Claremont McKenna '09

Lawrence Wang will be remembered as one of CMS Tennis' all-time greats. As a Stag, he was a four-year ITA All-American, and Team MVP. He was the SCIAC Player of the Year for an unprecedented three consecutive years, and during his career was part of teams that never lost a league contest. Wang became the only Stag to ever win the prestigious Ojai Valley singles title in 2009, after winning the doubles title there three years earlier. He and doubles partner Gui Schils captured Ojai (2006), the NCAA Doubles title (2008), the ITA West Region and ITA National Doubles titles (2006). Wang was honored as ITA West Region Rookie of the Year as a freshman, and then Senior Player of the Year in his final season. He was also named CMC Male Athlete of the Year in his final two years as a student-athlete. With 194 career singles and doubles wins, Wang ranks second all-time in CMS history.

A 2009 Claremont McKenna grad who majored in human biology, Wang is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Health at UC Irvine with plans to continue on to medical school. He is the recipient of an NCAA post-graduate scholarship as a result of his exceptional accomplishments in the classroom and on the tennis court.