Mike Gennette was named the head coach of Cal Lutheran men's tennis in 1994, just the second coach in program history. In 2017, he added women's head coach to his title.

During his tenure at CLU, Gennette has coached Kingsmen student-athletes to 26 NCAA All-America honors, led by the 1996 NCAA singles champion Mark Ellis and the 1997 NCAA doubles champions Ellis and Jenia “Eugene” Karimov.

Gennette was also the private coach to two world No. 1  ranked juniors, Claire Liu, who won Wimbledon Girls Singles in 2017 and the Wimbledon Girls Doubles in 2016, and Kayla Day who won the U.S. Open Girls Singles championship in 2016. He was also the coach for Austen Huang who was the number 1 player in the nation in 2017.

Gennette’s coaching accolades include being named the Player Development Coach of the Year (2016) for the United States by the US Olympic Committee and the US Tennis Association, the USPTA California Division Pro of the Year (2017). 

Under his recent tutelage CLU reached the quarterfinals of the Division III Tennis Championships (2015), had a player get to the NCAA National Singles Finals (2012), the Ojai Independent College Singles and Doubles Champions (2018) and back-to-back trips to the West Regional Finals of the NCAA Tournament (2012-13). 

A lifelong resident of the Conejo Valley, Gennette, his wife Dyan, and daughters Allison and Cate make their home in Newbury Park.