Wichita State Athletics

Sonam Phuntsok was named as the Wichita State men's tennis assistant coach in September of 2024.

Phuntsok made an immediate impact in his first year with the Shockers, helping oversee a seven-win improvement from the previous year. He also helped lead the Shockers back into the ITA rankings for the first time since 2023 and earn a top ten end-of-year regional ranking.

Phuntsok came to Wichita after spending the past three years as the assistant coach for the New Mexico Lobos, serving under the recently retired Chris Russell.
 
In his three years at New Mexico, Phuntsok helped the Lobos to a 40-29 record during his tenure, including going 12-5 in Mountain West action. This past year, UNM went 14-10 and Phuntsok helped Arda Azkara to back-to-back Mountain West Player of the Year honors.
 
Prior to his time in Albuquerque, Phuntsok spent time as an assistant with the Seattle University men’s and women’s tennis programs. At Seattle, he helped craft one of the best recruiting classes in the history of the men’s program and coached their No. 1 doubles pair to all-conference honors.
 
Phuntsok played collegiately from 2012 to 2016 for Lewis and Clark State College, an NAIA institution in Lewiston, Idaho, where he was team captain his junior and senior year and led his squad to a Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) conference championship.
 
He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Lewis and Clark and completed his master’s at Seattle in sports business leadership.