Janes enters his second season as the coach of the Viking tennis programs in 2025-26.
During his first season, the Viking women posted an overall record of 1-17 with a 1-3 mark in the UMAC while the men were 0-12 with an 0-4 mark in conference. Sailor Mohlenbrock of the women's team and Ezra Greenmen of the Viking men both earned Second Team All-Conference honors.Â
He comes to Bethany after a standout career in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS). During a three-year collegiate career at UWS, Janes became the program's all-time leader in singles wins and was named UMAC Player of the Year in his final season of competition at Superior.
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Janes was also a champion at the high school tennis level in North Dakota where he won the individual state singles championship in 2018, and was the runner up in 2017 when he competed for Legacy High School of Bismarck.
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After graduating from UWS, Janes taught math in Bismarck and was an assistant coach for the tennis teams at Century and Legacy High Schools during the 2023-24 season.
