Salvador Bandeira is in his first season as the assistant coach for UWF men's and women's tennis after playing three seasons for the Argonauts.
In his senior season in spring 2022, Bandeira went 11-9 overall and 4-4 in conference play in singles play. It was in doubles that he truly made his mark, however, as he defeated Christian Webel of Valdosta State from the No. 4 position to win the clinching point for the Gulf South Conference Championship, the 15th in UWF men's tennis history. He registered a 10-6 record that season as the No. 2 pair with teammate Lluis Miralles Miro.
In 2021, he played singles from the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 positions on the season. He and doubles partner Gabriel Nery were 13-7 on the season and were ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation. Together, they took down the No. 5 ranked doubles pair in the nation against Valdosta State in the NCAA South Regional winning 6-2 from the top spot. He won GSC Player of the Week for his efforts in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in Week 3 of that season, as he and Nery finished a perfect 3-0 against three Top 25 opponents. He went 1-1 that weekend, picking up a 6-0, 6-2 win against No. 7 Drury before holding a first set over #36 Hugo Stroppiana of No. 19 Delta State in a match that went unfinished.
Bandeira went 5-1 as the #3 doubles pair on the season with his partner Juan Motta and was 2-1 as the #3 in singles in spring of 2020 before the season was canceled due to COVID-19.
Before coming to UWF, he played his first season of collegiate tennis at USC Aiken, where he was an ITA All-America honoree for doubles action and was named the Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year. He was also an all-conference second-team selection for singles and doubles, as he went 14-4 in singles action and 17-6 in doubles action. Additionally, he was 2-0 with wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 doubles in the NCAA Region Championship victory over Wingate, and posted wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles in the Sweet 16 win over Drury.
Bandeira has spent most of his life around the sport of tennis, as he started playing the game when he was four years old.
