Mark Munoz

Biography

Mark Munoz joined Derek Moore's staff in September of 2024. In his first season with the Lancers, Coach Munoz and the Lancers had six dual wins. The program earned three ranked wins against #13 West Virginia, #20 Cal Poly, and #24 CSU Bakersfield. Hunter Leake became the first two-time NCAA Qualifier and BIG 12 Placer in program history. Munoz, a Vallejo, CA native, began his coaching career at UC Davis where he spent five years with the Aggies. During his time in Davis, Munoz helped coach and develop 15 NCAA qualifiers and the university's first NCAA DI National Champion in current CBU Head Coach Derek Moore. After UC Davis, Munoz was introduced to Mixed Martial Arts by former Aggie wrestler and UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber. Munoz won his first UFC fight in 2007 and then moved to Southern California where he opened Reign Training Center. Munoz trained and taught top fighters such as Tito Ortiz, Anderson Silva, Fabricio Werdum, and Ashlee Evans-Smith. After a seven-year UFC career in which he was ranked as high as #3 in the world, rankings Munoz would compete in his final fight at the UFC Fight Night 66 in his home country of the Philippines. Munoz has also helped coach at the high school level, coaching his son at Trabuco Hills High School. Munoz helped THHS earn its first-ever state placer and led them to the CIF Team Championships in 2015. At the collegiate level, Munoz was a four-year collegiate starter at Oklahoma State under John Smith. Munoz won two BIG 12 titles wit