OFFICIAL SITE OF WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

Coaching History William Woods University 2002-Present


Women's Golf:
113 Tournament Wins
1480 wins
377 losses
79.7%

Men's Golf:
84 Tournament Wins
1465 Wins
501 Losses
74.4%

Overall:
197 Official Tournament Wins (Not counting 6 tournament wins by our Junior Varsity against Varsity competition)

2944 Wins
880 Losses
77%

2064 games over .500

Defeated all William Woods opponents by over a combined 120,000 strokes
 
*Win/loss records and other stats include all competition including NCAA D2, D1

Coached 58 All-Americans

24 Conference/Region Players of the Year

Two players named to the All-Nicklaus Team (Top 24 players in men's college golf, (D1, D2, NAIA) (Julian Taylor 2013, David Houlding  2015)

Two Phil Mickelson Award Winners (Top Freshmen in the Country)  (Julian Taylor 2012, Billy McKenzie 2014)
 
Five players selected to play in the Patriot All-America Invitational:
(David Houlding, Billy McKenzie, Julian Taylor, Jack Clarkson and Logan Smith)

31 National Championship Appearances

35 Coach of the Year Awards (AMC, NAIA Region, Unaffiliated Grouping, Golf Coaches Association of America)

Finalist for GCAA National Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2016)

Finalist to coach United States National Team in Palmer Cup (2014)

Finalist to coach United States Junior National Team in Toyota World Cup (2016)

11 Teams ranked in the Top 5

17 Teams ranked in the Top 10

25 Teams ranked in the Top 20

32 Teams ranked in the Top 25

Men's Golf Ranked #1 in the country in 2014-15 in the NAIA Coaches Poll, Golfstat and Nike/Golf Coaches Association of America Coaches Poll for most of the year.

Men's Golf ranked #1 in the country in 2015-16 Final NAIA Coaches Poll.

Women's Golf ranked #1 in the country 2015-16 in the NAIA Coaches Poll and Golfstat.

Ranked #1 by Golfstat:  Men (2013-14, 2014-15)  Women (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)
 
4 National Championship Runner-Up Finishes

9 National Championship Top 4 Finishes

16 National Championship Top 10 Finishes

16 Conference/Region Freshmen Players of the Year

2013  NAIA Golfstat Cup Winner, Julian Taylor

#1 Ranked Golfstat Men's Freshmen Class in the Country  (2013-14)
 
2014-15 Men’s Team – 51-under par for the fall season was #2 in all of college golf behind Wake Forest
 
Men’s Team won four straight Missouri Intercollegiate Championships (2011, 2012, 2014, 2014) * Last four championships played
 
8 players currently competing as professionals worldwide
 
Men’s and Women’s teams/individuals hold ALL school and AMC records. Highlights include:   
 
Men’s 18-Hole Low Team Score – 25-under par, 263 * Believed to be an NAIA record
 
Men’s 18-Hole Individual Score – 11-under par, 61 (David Houlding, 2014) * Believed to be an NAIA record)
 
Women’s 18-Hole Low Team Score – 8-under-par, 64 (Celia Mansour 2015) * Believed to be the NAIA record at the time
 
Women’s 18-Hole Team Score – 6-under-par, 282 (2014 CMU Invitational) *Believed to be a the NAIA record at the time


#1 Ranked Golfstat Women's Freshmen Class in the Country (2004, 2012, 2015)

Women's Golf ranked in in every poll from 2003-2018

Women's Golf didn't lose to an unranked NAIA team from 2003-2018

Women's Golf went undefeated against American Midwest Conference teams from 2003 to 2018.
 
Women's Golf finished in the Top 25 every year from 2004-2020
 
Women's Golf has only lost a one Conference Championship (2021)
 
Men's and Women's teams were a combined 55-4-1 against NCAA D-1 teams during the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16) National Championship Top 10 Finishes:

2019  Men's Golf        9th
2018  Women's Golf  2nd
2018  Men's Golf        9th
2017  Women's Golf  8th
2017  Men's Golf        4th
2016  Women's Golf  2nd
2016  Men's Golf        3rd
2015  Men's Golf        2nd
2015  Women's Golf   2nd
2014  Men's Golf        3rd
2014  Women's Golf  4th
2013  Women's Golf  6th
2012  Women's Golf  4th
2012  Men's Golf        9th
2011  Women's Golf  9th
2007  Women's Golf  8th

Both Men's and Women's Golf Teams finished ranked #1 in the Final NAIA Coaches Poll in 2016.
 
Two Individual National Championship Runners-up: David Houlding 2015, Logan Smith 2021
 
Inducted into the William Woods University Athletics Hall of Fame (2017)
 
Teams and individual student-athletes have excelled academically and have been consistently amongst the highest team GPA’s in the country. 
 
Players/Teams Inducted into the William Woods University Hall of Fame: (2022 inductees will be officially inducted on October 14, 2022)
 
Jada Bennington (2018)
Ceanne Kressig (2019)
Jamie Palermo (2020)
Julian Taylor (2021)
Myriam Hassan (2022)
Billy McKenzie (2022)
2012 Women’s Team (2020)
2014 Men’s Team (2021)
2014 Women’s Team (2021)
2015 Men’s Team (2022)
2015 Women’s Team (2022)