LPGA Coach of the Year Award
In 1981, the LPGA established the LPGA Coach of the Year Award. This award is presented annually to a woman golf professional who is actively engaged in the teaching and/or coaching of golf at the college, university or high school level.
LPGA Coach of the Year Award is presented annually to an LPGA Professionals member who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments related to coaching during the year.
Who is Eligible
The candidate must be a Class B, Class A, LPGA A-2, PGA A-2, Senior, Master Professional, or Life member in good standing who presently serves as a university, college or high school head coach at an accredited educational institution.
The member must have made significant contributions within the following areas:
Recipients
| 2022 | Debbie Williams-Hoak | Saline High School Saline, Michigan |
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| 2021 | Courtney Mahon | Notre Dame de Sion High School Kansas City, Missouri |
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| 2020 | Maria Lopez | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, FL |
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| 2019 | Lisa Strom | Kent State University Kent, OH |
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| 2018 | Christa Teno |
Seminole State College Sanford, FL |
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| 2017 | Christie Quinn |
Le Jolla High School San Diego, CA |
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| 2016 | Mary Ritchie |
UC Riverside Riverside, CA |
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| 2015 | Sara Doell |
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ |
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| 2014 | Patty Frohna-Post |
University of Delaware Newark, DE |
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| 2013 |
Shelly Liddick |
Bellevue University Bellevue, NE |
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| 2012 | Shelly Liddick | Bellevue University Bellevue, NE |
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| 2011 | Kim Lewellen | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
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| 2010 | Laura Brown | Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL |
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| 2009 | Kelley Hester | University of Georgia Athens, GA |
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| 2008 | Michelle Melia | Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ |
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| 2007 | Maria Lopez | Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL |
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| 2006 | Janet Bolle-Carl | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
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| 2005 | Shelly Haywood | University of Arizona Tuscon, AZ |
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| 2004 | Sally Austin | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC |
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| 2003 | Nancy McDaniel | University of California at Berkeley | |
| 2002 | Jackie Booth | University of New Mexico | |
| 2001 | Dianne Dailey | Wake Forest University | |
| 2000 | Nancy Lewis | San Jose State University | |
| 1999 | Kathleen Teichert | University of Michigan | |
| 1998 | Jackie Booth | University of New Mexico | |
| 1997 | Debby King | University of Memphis | |
| 1996 | Beans Kelly | University of Georgia | |
| 1995 | Mary Beth McGirr | UNC Greensboro | |
| 1994 | Sarah Hindi | University of New Mexico | |
| 1993 | Linda Vollstedt | Arizona State University | |
| 1992 | Iris Schneider | Rollins College | |
| 1991 | Carol Ludvigson | University of Oklahoma | |
| 1990 | Cathy Bright | University of Southern California | |
| 1989 | Barbara Smith | Longwood College | |
| 1988 | Jackie Steinmann | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| 1987 | Mary Beth Nienhaus | Appleton West High School | |
| 1986 | Linda Vollstedt | Arizona State University | |
| 1985 | Diane Thomason | University of Iowa | |
| 1984 | Patricia Weis | University of Texas | |
| 1983 | Barbara B. Smith | Longwood College | |
| 1982 | Ann Casey Johnstone | Stephens College | |
| 1981 | Mary Dagraedt | Miami-Dade Community College |
