A new college golf season has arrived, which means there are plenty of coaches making their debuts at new schools in the coming weeks.
Golfweek has continued its tradition of following news from around the coaching community with its College Golf Job Blog this year, but we're going to shine a spotlight on some of the new faces in new places ahead of the season.
Here's a look at some men's and women's coaches who took over new programs this offseason.
Men's college golf coaching changes
Ryan Hybl, Georgia Tech
After winning the 2017 national championship with Oklahoma, Ryan Hybl is replacing Bruce Heppler at Georgia Tech. A Georgia grad, Hybl is returning back closer to home and trying to accomplish something Heppler was never
able to do with the Yellow Jackets: win a national title. At OU, Hybl coached 18 Sooners to 35 All-America honors, produced at least one All-American in all but two seasons, 19 all-conference selections, one Fred Haskins Award winner and eight PGA Tour University graduates.
Jonathan Moore, Oklahoma
In a cooresponding move to Hybl taking the Georgia Tech job, Jonathan Moore was named his replacement at OU. Moore, the 2006 individual NCAA champion for Oklahoma State, joined the OU staff in June 2023 after a successful professional career as a player and six years piloting the strength, conditioning and development program for OSU's men's and women's golf programs. Moore helped lead Oklahoma to back-to-back-to-back NCAA regional titles for the first time in program history and two top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships.
Mookie Demoss, Georgia
Former Georgia men’s golf letterman Mookie DeMoss joined the program’s staff as an assistant coach on Jan. 11, 2024, and earlier this year was named as legendary coach Chris Haack’s replacement. DeMoss captained the 2015 squad that went to the Final Fore at the NCAA Championships. He was also an All-American Honorable Mention in 2015 and finished 11th individually in NCAA Stroke Play that year. Now, he's tasked with leading one of the biggest programs in college golf.
Todd Miller, BYU
Miller takes over after the retirement of Bruce Brockbank who was at the helm for 34 seasons. Miller coached alongside Brockbank for 21 of those seasons, seven as an assistant and 14 as director of golf. Brockbank will remain with the team through July. Miller, like Brockbank, has spent his entire collegiate golfing and coaching career at BYU. He started his freshman season with the Cougars in 1998 and finished his playing career in 2005.
Thomas Sutton, Washington
Thomas Sutton is the 11th head coach of the Washington men’s golf program. He spent the past four years as the associate head coach at Arizona State. Sutton served as an assistant coach at Washington from 2017 to 2022. Prior to his first stop at Washington, Sutton was an assistant coach at his alma mater University of Alabama at Birmingham where he spent two seasons with the Blazers.
Andres Gonzales, UNLV
Former touring professional golfer and Rebel All-American Andres Gonzales was been named the fourth full-time head coach earlier this summer. Gonzales, who played at UNLV from 2003-06 and was the roommate of 2004 NCAA individual champion Ryan Moore, returns to Las Vegas after a professional career that saw him compete five years on the PGA Tour and six years on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Jean-Paul Hebert, Baylor
Replacing legend Mike McGraw, Jean-Paul Hebert is returning to the state of Texas. He played college golf for the Longhorns. Hebert coached at UNLV for the past four seasons, where he guided the Rebels to the Mountain West Conference championship this past spring. Hebert came to Las Vegas after serving as the assistant men’s golf coach at the University of Texas for eight years, as well as for four years prior to that as the team’s volunteer coach.
Andrew Danna, Houston
Andrew Danna is getting his first shot at a Power 4 program. As a head coach at Florida Gulf Coast (2019-26), NCAA Division II Lynn (2012-18) and Georgia Southwestern (2010-12), Danna led his teams to 32 team titles, including the 2018 NCAA Division II national championship with Lynn, and produced 33 All-Conference honorees. Now, he takes over the program with the most men's national championships of any school.
Women's college golf coaching changes
Lydia Lasprilla, Alabama
With Mic Potter departing Alabama, it left a big hole at one of the country's best programs. Enter Lydia Lasprilla, who spent the last eight years on the coaching staff at Houston, including the last five as the team's head coach. During her tenure at Houston, Lasprilla guided the Cougars to historical success, leading the program to four consecutive NCAA Regional appearances from 2023-26 and its first berth in the NCAA Championships in 2026.
Rachel Pollock, Houston
In a cooresponding move, Houston hired Rachel Pollock to replace Lasprilla. Pollock coached the past five seasons at the Louisiana-Monroe. Pollock led the Warhawks to three NCAA Regional team appearances and two individual qualifiers as well as an individual berth to the 2026 NCAA Championships. Her program won a pair of Sun Belt Conference Championships titles (2026, 2023) and produced two Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year in Johanna Sjursen (2026) and Chantal Dueringer (2023).
JD Lamm, Troy
JD Lamm is another coach making the jump to Division I. Lamm completed his fifth season as head coach of both the men's and women's teams at NCAA Div. II Wingate this spring. Under Lamm's leadership, the Bulldog men's program reached the NCAA Championship quarterfinals three straight years, and the Bulldog women's team has made consecutive appearances in match play at the NCAA Championship. He also had the women's individual champion last season.
Cameron Jourdan is an assistant editor of Golfweek, covering college and amateur golf, the PGA Tour and plenty more. Follow Cameron on X/Twitter (@Cam_Jourdan) or Instagram (@GolfweekJourdan).
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: New faces, new places: These college golf teams have new coaches in 2026-27
