Jason D’Amore, member of the LMU men’s golf program from 2005-08 and a Class of 2015 Inductee to the LMU Athletics’ Hall of Fame, was named Head Coach of the men’s golf team in June of 2016. His fifth season will be in 2020-21.

Even with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the country, D’Amore’s Lions are in the midst of a special run in the Spring of 2021. In three straight tournaments, the Lions earned a runner-up finish at the Nick Watney Invitational (Feb. 8-9, 2021), before claiming back-to-back team titles at The Joust at Goose Creek (Feb. 22, 2021) and the Sacramento State Invitational (Mar. 1-2, 2021). All three individual titles in that stretch were won by an individual for the first time in school history, with senior Gavin Cohen winning consecutive events and freshman Riley Lewis following with his first collegiate victory. The records accomplished during this run include a program-record 28-under par (284-275-277—836) team finish in the Nick Watney Invitational led by Cohen finishing second all-time and one stroke off the school record for tournament scoring with his 70-66-67—203, and a team-record 25-stroke victory in a tournament at CBU’s The Joust.

In his fourth season with the program, D’Amore guided his Lions through a shortened year due to the Coronavirus… In seven team events and one individual-only event, LMU averaged 292.52 with six top 10 finishes and a runner-up by Gavin Cohen in the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-24, 2020) with the junior’s 71-68-67—206… LMU finished three of seven tournaments at par or better… LMU’s 10-under 284-285-285—854 performance at the Loyola Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-24, 2020) pushed the Lions into fourth place… In Hawaii, LMU shot 1-under par to finish the Hoakalei C.C. Invitational (Oct. 28-30, 2019) with a 285-293-285—863 and eighth place finish in the largest field of the year… The Lions shot even (284-284-284—852) at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Oct. 7-8, 2019)… No WCC Championships were held.