Ryan Potter has spent five seasons on the coaching staff of the Wake Forest women’s golf program, joining the program in January, 2017. After serving as an assistant coach in 2017-18, he was promoted to associate head coach in the summer of 2018.

For the first time in his career, Potter earned WGCA National Assistant Coach of the year honors in May 2022. During the 2021-22 season, Potter coached alongside ACC Coach of the Year Kim Lewellen to lead the Deacs’ to their second ACC title in four years and make an appearance at the NCAA Championships for the fourth year in a row. Including the ACC title, Wake Forest won a program-record five team titles this season and remained in the top-five of the Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll for the entirety of the spring season.

Potter coached ACC Player of the Year Rachel Kuehn and ACC Freshman of the Year Carolina Chacarra, both of which earned WGCA All-America accolades for the 2021-22 season. Wake Forest also had a program-record four players earn All-ACC recognition at the conclusion of the 2022 spring season

Amy Bond, the winningest coach in school history, continues to set the bar extremely high for the Florida State Women’s Golf Team and for each of her players.

Bond became the Seminoles’ all-time winningest coach in October of 2021 when she helped lead the combined Florida State men’s and women’s teams to the championship at the Inaugural Barbara Nicklaus Cup.

In the last year alone, she led the Seminoles to the nation’s No. 1 ranking, the first two NCAA Regional Championship in school history (Louisville in 2021 and Tallahassee in 2022) and to a program record ninth place finish in the NCAA Championship Finals. She also coached a First-Team All-American, the ACC Golfer of the Year, two NCAA All-Regional selections, and two All-ACC selections.

The 2022-23 season marks the fifth year Ria Scott has headed up the Virginia program. The Cavaliers are coming off a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Championships where graduate student Beth Lillie finished ninth for the second consecutive season. It marked the 16th consecutive berth to the postseason.

The Cavaliers had four runner-up finishes during the season, including the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor. Freshman Amanda Sambach was named the state co-player of the year after setting a program record for a first-year scoring average (72.85). UVA also had another stellar year, with four players recognized as Women’s Golf Coaches Association Scholars and five players earning ACC All-Academic honors.

For the second time, she was recognized by the Virginia Sports Information Directors as the state’s women’s golf coach of the year.

Beth Wu enters her first season as an assistant coach after joining the program prior to the 2022-23 season.

Wu begins her coaching career after spending the last three years (2020-22) on the Epson Tour. She posted four top-10 finishes, including two runner-up outings in 2021 at the Garden City Charity Classic and the Donald Ross Classic. In 2021 she finished 11th on the Epson Tour money list. Earlier this year, Wu competed at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles.

Highlights of her amateur golf career include representing Team USA at the 2016 Curtis Cup and a semifinalist performance at the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Tiffany Joh, an 11-year LPGA Tour pro and four-time NCAA All-American with collegiate coaching experience, is in her first year as an assistant coach with the USC Women’s Golf team. She was hired on June 23, 2022.

Said USC Head Coach Justin Silverstein on Joh: “We are so fired up to welcome Tiffany to the Trojan Family. Tiffany brings an incredible wealth of playing experience with over a decade on the LPGA Tour while being one of the finest collegiate/amateur golfers in the world. Her energy and passion for the game is infectious, as is her famous sense of humor, and I think that combined with her perspective on balancing academics, athletics and outside life will be extremely beneficial for our student-athletes.”

Joh comes to USC following a one-year stint as the assistant coach at Cal State San Marcos, where the school won its third straight California Collegiate Athletic Association title. Joh helped redshirt sophomore Breann Horn earn WGCA Division II All-American first team honors and CCAA Player of the Year honors while Cougar golfers also earned CCAA Freshman and Newcomer of the Year accolades.

Erynne Lee, an All-American golfer during her collegiate days and who has gone on to a career on the professional tours, joined the Princeton women’s golf program as its assistant coach on Feb. 1, 2022.

“We are thrilled to welcome Erynne to our team,” Princeton head coach Erika DeSanty said upon Lee’s hiring. “Her experience competing successfully at the highest levels will continue to push and elevate our program. Beyond her competitive excellence, Erynne brings a passion for teaching and positive energy, qualities we hope for in every team member!”

Lee has competed in 26 LPGA events during her professional career. At the 2018 Bank of Hope Founders Cup at the Wildfire Golf Club in Phoenix, Ariz., Lee tied for seventh, marking her top finish to date on the LPGA circuit. On the Symetra Tour, Lee has competed in 73 events, turning in 10 top-10 finishes, including wins at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship and the Donald Ross Centennial, both in 2017, and the 2016 IOA Championship.

Maddi Swaney, the 2016 WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year, is in her second season as the assistant coach of the Cowgirl golf program.

Swaney spent eight season as the assistant coach at Kent State, including the last six under Greg Robertson, where she was a part of three NCAA Championship appearances, eight NCAA Regional bids, 30 tournament victories and 27 individual medalists.

In all, she has recruited and coached five All-Americans, eight conference golfers of the year, four freshmen of the year, 26 first team all-conference honorees and 25 conference all-tournament team members. She has also coached 11 different players to 29 individual titles in her career.

“I couldn’t me more thrilled to have Maddi at Oklahoma State,” Robertson said. “She’s one of the best coaches in the country and one of the hardest working individuals I know. I’m looking forward to winning championships with her here in Stillwater.”