Ashland University Men's Golf

Jones is in his 13th season as Ashland University's head men's golf coach. Jones recently guided the Eagles to seven consecutive NCAA postseason appearances (five team, two individual). In 2014, the Eagles advanced to regional play as a team. During his time as the head coach, Jones has seen 19 of his players earn All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors and seven have been recognized as All-America Scholars. Jones spent 13 years as a PGA professional in Florida and Ohio before having amateur status reinstated by the USGA in 2012. Jones and his wife, Jamie, have two children - a daughter, Abbigail, 11, and son, Riley, nine.

YEAR: Eighth in 2025-26 AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY North guided Ashland's men to the 2023 Great Midwest Athletic Conference title - the program's first conference championship in 57 years. That automatically qualified the Eagles for their first team NCAA Division II tournament spot in nine years. He was named the 2022-23 Great Midwest Coach of the Year. Led the Eagle men to a runner-up finish at the 2019 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Ashland's men played in the GLIAC Championships match play Final Four in 2021. In his first season, the Eagles ended up as one of the best teams in the region by the end of the 2019 spring campaign, and AU was the runner-up at the 2019 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Senior Austin Kondratick earned a spot at NCAA Division II regionals as an individual, as well. Was the interim AU women's golf coach in the spring of 2019. PERSONAL North also serves as the head golf professional at the Ashland Golf Club, the home course for both of AU's golf programs. North was the head golf professional at Riviera Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio before coming to the Ashland Golf Club, where he is charged with running the golf operations. In his first full year, the Club was named the eighth-best course in the nation and first in Ohio by Golf Advisor among public golf courses that charge $50 or less per round. He previously was the head golf professional at Deer Creek Golf Course in Mt. Sterling, Ohio and spent nine years as an assistant professional at Columbus Country Club. The Hamilton, Ohio, native served in the U.S. Army from 1991-95.