Bellevue University Women's Golf

Liddick Coaching File Shelly Liddick was named the womens golf coach at Bellevue University in August of 2010 and has been named conference Coach of the Year in her first five seasons at BU. Liddick was named the LPGA National Coach of the Year in 2012-13 and again in 2013-14 becoming the only LPGA member coach to be awarded the honor two years in a row. She has also been awarded the LPGA Central Section Coach of the Year twice. For the fourth year in a row Liddick led the Bruins to the National Tournament and an eighth place finish at the Savannah Quarters Country Club. BU claimed their fifth-straight Conference Tournament Championship, winning the NSAA title running away. During the season, the Bruins won three team tournament titles. Bellevue reached the NAIA National Tournament for the third-straight season, placing seventh, during the 2014-15 season. The Bruins won the MCAC-NSAA Conference Tournament for the fourth-straight season. Bellevue won five team titles during the season. The Bruins advanced to the NAIA National Tournament for the second-straight season and finished in third place in 2013-14. BU won the MCAC-NSAA Conference Tournament, its 10th team tournament championship of the season. Bellevue won seven team titles during the 2012-13 season, including six individual tournament wins. In their inaugural season, Liddick led the Bruins to four tournament titles, including the 2012 MCAC Tournament championship. She has coached nine NAIA All-Americans, four Conference Golfers of the Year and two MCAC Newcomers of the Year. Liddick has also coached 19 first team all-conference golfers, three NAIA Academic All-Americans, and 6 WGCA Academic All-Americans. A native of Lincoln, Neb. and Ottumwa, Iowa, Liddick played collegiately at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She also coached at her alma mater and was the head womens golf coach at Wichita State University from 2003-04. Liddick, a member of the LPGA since 1993, is a certified professional golf club fitter and has taught golf schools in Alabama, Arizona, New Zealand, Sweden, Germany, Hawaii and California. She has worked closely with several PGA and LPGA touring professionals and has participated in Golf 54 and Vision 54 training with Lynn Marriott and Pia Nielsen. In addition to coaching collegiately at UAB and Wichita State, Liddick also coached Summit High School girls golf in Bend, Ore. She is married to Jeff and they have two daughters, Taylor and Mia.     Updated July 17, 2016