Christopher Newport University Men's Golf

Coleman has helped the Captains reach a level of success unmatched since the mid-1990s. During his tenure, he has led CNU to three conference championships and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championship. Since 2008, Coleman's squads have captured nine tournament titles, including three apiece in 2009-10 and 2010-11. During the latter campaign, the Captains picked up their first conference title, which added a nice punctuation mark to a successful season.  With the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2011, the program made its first appearance at the national championship since 2000. Finishing 11th out of 40 teams, the Captains made their presence felt, highlighted by Chris Olson's 16th place performance that netted him All-American accolades.  That following year, in 2012, Coleman's Captains made a return trip to the NCAA Touranment as an at-large selection, marking the program's first back-to-back appearances since 1995-96. Once again, the squad held its own against the nation's elite as Christopher Newport placed 15th, including a sixth-place individual effort by Joseph Evans. During the 2012-13 campaign, Coleman helped Christopher Newport continue its run of success with a second-place finish at the USA South Championship. The Captains were also represented in the NCAA Tournament once again as Brian Jaeger qualified for the postseason and picked up All-American honors while finishing tied for 12th. For his performance at the helm of the program, Coleman was named the inaugural VaSID College Division Men's Golf Coach of the Year in 2013.  Following his award-winning campaign, Coleman did another impressive job with the Captains in 2013-14. After the program transitioned to the Capital Athletic Conference, the squad made an immediate statement as CNU captured the CAC title. All five Captains placed in the top-10, headlined by Jon Howard, who won the individual championship. With his performance, the senior became just the second player in program history to win a league title.  During his tenure, Coleman has helped coach some of the most successful student-athletes in CNU history. His players have earned three All-American citations and 13 All-Conference honors. In addition to the awards, members of his teams have rewritten the Christopher Newport recortd books. Jaeger set all-time marks for lowest single-round score and single-season scoring average. Evans also posted the program's lowest career average, while Olson set the tournament mark after firing a 136 at the 36-hole Tom Kinder Memorial. A native of Smithfield, Virginia, Coleman has extensive experience in the region's golf community. He was the Golf Events Coordinator at Golden Horsehoe Country Club in Williamsburg from 2000-01 and served as the Assistant Golf Professional at Two Rivers Country Club from 2001-02 and Stonehouse Golf Club from 2002-03.  A graduate of Atlantic Shores Christian High School in Virginia Beach, Coleman played golf for three years at Liberty University before graduating in 2000. 

Entering his 17th season as the head coach of the Christopher Newport University golf program in 2024-25, Jamie Coleman has helped the Captains men's golf team reach an unprecedented measure of success while overseeing the construction and development of the women's golf program since its inception in 2017-18 through the 2021-22 campaign. During his tenure, Coleman has guided the men's program to five league championships, including four straight Capital Athletic Conference titles from 2014-17. The Captains have also qualified for seven NCAA Championship appearances, highlighted by a program-record 6th-place finish at the national tournament during the 2023-24 campaign.  Meanwhile, on the women's side, Coleman's crew quickly established itself as one of the finest programs in the region. During their very first year of competition, the Captains won the CAC title in 2017-18 before sending an individual qualifier to the NCAA Championships the following year.  Along with their postseason success, Coleman's squads have captured 24 tournament titles on the men's side since 2008, while the women have walked away with four, including an incredible victory in the program's first-ever competition at the 2017 Bay Creek Invitational.  In addition to the overall team success under Coleman's watch, he has also helped recruit and coach some of the finest individual competitors in school history. Since 2008, Christopher Newport has produced nine All-Americans, including national runner-up Robb Kinder in 2021 and first team selections Brian Jaeger, David Rabil, and Alex Price. Additionally, 20 Captains have taken part in the NCAA Championships, including Kinder's second place finish and Joseph Evans' sixth-place showing at the 2012 competition.  Under the tutelage of Coleman, Alex Price made history for CNU golf by qualifying for and playing in the 122nd U.S. Amateur over the summer of 2022. Price became the only Division III player to reach the U.S. Amateur Quarterfinals since at least the 1990's in what was inarguably one of the finest runs ever by a DIII student-athlete. Price went on to secure the Division III Jack Nicklaus Award in 2023, capping a storied career with the highest honor in NCAA Men's Golf. Price is the most decorated athlete in program history including four All-American certificates with back-to-back first team selections.  Along with the national success, Coleman's student-athletes have received 41 All-Conference honors and 21 All-Region plaudits. Four Captains have also walked away with league championships since 2014, including CNU women's golf coach Jonathan Howard who kicked off that run.  Equally impressive on the women's side, Christopher Newport has seen six different competitors earn All-CAC accolades over the first three seasons of the program, including two-time Player of the Year Erica Whitehouse. Whitehouse also became the program's first All-American and national qualifier after finishing ninth at the NCAA Championships in 2019. Additionally, she became the first-ever recipient of the VaSID Virginia State Player of the Year award as a sophomore, while teammate Shreya Ganta was named the top freshman in the conference in 2019.  Ganta would go on to earn All-American honors in 2021 after becoming the second player to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Alongside Katie Thome, Ganta was also named a Scholar All-American for her work in the classroom as well.  For his work at the helm of the program, Coleman has also received personal recognition. He picked up four consecutive CAC Men's Coach of the Year honors from 2014-17, while he nabbed the women's top award in 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, he has been named the VaSID All-State Coach of the Year five times on the men's side after securing the award in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, and 2023. Prior to his arrival at Christopher Newport, Coleman built an extensive resume in the region's golf community. A native of Smithfield, Va., he was the Golf Events Coordinator at Golden Horseshoe Country Club in Williamsburg from 2000-01. He also served as the Assistant Golf Professional at Two Rivers Country Club from 2001-02 and Stonehouse Golf Club from 2002-03.  A graduate of Atlantic Shores Christian High School in Virginia Beach, Coleman played golf for three years at Liberty University before graduating in 2000.