Georgetown University Women's Golf

Kate Schanuel was named the head coach of women’s golf at Georgetown University in July 2017.  She came to the Hilltop after spending eight seasons at Towson University. Since arriving in the District, Schanuel has twice been named the BIG EAST Coach of the Year, most recently following the 2023-24 season and for the first time after the 2017-18 season.  In her first seven seasons at the helm of the Georgetown women's golf program, the Hoyas have advanced to one NCAA Regional, won one BIG EAST team title, clinched one BIG EAST individual title and turned in a quartet of team runner-up finishes at the BIG EAST Championship.   Over seven seasons, Schanuel has coached the Blue & Gray to 10 All-BIG EAST selections, including three following the 2023-24 campaign. That same season, the Hoyas swept the conference major awards, garnering Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year accolades, a feat that had never been done in program history.    In her first season, Schanuel led the Hoyas to unprecedented success as the squad won five of the 11 tournaments on the schedule, including their second-consecutive BIG EAST title, advancing to the NCAA Regional in Austin, Texas.    In the classroom, the Hoyas have had 13 total recognitions for WGCA All-American Scholars, including an impressive four during the 2021-22 season.    Prior to Georgetown, Schanuel had a seven-year tenure as the Towson head coach. She led the Tigers to a fifth-place finish in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament in 2016-17. The Tigers broke 300 for a team round for the first time in program history, and established a new low for a 36-hole event, finishing with a 605 at the Towson Invitational during the fall. The team’s 310.3 tournament team average for 27 rounds eclipsed the old record by four strokes.   Towson enjoyed a strong 2015-16 season, posting six top-five finishes, including a championship at the Towson Invitational. The Tigers opened their year on a positive note at Penn State's Nittany Lion Invitational, shooting a 54-hole school record 915. In 2014-15, Schanuel’s squad posted four top-five finishes in five events during the fall, including winning the 2014 Navy Fall Invitational. The Tigers also tied for the team title at the 2014 Towson Invitational, and Krissy Unger shot a school-record 70 at the Kiawah Invitational.   Schanuel joined the Towson staff as an assistant coach prior for the 2009-10 season before taking over as the head coach at the start of the 2011 spring season.  In her first event as head coach, Schanuel led the Tigers to a team win at the 2011 Lonnie Barton Memorial Invitational.   Under Schanuel's leadership, the Tigers also excelled in the classroom, as student-athletes earned Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar honors 11 times.   Prior to joining Towson's staff, she was a volunteer assistant at Georgetown (2008-09) and coached the girls' team at the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland.   A former All-Atlantic Coast Conference and All-Academic selection at the University of Maryland, Schanuel graduated in 2007 with a degree in kinesiology. She was the team’s top player as a junior and senior and won three tournaments as a collegiate athlete. A team captain, Schanuel led the Terps in scoring average twice, including a 73.6 as a senior. The first female golfer at Maryland to turn pro, she competed on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, playing in 14 events.

Brophy helped take Indiana to a fifth-place finish at the 2010 Big Ten Championships, with the team posting the second-lowest four-round score at a Big Ten championship in school history. In 2008, she helped lead the team to a fourth place finish at the league championship. The team also made its second-straight NCAA postseason appearance with a trip to the NCAA East Regional. In her first season with the Hoosiers, Brophy helped oversee the continued transformation of the women's golf program, culminating in IU's first NCAA Championship appearance since 1998. With her guidance, the freshman trio of Kellye Belcher, Laura Nochta and Anita Gahir finished the season as the No. 1-rated freshman class in the country, according to Golfstat's Freshman Class Impact Rating. A native of Spokane, Wash., Brophy graduated from Notre Dame in 2006, earning a degree in sociology while enjoying an outstanding playing career. A two-time captain, she recorded a school-record three tournament victories during her playing career, earning medalist honors at the 2005 Jeannine McHaney Invitational/Central Regional Preview, the 2003 BIG EAST Championship and the 2002 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational. She boasted a 77.46 per round scoring average in 131 career rounds during her four-year career, the second-best per-round average in school history. Brophy also earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST team in 2003, 2004 and 2006, and was the team MVP in 2003 and 2005. Brophy also shined in the classroom while a student-athlete at Notre Dame. She was a four-time member of the NGCA All-Scholar team, a two-time Dean's List member at Notre Dame and was honored as a BIG EAST Academic All-Star. Brophy also has exceptional international and amateur experience. In 2003, she traveled to Ireland and Scotland to compete in the St. Rule Trophy at The Old Course at St. Andrews where she placed in the top-10. During the summer of 2005, Brophy was one of 10 collegiate golfers selected to compete in the NCAA All-Star Golf Tour in Asia. The squad spent one week in South Korea, two weeks in Japan and then the final week was spent in Hong Kong and China. She also competed at the 103rd U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in the summer of 2003 and advanced to the second round of match play at the 104th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship in 2004. In June 2007, she graduated from the NCAA Women Coaches Academy where she and 25 other coaches from around the country spent a week at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. In May 2010, she attended the NCAA Women Coaches Academy Dimension 2 which was held in Boston. Brophy successfully completed the LPGA Level I Teaching Program Series in Daytona Beach, Fla. in November 2010. She is an active member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. In addition, Brophy earned her master's degree in athletic administration/sport management from Indiana in 2009. In December 2010, Brophy finished the coursework for her Ph.D., in human performance with an emphasis in sport management and a minor in telecommunications. widget powered by

Dan O'Neil was named deputy director of athletics for external affairs in August of 2021. He serves as the sport administrator for men’s basketball, men's golf, women's lacrosse and men’s soccer. During his time as a sport administrator, he has been directly involved with 22 BIG EAST Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships in five different sports (men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s soccer and women’s soccer). He also is a member of the department's Executive Team and manages day-to-day operations with directed focus on external areas.  He provides guidance and support to the administrative and coaching staffs, and sport oversight consultation to other administrators. O'Neil has been a regular member of the BIG EAST Golf Championship Committee holding various roles since 2009, serves on the BIG EAST Marketing Council and other key league initiatives.  As a member of the Georgetown community he was appointed to the Benefits Advisory Committee in 2009, and serves on the Licensing Oversight Committee as well as the Visual Identity Task Force. As a faculty member in the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, O'Neil is a past professor of marketing in the Sports Industry Management program as well as serving as a capstone advisor. O’Neil graduated from the Georgetown SAGE (Shaping and Advancing Georgetown Executives) program in 2015. He is a 1991 graduate of Marquette University.