Loyola University Chicago Men's Golf

Peter Pougnet enters his first season as head coach ahead 2025-26. Pougnet arrives in Rogers Park after a combined 12 years of head coaching experience at Regis and Roosevelt.   Most recently, Pougnet served as an assistant coach at Kentucky during the 2024-25 season. He had a hand in coaching an individual NCAA Regional appearance and a 36-7 record that saw wins over top-25 teams.   Pougnet got his start in Chicago, leading the Roosevelt men's golf squad from 2014 to 2022. He was tabbed the CCAC Coach of the Year on two occasions after helping the team achieve a 78 percent increase in wins over his last six seasons.   Roosevelt saw its first 12 victories in school history under his guidance, which included the 2020-21 and 2021-22 CCAC conference championships. In 2020-21, Pougnet coached the CCAC Player and Freshman on the Year who were two of his eight first team all-conference selections during his tenure.   Following his stint at Roosevelt, Pougnet served as the head men's and women's golf coach at Regis from 2022-24. While there, he was elected to and served on the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee for women's golf.   Pougnet recruited and led the program's first conference individual champion as well as three all-conference selections on the women's side, while improving the men to the seventh best scoring average in program history.   Off the course, Pougnet and his Regis squads ranked first and second in women's and men's community service hours, respectively.   Pougnet joins the Ramblers beginning in July 2025 to prepare for Loyola's fourth season competing in the A-10 conference.