Middlebury College Women's Golf

Mandigo led the team to American Womens Hockey Coaches Association (AWHCA) National Titles in 2000 and 2001 before taking three-consecutive NCAA Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006. His teams have also captured eight NESCAC Championships and have 19 or more wins in 19 of the last 21 seasons. After leading his team to its first ECAC Championship in 1996, Mandigo was named the ECAC Coach of the Year. He also led the team to five more ECAC titles. In 2001, Mandigo was again honored as the ECAC Coach of the Year, as well as the AHCA National Coach of the Year. In 2001, 2004 and 2005, Mandigo was named the AHCA National Coach of the Year. He earned NESCAC Coach of the Year honors in 2004, 2011 and 2016. A 1983 graduate of Wesleyan University, Mandigo began his coaching career at his alma mater as the assistant hockey coach for the men's varsity, serving in that role for two years after his graduation. Mandigo moved on to The Hill School, where he was the boys' head hockey coach from 1985 to 1987. After one year at Burrillville High School in Rhode Island, he came to Middlebury in the fall of 1988 as the head women's hockey coach and as an assistant coach in both football and baseball. Mandigo works at numerous summer hockey camps and is an active member of the AWHCA. He is also a member of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee. After 20 years as an assistant coach with the football team, Mandigo joined the women's golf coaching staff in the fall of 2008 and currently serves as the team's head coach.

Tim Walko was named the head coach of the women's golf program in the fall of 2023.  AT MIDDLEBURY Guided Middlebury to its first conference championship in 2025 Led squad to the best program finish with a share of sixth at the 2025 NCAA Championship 1x NESCAC Coach of the Year (2025) 4x WCGA All-Region 1 Squad honorees 6x All-NESCAC honorees COACHING RESUME Head women's golf coach - Middlebury College (2023-present) Head golf coach & Physical Education department lecturer - Mount Holyoke College (2011-2020) Head golf professional - Northampton Country Club (1994-2001) First assistant golf professional - Round Hill Golf Club (1987-1989) Assistant golf professional - Seminole Golf Club (1987-1989) Teaching golf professional - Country Club of Fairfield (1988-1989) First assistant golf professional - Old Lyme Country Club (1986) EDUCATION Bachelor's Degree - Rollins College - 1986 AWARDS AND HONORS 1x NESCAC Coach of the Year (2025) Named 2014 Liberty League Coach of the Year Coached the Liberty League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year 2014 Liberty League Conference champions Coached 21 Liberty League All-Team honorees Coached 15 Liberty League Rookies of the Week Coached 29 Liberty League Conference Performers of the Week Coached 26 Liberty League Conference All-Academic honorees Coached seven WGCA All-East Region Players of the Year Coached one ECAC Player of the Year Broke 41 Mount Holyoke College scoring records PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Owner, President and Director of Golf at Walko Management DBA Northampton Country Club (2005-2012) Played golf professionally following graduation in Northern Florida leagues (1986-1989) The full history for the Middlebury women's golf program can be found here.

Politano serves as the Head Golf Professional at Middlebury’s Ralph Meyer Golf Course and has been an assistant coach for the men's team since he joined the staff at the golf course. He joins the women's coaching staff for the 2021-22 season.       

Chloe Levins joined the women’s golf coaching staff at Middlebury in April of 2024 as an assistant coach. AT MIDDLEBURY Helped guide Middlebury to its first NESCAC Championship in 2025 Led squad to best program finish with a share of sixth at the 2025 NCAA Championship 2x WCGA All-Region 1 Squad honorees 3x All-NESCAC selections AWARDS & HONORS U.S. Biathlon National Team Member (2018-current) U.S. Biathlon World Championship Team Member (2021, 2023, 2024) Final round Olympic Trials participant for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, second alternate 38 International Biathlon Union World Cup starts (2022-2024) Youth Olympic Games Team Member (2016, 4th place) Youth/Junior World Championship Team Member (2015-2020) International Biathlon Integrity Unit Ambassador Women's Sports Foundation grant recipient (2023) COACHING RESUME Assistant women's golf coach - Middlebury College (2024-present) EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS  Bachelor of Arts - Neuroscience & Religion minor - Middlebury College - 2020 ATHLETIC CAREER Two-year Team Captain (2018-2020) 2019 Division NCAA All-American Honorable Mention  2019 NESCAC Player of the Year  Two-time Individual NESCAC Champion (2016, 2018) Two-time All-Region Selection (2019, 2020) Three-time All-NESCAC Selection (2017, 2019, 2020) Five Individual Collegiate Tournament Wins  All-American Scholar (2016-2020) Deborah Parton Award for spirit and dedication (2020) 2019 Vermont Amateur Champion The full history for the Middlebury women's golf program can be found here.