Old Dominion University Men's Golf

A six-time conference and five-time Virginia State Coach of the Year, Dr. Murray Rudisill enters his 51st season as the head coach of Old Dominion's men's golf program in 2025-26. During his tenure, the Monarch program has grown into one of the top-rated teams in the Southeast. Coach Rudisill's Monarchs competed in 10 tournaments in 2025-26, with the team posting four Top-10 finishes and three Top-5 finishes. ODU combined to shoot a nine-under par 567 through two rounds at the Ironwood Collegiate Classic to tie for eighth in the team standings. Next, the Monarchs turned in a two-under 850 to secure the runner-up trophy at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate. In the spring, ODU placed fifth at the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate with a seven-over par 871, and the Monarchs came in second at the Irish Creek Collegiate with a 36-hole total of eight-over 568. Jacob Gunther, Kaijun Ma and Philip Minnehan were each named Cobalt Golf GCAA All-America Scholars. The Monarchs competed in 10 tournaments during the 2023-24 season and posted seven Top-10 finishes, to include five tournaments where they finished in the Top 5. ODU started off their fall by placing fifth at Davidson's River Run Collegiate, then came in seventh at ECU's Ironwood Classic and tied for ninth at the Elon Phoenix Invitational. The team then capped off the fall with a runner-up finish at their home tournament, the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate at Kilmarlic Golf Club. In the spring, Rudisill guided the program to a pair of third-place finishes at George Mason's Donald Ross Collegiate Classic and at the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate, co-hosted by Elon and ECU. The team also took fourth at App State's Irish Creek Collegiate. The 2022-23 season saw the Monarchs compete in 10 tournaments as ODU turned in six Top-10 finishes and one Top-5 finish. The team's best outing was at ECU's Cutter Creek Invitational, where the Monarchs took third out of 10 teams with a 19-over par 883. Jakob Chicoyne had the best individual finish of the year, shooting a 13-under 203 to tie for third at the VCU Shootout.ODU had five Top-5 finishes as a team during the 2021-22 season. The Monarchs placed fifth at the VCU Shootout and ODU/OBX Intercollegiate and tied for fifth at the River Run Collegiate. During the spring, the team finished fourth at the Southern Invitational and third at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate. On the individual side, Filip Wetterqvist tied for fifth at the VCU Shootout after shooting a seven-under par 209. Gustav Fransson's eight-under 208 tied him for third at the Georgia State Invitational and Jakob Henriksson carded a seven-over 220 at the Golden Horseshoe Invitational to tie for fourth. Fransson tied for fifth at the C-USA Championship at two-under 214 and added All-Tournament Team honors.Rudisill guided a pair of Monarchs in Jakob Henriksson and Carter Morgan to medalist honors in the spring of 2021, giving ODU multiple medalists in the same season for the first time since 2009-10. Henriksson became the first ODU freshman to win an event since 2016 when he won by six strokes at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate. The following week, Morgan surged in the final round to finish tied for first and share medalist honors. Morgan capped off the year by receiving Second Team All-State recognition from VaSID. Gustav Fransson placed inside the top-five at the Conference USA Championship, earning all-tournament team honors for the second time in his career. As a team, the Monarchs notched a pair of top-three finishes, including a runner-up result at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate. In 2019-20, Rudisill led the Monarchs to six top-10 finishes as a team. To highlight the shortened season for ODU, senior Carter Morgan finished atop the leaderboard at the VCU Invitational with a 13-under par to lead the Old Dominion men's golf team to a first-place finish. At the Monarchs’ annual home tournament, ODU took a runner-up finish behind North Dakota State, while Gustav Fransson and Rasmus Konradsson placed in the top-five. Fransson posted a team-best 70.56 average round score that season, good for 51st in the nation among Division I golfers and earned four top-10 finishes and was named Second Team All-Conference USA. Adding to that, Fransson and Chris Ayers were recognized on the VaSID All-State Team. In 2018-19, the Monarchs recorded a pair of top-five finishes, including a third-place finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate.  In 2017-18, the Monarchs notched a pair of third-place finishes, including at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate at Kilmarlic Golf Club. ODU then placed seventh at the C-USA Championship. ODU men’s golf was named a GCAA All-Academic Team in 2015 under Rudisill’s guidance, and the Monarchs tied for sixth at the C-USA Championships. In 2009, Eric Onesi earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Regional.In 2008, Onesi finished second at the prestigious Eastern Amateur, and Jeffrey Long placed seventh at the Virginia State Open.In 2007 the Monarchs captured the CAA title and advanced to the NCAA East Regional. Rudisill was named Coach of the Year in the CAA and state of Virginia. During the summer of 2007, Onesi and Stan Guerrero competed in the prestigious USGA Amateur Championships in San Francisco.In 2003, ODU captured their first ever CAA championship with a sudden-death playoff win over UNC Wilmington. That earned the Monarchs their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance as a team. The Monarchs tied for 15th at the West Regionals. Geoffrey Harris was named CAA Player of the Year for the second-straight time and also earned All-Region honors. Harris was also one of five finalists for the prestigious Byron Nelson Award. Rudisill earned CAA Coach of the Year honors in 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2007 along with Coach of the Year honors in the Sun Belt in 1984 and 1989. He was selected Virginia College Coach of the Year by the Portsmouth Sports Club in 1988, and his fellow coaches in the State of Virginia have selected him Coach of the Year in 1988, 2000, 2003 and 2004 and 2007.Rudisill has served on the board of Directors for the Virginia State Golf Association, and is serving his fourth, five-year term as chairman of the Virginia State Golf Coaches Association. Additionally, he has served as chairman for the selection committee for the NCAA Golf District III. Rudisill is a member of the board of trustees of College Golf Fellowship.Two of Rudisill's former golfers, Jim McGovern and Joe Daley, qualified for the PGA tour in 1998. In 1991, Jon Hurst became the first Monarch to qualify at the NCAA Division I Championships in Monterey, Calif. and earned All-American honors. Hurst and Alan Schulte, a two-time Sun Belt Conference champion, are both in the ODU Sports Hall of Fame.Rudisill has coached back-to-back CAA Rookies of the Year in Michael Hospodar in 1999 and Geoffrey Harris in 2000. The 1999 Monarch squad ranked first in the nation in par three scoring at 3.11. The 2000 squad lost the CAA Championships by one stroke and ranked in the top-10 in the district and the nation's top 50.In 2002, Geoffrey Harris ranked as high as second nationally with a stroke average at 70.0 after the fall season and later competed in the prestigious Palmer Cup for native Great Britain against team USA.Strengthening his reputation as an excellent golfer with top performances in regional and amateur events, Rudisill has teamed with Old Dominion Hall of Fame golfer J.P.Leigh to win over 50 tournaments in the area.A native of Gastonia, N.C., Rudisill is a 1960 graduate of North Carolina State University where he was a member of the golf team. Rudisill earned his master’s degree from the University of North Carolina and moved to Hampton Roads and the Tidewater Community College System in 1968. He was awarded a doctorate in curriculum/instruction from the University of Florida in 1972 and joined the Old Dominion faculty that same year. He retired from teaching in May of 2004. RUDISILL'S COACH OF THE YEAR HONORS1984 Sun Belt1988 The State of Virginia1989 Sun Belt1999 CAA2000 CAA & State of Virginia2003 CAA & State of Virginia2004 State of Virginia2007 CAA & State of Virginia TEAM AND CONFERENCE TITLES 1984 Virginia State Champions1986 Virginia State Champions1992 Virginia State Champions1993 Virginia State Champions2003 CAA Champions & T15th at NCAA West Regionals2007 CAA Champions & 22nd at NCAA East Regionals

Barry Marple joined the Old Dominion men’s golf program as an Assistant Coach prior to the 2015-16 season and was elevated to Associate Head Coach in May 2023. He enters his 11th season with the team in 2025-26. A double Monarch, Marple joined head coach Murray Rudisill’s staff after five seasons as the head golf coach at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach. ODU competed in 10 tournaments in 2025-26, with the Monarchs posting four Top-10 finishes and three Top-5 finishes. ODU combined to shoot a nine-under par 567 through two rounds at the Ironwood Collegiate Classic to tie for eighth in the team standings. Next, the Monarchs turned in a two-under 850 to secure the runner-up trophy at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate. In the spring, ODU placed fifth at the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate with a seven-over par 871, and the Monarchs came in second at the Irish Creek Collegiate with a 36-hole total of eight-over 568. Jacob Gunther, Kaijun Ma and Philip Minnehan were each named Cobalt Golf GCAA All-America Scholars. The Monarchs competed in 10 tournaments during the 2023-24 season and posted seven Top-10 finishes, to include five tournaments where they finished in the Top 5. ODU started off their fall by placing fifth at Davidson's River Run Collegiate, then came in seventh at ECU's Ironwood Classic and tied for ninth at the Elon Phoenix Invitational. The team then capped off the fall with a runner-up finish at their home tournament, the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate at Kilmarlic Golf Club. In the spring, the program had a pair of third-place finishes at George Mason's Donald Ross Collegiate Classic and at the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate, co-hosted by Elon and ECU. The team also took fourth at App State's Irish Creek Collegiate. The Monarchs turned in six Top-10 finishes as a team during the 2022-23 season. ODU started off the year by tying for sixth at the VCU Invitational as Jakob Chicoyne tied for third with a 13-under par 203. The team tied for eighth at the Georgia State Invitational, then capped off its fall season by placing ninth at the team's ODU/OBX Intercollegiate. In the spring, the Monarchs came in eighth at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate as Jakob Henriksson carded an even 216 to tie for ninth. ODU's best finish was at Cutter Creek Invitational, taking third with a 19-over 883. The team then wrapped up the regular season with a ninth-place finish at the Tunica National Intercollegiate.In 2021-22, ODU posted five Top-5 finishes as a team. After taking fifth at the VCU Shootout and ODU/OBX Intercollegiate and tying for fifth at the River Run Collegiate, the team came in fourth at the Southern Invitational and third at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate. Filip Wetterqvist carded a seven-under par 209 to tie for fifth at the VCU Shootout, Gustav Fransson shot an eight-under 208 to tie for third at the Georgia State Invitational and Jakob Henriksson recorded a seven-over 220 to tie for fourth at the Golden Horseshoe Invitational. At the C-USA Championship, Fransson tied for fifth at two-under 214 and was named to the All-Tournament Team.The 2020-21 season saw Marple coach a pair of Monarchs in Jakob Henriksson and Carter Morgan to medalist finishes, marking the first time ODU had multiple medalists in the same season since 2009-10. Henriksson became the first Monarch freshman to win an event in five years when he won the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate. The next week, Morgan surged on the final day of the Golfweek Program Championship to tie for first and share medalist honors. Gustav Fransson placed third at the Conference USA Championship to receive all-tournament team recognition for the second time in his career. In the shortened 2019-20 season, Marple helped guide the Monarchs to six top-10 finishes as a team. Additionally, Carter Morgan earned medalist honors at the VCU Invitational. Marple also coached Gustav Fransson to a team-best 70.56 stroke average, which was 51st in Division I. Fransson received all-conference and all-state recognitions as well. Teammate Chris Ayers also played to a place on the VaSID All-State Team. In 2018-19, the Monarchs recorded a pair of top-five finishes, including a third-place finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate and a fourth-place result at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate. In 2017-18, Marple helped guide ODU to a pair of third-place finishes and a seventh-place finish at the C-USA Championship. Marple also helped coach true freshman standout Gustav Fransson to C-USA All-Freshman Team and All-Tournament Team honors. During the 2016-2017 season, Marple helped coach the Monarchs to four top-five finishes, including a team victory at the Patriot Intercollegiate, shooting 3-under par the final day to come from five strokes behind. At the ODU/OBX Invitational, the team claimed a runner-up finish by shooting a 14-under par score of 130 for nine holes and saw senior David Langley claim the individual title with a final score of 9-under. The team went on to claim another runner-up finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate. Nick Rencis was again a standout in the C-USA Championships, where he finished fifth and was named to the C-USA All-Tournament Team. In the 2015-2016 season, Marple helped guide the Monarchs to six top-five finishes, including a third-place finish at the ODU/OBX Invitational, which included David Langley setting a school record by firing a 63 in the first round. ODU also took third at the Firestone Invite which saw Monarch freshman Calvin Greschner earn C-USA Men’s Golfer of the Week after an individual 12th place finish. Marple was key in the development of freshman standout Nick Rencis, who captured the Greenbrier Invitational title in 20106 and was the highest placing Monarch at the C-USA Championships. Also in the spring season, Marple helped veteran Seth Sweet to three top-10 finishes and a C-USA Men's Golfer of the Week award. Marple also helped guide Old Dominion to top-five team finishes at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular and the ECU Intercollegiate. “We are pleased to have Barry working with the ODU golf team,” Rudisill said. “He brings a lot of experience with his background in playing and teaching golf. As the golf coach at Landstown High School, he has shown that he can take a team and build it into a winner. It will be a pleasure to partner with him at Old Dominion.” Under his tenure at Landstown, the Eagles winning percentage increased from 30 percent to over 90 percent, including five conference and two regional championship appearances. In his final year, the school won its first and only conference championship after an undefeated season, earning Marple the 2014-2015 Coach of the Year Award from the Virginia Beach Coaches Association. As a high school coach, Marple passed his PAT and entered the PGA as an apprentice instructor. He has also served as an assistant professional and a golf course superintendent and spent eight years as a traffic reporter for two local radio stations. Marple is a native of Virginia Beach and has graduated from Old Dominion University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Education.