Saint Joseph's College Men's Golf

Badylak was hired as Sports Information Director and women's golf coach at Saint Joseph's College on July 28th,  2008. In June of 2009, Badylak assumed coaching duties of the men's golf team. In eight season as the women's golf coach and seven seasons on the men's side, Badylak has produced a 100% graduation rate for players exhausting their eligibility in the SJC golf program. Four times, SJC golf has been recognized by the Great Lakes Valley Conference for its academic achievements with the Team Academic Award. The women's team earned the honor with a 3.3 team GPA in 2009-10, 2010-11, and the 2014-15 seasons while the men's team achieved the same feat in 2010-11.  In 2014, Badylak was elected by his peers to serve as the Great Lakes Valley Conference Chairman for both the men's and women's conference championships. Badylak is the liaison between the GLVC office and the league coaches on matters pertaining to GLVC Golf Championship. Other duties include serving on the Championship Games Committee. In 2015, he served the GLVC Golf Championship as the Past-Chairman.  During the fall of 2012, Badylak served a three year term on the Great Lakes Valley Conference Awards Committee. In the past he has also assisted the GLVC during the baseball championship along with the men's and women's basketball championships.Also, in 2012 Badylak began a three-year appointment to the Men's Soccer Midwest Regional Appointment Committee. In 2012, Badylak started a five-year term on the NCAA National Golf Committee where he chairs the Midwest and Central Region's Appointment Committees. He serves as the NCAA representative for the Super Regional as well as the National Championships. In September of 2016, Badylak will serve as the National Chair of the NCAA Golf Committee. In the summer of 2011 Badylak oversaw the development and redesign of the SJC athletics website. He also initiated the berth of Puma social media which includes Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube outlets. In the span of one year, athletics.saintjoe.edu has received nearly 100,000 different visitors with over one million page views. In 2014, Badylak oversaw the redesign of the SJC Athletics website and increased the amount of social media traffic on all SJC outlets.  Prior to his return to SJC, Badylak, in 2006 was a Tournament Operations Assistant with the LPGA's Duramed Futures Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA. Over the past 16 years, Badylak has also assisted Merrillville High School with athletic operations. Badylak is a 2005 graduate of Saint Joseph's College, earning a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. He has also been a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) since 2008. A native of Merrillville, Ind. Badylak currently resides in Rensselaer.