University of Detroit Mercy Men's Golf

LaFave was elevated to the position in August of 2014.   "I am very excited for the chance to take over this championship program," said Coach LaFave, the 2002 Detroit Mercy President's Award winner. "I have been a part of this program for a long time as a player and coach and have seen this program on top, winning championships and playing in the NCAA Regionals." In his second season at the helm in 2015-16, LaFave led Detroit Mercy to a win as the Titans captured the Dayton Flyers Fall Invitational, the first win by the program since 2013. In the event, the Titans carded a 287 on the final 18 to move from fifth place all the way up to first. The Titans ended the campaign with four top-five efforts and senior Wil Wittmann would go on to earn his second-straight All-Horizon League honor.    Detroit Mercy also did the job in the classroom posting a 3.608 GPA to earn the 2016 Team Excellence Award, which recognizes the varsity team with the highest overall grade point average in the past academic year.    LaFave, a 2002 Detroit Mercy graduate and a key contributor to the rise of the Titan mens golf program during his playing days, returned to his alma mater in the spring of 2009 as an assistant coach and spent six seasons as an assistant prior to his appointment as the head coach.     His first season as head coach in 2014-15 saw the Titans post four top-five finishes as well as a pair of golfers earning All-Horizon League honors in Wittmann and Kyle Gaines.   Since LaFave returned to his alma mater in 2009, Detroit Mercy has been knocking on the doorsteps of championships, capturing the Horizon League title in 2010, while taking second in 2012 and 2014 and placing third in 2013. A total of 10 Titan golfers have been named All-Horizon League since 2009 with David Byrne winning the HL Player of the Year in 2010, and Lucas Kim (2012) and Wittmann (2013) earning the HL Newcomers of the Year in back-to-back seasons.   LaFave played an early, major role in the Titans recent run of success. The team has won six of the last 17 Horizon League championships and LaFave played on the first three of them while assisting on the staff with the 2010 title-winning squad. He also served as an assistant briefly during the 2004-05 season, one in which the Titans went on to win another league crown.   LaFave broke in quickly at Detroit Mercy, finishing fourth at the 1999 league championships as a freshman, earning All-Conference and MCC Newcomer of the Year recognition in the process. He was also second individually at the 2002 league championships, claiming a berth on the All-Tournament Team and helping the Titans to their second straight appearance in the NCAA Golf Regionals.   The latter conference tournament marked LaFaves eighth Top 10 finish as a college player. He broke par in two of his three rounds at Green Bay Country Club en route to his runner-up finish, and his even-par total 216 over 54 holes was a career-best.   LaFave was highly-decorated off the course as well. He won the 2002 Presidents Award as Detroit Mercy's most outstanding senior student-athlete.   He also received All-America Scholar recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America in 2001 and again in 2002, making him the school's first two-time recipient of the award.    LaFave came to the University after a very successful junior golf career, which saw him finish in the Top 10 of the Ontario Junior Tournament of Champions on three occasions, and in American Junior Golf Association competition twice. After graduation, LaFave competed on the Great Lakes Tour and several other mini-tours before embarking on a career as a golf coach and tournament director. He has been the Director of Tournament Operations and Marketing at Oxford Golf National Pro-Am Tournaments since 2006, which has seen him successfully plan and organize five national golf events a year in Las Vegas and Orlando.   Since 2011, he has served as a golf instructor at Prestwick Village Golf Club in Highland, working with junior players all the way up to collegiate and professionals. LaFave is also in his sixth year as a swings coach to former Titan standout and 2011 Big Break Champion David Byrne, who has competed on the Canadian and PGA Tour. LaFave graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2002 with a degree in Marketing.    Luke LaFave '02 Head Men's Golf Coach ext. 7340 Twitter: With four championships under his belt as a player and another as an assistant coach, the Titans didn't have to go very far to find its' next men's golf coach as Luke LaFave was elevated to the position in August of 2014.   "I am very excited for the chance to take over this championship program," said Coach LaFave, the 2002 Detroit Mercy President's Award winner. "I have been a part of this program for a long time as a player and coach and have seen this program on top, winning championships and playing in the NCAA Regionals." In his second season at the helm in 2015-16, LaFave led Detroit Mercy to a win as the Titans captured the Dayton Flyers Fall Invitational, the first win by the program since 2013. In the event, the Titans carded a 287 on the final 18 to move from fifth place all the way up to first. The Titans ended the campaign with four top-five efforts and senior Wil Wittmann would go on to earn his second-straight All-Horizon League honor.    Detroit Mercy also did the job in the classroom posting a 3.608 GPA to earn the 2016 Team Excellence Award, which recognizes the varsity team with the highest overall grade point average in the past academic year.    LaFave, a 2002 Detroit Mercy graduate and a key contributor to the rise of the Titan mens golf program during his playing days, returned to his alma mater in the spring of 2009 as an assistant coach and spent six seasons as an assistant prior to his appointment as the head coach.     His first season as head coach in 2014-15 saw the Titans post four top-five finishes as well as a pair of golfers earning All-Horizon League honors in Wittmann and Kyle Gaines.   Since LaFave returned to his alma mater in 2009, Detroit Mercy has been knocking on the doorsteps of championships, capturing the Horizon League title in 2010, while taking second in 2012 and 2014 and placing third in 2013. A total of 10 Titan golfers have been named All-Horizon League since 2009 with David Byrne winning the HL Player of the Year in 2010, and Lucas Kim (2012) and Wittmann (2013) earning the HL Newcomers of the Year in back-to-back seasons.   LaFave played an early, major role in the Titans recent run of success. The team has won six of the last 17 Horizon League championships and LaFave played on the first three of them while assisting on the staff with the 2010 title-winning squad. He also served as an assistant briefly during the 2004-05 season, one in which the Titans went on to win another league crown.   LaFave broke in quickly at Detroit Mercy, finishing fourth at the 1999 league championships as a freshman, earning All-Conference and MCC Newcomer of the Year recognition in the process. He was also second individually at the 2002 league championships, claiming a berth on the All-Tournament Team and helping the Titans to their second straight appearance in the NCAA Golf Regionals.   The latter conference tournament marked LaFaves eighth Top 10 finish as a college player. He broke par in two of his three rounds at Green Bay Country Club en route to his runner-up finish, and his even-par total 216 over 54 holes was a career-best.   LaFave was highly-decorated off the course as well. He won the 2002 Presidents Award as Detroit Mercy's most outstanding senior student-athlete.   He also received All-America Scholar recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America in 2001 and again in 2002, making him the school's first two-time recipient of the award.    LaFave came to the University after a very successful junior golf career, which saw him finish in the Top 10 of the Ontario Junior Tournament of Champions on three occasions, and in American Junior Golf Association competition twice. After graduation, LaFave competed on the Great Lakes Tour and several other mini-tours before embarking on a career as a golf coach and tournament director. He has been the Director of Tournament Operations and Marketing at Oxford Golf National Pro-Am Tournaments since 2006, which has seen him successfully plan and organize five national golf events a year in Las Vegas and Orlando.   Since 2011, he has served as a golf instructor at Prestwick Village Golf Club in Highland, working with junior players all the way up to collegiate and professionals. LaFave is also in his sixth year as a swings coach to former Titan standout and 2011 Big Break Champion David Byrne, who has competed on the Canadian and PGA Tour. LaFave graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2002 with a degree in Marketing.   

Anthony-Ryan, a noted golf professional in the Metro Detroit area for the last two decades, will begin her 12th season as head coach of the Titans in 2016-17. She joined the Detroit Mercy staff in July of 2005 and clearly has the program heading in the right direction as the Titans have won three Horizon League Championships in the last seven years, including back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014.   In the last seven years, the Titans have been one of the favorites to win the league championship with those three titles, while taking runner-up honors twice.   Their last championship quest in 2013-14 was as impressive as they come as the Titans overcame an eight-stroke deficit in the final round of the HL Championship to win its second-straight title by seven shots over local rival Oakland. Detroit Mercy then earned its third-ever berth to the NCAA Regional Championships as it headed to the West Regional at Tumble Creek Course at Suncadia Resort in Washington.   For her efforts and the teams success on the season, she was named Co-Coach of the Year, the second-straight time and her third career Coach of the Year accolade.   The Titan dominance has been evident for some time now as Detroit Mercy matched its program win total in just one year winning nine events in 2012-13, leading her to be named Horizon League Coach of the Year for the second time. The 2013 Titans featured five players who tallied an average in the 70s on the year heading to the NCAA Central Regional Championships, hosted by Oklahoma at the Jimmie Austin Oklahoma Golf Course.   During 2011-12, she guided Detroit Mercy to second place in the Horizon League Championship for the second-straight season and led eight other top-five finishes on the year. Her team won two events in the Detroit Titans Fall Classic and the Titan Quad Challenge and her players collected five medalist honors, with Lindsey Lammers winning the league event.   In the fall, the Titans won the Detroit Titans Fall Classic with a school record 287 in the final round and a school record 590 for the tournament.   In 2010-11, Detroit Mercy registered seven top-five finishes, including winning the IPFW Spring Classic and taking second at the Dayton Fall Invitational, the Detroit Titans Invitational and the Horizon League Championship. The Titans won their first Horizon League Championship in 2010 as they shot a then school record 300 in round one also a HL record for lowest 18 - en route to a 943. Alainna Stefan led the way by winning medalist with a 226, tying for the best score by a Horizon League Champion.   During her time at Detroit Mercy, Anthony-Ryan has coached 20 All-Conference selections, 15 All-Horizon League Tournament honorees, 18 Academic All-Americans, three Horizon League Medalist and two HL Player and Newcomers of the Year. Her teams have secured 22 tournament titles, while individuals have captured 23 medalist honors.   Her teams have also done the work in the classroom taking home the Team Excellence Awards for having the highest cumulative team GPA at the University in four of the last seven years (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014). In addition to winning the Detroit Mercy Team Excellence Award, the womens golf team has also been recognized with the Horizon League Raise Your Sights award in four of the last seven seasons, which recognizes the highest mens and womens team GPAs for Horizon League sponsored sports.   Anthony-Ryan also serves as the head golf pro at the Beechwoods and Evergreen Hills Golf Courses in nearby Southfield, a position shes held since 1989. During her professional career, she has also been the head pro at Valley View Golf Course (Shepherd, MI), and has been an assistant at Western Golf & Country Club (Redford Township, MI), Whispering Willows Golf Course (Livonia, MI) and Doral Country Club (Miami, FL).   In her continuing duties with the Southfield courses, Anthony-Ryan oversees all aspects of the pro shop operation, organizes 12 annual city golf tournaments including the Southfield championship and oversees a staff of nearly two dozen individuals. She also was a part of the development and oversees the heated tees at Beech Woods, which has been in operation since 2009.   Anthony-Ryan is a past member of the Michigan PGA Board of Directors and other PGA committees (1991-2002) and has been a member of the Midnight Golf Board of Directors since 2002. Voted Michigan PGA Teacher of the Year in 1996, many of her protégés have played high school and college golf.   Anthony-Ryan coached the mens golf team for one year (1988) at Henry Ford Community College. Additionally, she coached girls basketball at Redford Union High School from 1981-89.   Anthony-Ryan graduated from Saginaw Valley State in 1981, majoring in Business Administration, and received her Education degree from University of Michigan in 1992. She attained her PGA membership in 1984. She is the proud mother of two sons, Sean and Jimmy. Coach Ryans Accomplishments   Titan Wins Under Coach Ryan   Terri Anthony-Ryan Head Women's Golf Coach Twitter: Terri Anthony-Ryan, a noted golf professional in the Metro Detroit area for the last two decades, will begin her 12th season as head coach of the Titans in 2016-17. She joined the Detroit Mercy staff in July of 2005 and clearly has the program heading in the right direction as the Titans have won three Horizon League Championships in the last seven years, including back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014.   In the last seven years, the Titans have been one of the favorites to win the league championship with those three titles, while taking runner-up honors twice.   Their last championship quest in 2013-14 was as impressive as they come as the Titans overcame an eight-stroke deficit in the final round of the HL Championship to win its second-straight title by seven shots over local rival Oakland. Detroit Mercy then earned its third-ever berth to the NCAA Regional Championships as it headed to the West Regional at Tumble Creek Course at Suncadia Resort in Washington.   For her efforts and the teams success on the season, she was named Co-Coach of the Year, the second-straight time and her third career Coach of the Year accolade.   The Titan dominance has been evident for some time now as Detroit Mercy matched its program win total in just one year winning nine events in 2012-13, leading her to be named Horizon League Coach of the Year for the second time. The 2013 Titans featured five players who tallied an average in the 70s on the year heading to the NCAA Central Regional Championships, hosted by Oklahoma at the Jimmie Austin Oklahoma Golf Course.   During 2011-12, she guided Detroit Mercy to second place in the Horizon League Championship for the second-straight season and led eight other top-five finishes on the year. Her team won two events in the Detroit Titans Fall Classic and the Titan Quad Challenge and her players collected five medalist honors, with Lindsey Lammers winning the league event.   In the fall, the Titans won the Detroit Titans Fall Classic with a school record 287 in the final round and a school record 590 for the tournament.   In 2010-11, Detroit Mercy registered seven top-five finishes, including winning the IPFW Spring Classic and taking second at the Dayton Fall Invitational, the Detroit Titans Invitational and the Horizon League Championship. The Titans won their first Horizon League Championship in 2010 as they shot a then school record 300 in round one also a HL record for lowest 18 - en route to a 943. Alainna Stefan led the way by winning medalist with a 226, tying for the best score by a Horizon League Champion.   During her time at Detroit Mercy, Anthony-Ryan has coached 20 All-Conference selections, 15 All-Horizon League Tournament honorees, 18 Academic All-Americans, three Horizon League Medalist and two HL Player and Newcomers of the Year. Her teams have secured 22 tournament titles, while individuals have captured 23 medalist honors.   Her teams have also done the work in the classroom taking home the Team Excellence Awards for having the highest cumulative team GPA at the University in four of the last seven years (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014). In addition to winning the Detroit Mercy Team Excellence Award, the womens golf team has also been recognized with the Horizon League Raise Your Sights award in four of the last seven seasons, which recognizes the highest mens and womens team GPAs for Horizon League sponsored sports.   Anthony-Ryan also serves as the head golf pro at the Beechwoods and Evergreen Hills Golf Courses in nearby Southfield, a position shes held since 1989. During her professional career, she has also been the head pro at Valley View Golf Course (Shepherd, MI), and has been an assistant at Western Golf & Country Club (Redford Township, MI), Whispering Willows Golf Course (Livonia, MI) and Doral Country Club (Miami, FL).   In her continuing duties with the Southfield courses, Anthony-Ryan oversees all aspects of the pro shop operation, organizes 12 annual city golf tournaments including the Southfield championship and oversees a staff of nearly two dozen individuals. She also was a part of the development and oversees the heated tees at Beech Woods, which has been in operation since 2009.   Anthony-Ryan is a past member of the Michigan PGA Board of Directors and other PGA committees (1991-2002) and has been a member of the Midnight Golf Board of Directors since 2002. Voted Michigan PGA Teacher of the Year in 1996, many of her protégés have played high school and college golf.   Anthony-Ryan coached the mens golf team for one year (1988) at Henry Ford Community College. Additionally, she coached girls basketball at Redford Union High School from 1981-89.   Anthony-Ryan graduated from Saginaw Valley State in 1981, majoring in Business Administration, and received her Education degree from University of Michigan in 1992. She attained her PGA membership in 1984. She is the proud mother of two sons, Sean and Jimmy. Coach Ryans Accomplishments   Titan Wins Under Coach Ryan