University of Mississippi Men's Golf

Malloy is in his third season as the Ole Miss men's golf head coach. Malloy, the 2013 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, returned to Oxford after four years as the head coach at the University of South Florida. As a player for the Rebels, he helped lead Ole Miss to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. Last year, Malloy led the Rebels to their first tournament title since 2012 at the FAU Slomin Autism Invite. Ole Miss posted a team score of 11-under 841, its lowest total since posting a team score of 845 at the 2012 Sam Hall Intercollegiate, while freshman Braden Thornberry captured his first career title. Malloy also helped the Rebels post a second-place finish at the Old Waverley Collegiate Championship, where Thornberry claimed his second title of the season. Senior Forrest Gamble was honored off the course, as he was named the SEC's 2016 H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and earned second team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for the second-consecutive season. In his first season back in Oxford in 2014-15, Malloy guided the Rebels to their first NCAA Championships appearance since 2011 with a trip to the NCAA Regional in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Ole Miss finished 12th in the while senior golfer Blake Morris finished in a tie for seventh as an individual. Malloy also the Rebels post a ninth-place team finish at the SEC Championships, Ole Miss best finish in the conference championships since 2012. In the classroom, junior Forrest Gamble earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and was named second team CoSIDA Academic All-American. "Chris Malloy is the perfect coach to lead our program and put us a competitive position to win championships," Ole Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork said. "As an Ole Miss student-athlete and alumnus, he possesses the highest of qualities we sought in our new coach. His energy and tenacity in recruiting, player development and fundraising will provide us with the proper ingredients for success in the SEC and on the national stage. It is always a special time when we can welcome back one of our own to Oxford and we are thrilled to have Chris, Danielle and Kaylee join the Ole Miss family." "I am extremely excited to return to my alma mater as the head coach of this program," Malloy said. "Anyone that has ever been to Oxford knows it's a truly special place. There is no other college town like it in the country. However, as much as this may have pulled on my heartstrings, I am not returning to Ole Miss because it's my alma mater; I am returning to win a national championship. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me and my family, and I am extremely excited to return home and win a national championship as a Rebel." W USF advanced to its second-straight NCAA regional under Malloy and just the third in school history after a fourth-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championships. The Bulls finished the season ranked No. 33 in the nation by while sophomore Chase Koepkaearned Ping All-Region honors. In 2013, Malloy guided a young group of Bulls to the school's first-ever BIG EAST tournament championship earning BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors. USF advanced to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional and came within one stroke of a berth to the NCAA championship rounds, falling to Oklahoma in a playoff. In his first season in Tampa, the Bulls equaled their best-ever finish at the BIG EAST Championships with a tie for fourth place, earned four top-six tournament finishes and improved their stroke average from 308.3 in four fall tournaments to 298.5 in five spring events. In year two, Malloy helped USF to the nation's largest gain in the national rankings, leading the Bulls to be named Golfweek Magazine's Fastest Rising Program. South Florida posted seven top-10 finishes, including three in the top five. Prior to arriving at USF, Malloy spent four seasons as an assistant at Florida State where he played a significant role in the rise of the FSU men's program. The Seminoles won their first-ever ACC golf championship in 2008, and, after leading at the end of the first round, finished third in the NCAA Championships in 2010, the best finish in program history. The Seminoles were ranked in the nation's top 15 during the first two years of his coaching career, and Florida State's team stroke average dropped to a 15-year low 72.77 in 2008. At FSU, he was the designated on-course coach for the Seminoles numerous times during the 2007-10 seasons including during the third round of the 2007 NCAA Championship finals as Florida State won a three-team playoff and advanced to the top 15 in the standings, moving on to the final round. In 2010, the `Noles defeated seven teams ranked ahead of them in the national rankings to win the Bryan Park Collegiate team championship under Malloy's watch. The following week, FSU won the Pinehurst Challenge for its second consecutive team win, a feat that had not been accomplished at FSU in almost 30 years. Malloy was named the interim assistant coach of the women's program in the spring of 2010 and presided over an outstanding season for that program that included a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Both the men's and women's programs were also recognized by the NCAA with a perfect APR (Academic Progress Rate) score for the period of 2006-2009. Malloy was selected as one of five finalists for the 2010 Jan Strickland Award presented by TaylorMade-Adidas golf as the National Men's Assistant Golf Coach of the Year. The Strickland Award is presented to the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA or NJCAA assistant coach that has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom. In his career as an assistant, Malloy produced four All-Americans, four All-ACC selections and one ACC individual champion, including the 2010 ACC Player of the Year, sophomore Brooks Koepka. Malloy was a standout golfer at Ole Miss from 1999-2000, leading the Rebels to a 24th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 1999 and an 11th-place finish at the NCAA East Regional in 2000. A two-year letterman and team captain for Ole Miss, Malloy earned his bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management in 2001 and was named to the UMAA Academic Honor Roll during his time as a Rebel. He married the former Danielle Bartlett in June 2008 and they have a daughter, Kaylee. - Chris Malloy Position: Head Coach Alma Mater: Ole Miss, 2001 Former Rebel standout golfer Chris Malloy is in his third season as the Ole Miss men's golf head coach. Malloy, the 2013 BIG EAST Coach of the Year, returned to Oxford after four years as the head coach at the University of South Florida. As a player for the Rebels, he helped lead Ole Miss to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. Last year, Malloy led the Rebels to their first tournament title since 2012 at the FAU Slomin Autism Invite. Ole Miss posted a team score of 11-under 841, its lowest total since posting a team score of 845 at the 2012 Sam Hall Intercollegiate, while freshman Braden Thornberry captured his first career title. Malloy also helped the Rebels post a second-place finish at the Old Waverley Collegiate Championship, where Thornberry claimed his second title of the season. Senior Forrest Gamble was honored off the course, as he was named the SEC's 2016 H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and earned second team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for the second-consecutive season. In his first season back in Oxford in 2014-15, Malloy guided the Rebels to their first NCAA Championships appearance since 2011 with a trip to the NCAA Regional in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Ole Miss finished 12th in the while senior golfer Blake Morris finished in a tie for seventh as an individual. Malloy also the Rebels post a ninth-place team finish at the SEC Championships, Ole Miss best finish in the conference championships since 2012. In the classroom, junior Forrest Gamble earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and was named second team CoSIDA Academic All-American. "Chris Malloy is the perfect coach to lead our program and put us a competitive position to win championships," Ole Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork said. "As an Ole Miss student-athlete and alumnus, he possesses the highest of qualities we sought in our new coach. His energy and tenacity in recruiting, player development and fundraising will provide us with the proper ingredients for success in the SEC and on the national stage. It is always a special time when we can welcome back one of our own to Oxford and we are thrilled to have Chris, Danielle and Kaylee join the Ole Miss family." "I am extremely excited to return to my alma mater as the head coach of this program," Malloy said. "Anyone that has ever been to Oxford knows it's a truly special place. There is no other college town like it in the country. However, as much as this may have pulled on my heartstrings, I am not returning to Ole Miss because it's my alma mater; I am returning to win a national championship. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for me and my family, and I am extremely excited to return home and win a national championship as a Rebel." W USF advanced to its second-straight NCAA regional under Malloy and just the third in school history after a fourth-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championships. The Bulls finished the season ranked No. 33 in the nation by while sophomore Chase Koepkaearned Ping All-Region honors. In 2013, Malloy guided a young group of Bulls to the school's first-ever BIG EAST tournament championship earning BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors. USF advanced to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional and came within one stroke of a berth to the NCAA championship rounds, falling to Oklahoma in a playoff. In his first season in Tampa, the Bulls equaled their best-ever finish at the BIG EAST Championships with a tie for fourth place, earned four top-six tournament finishes and improved their stroke average from 308.3 in four fall tournaments to 298.5 in five spring events. In year two, Malloy helped USF to the nation's largest gain in the national rankings, leading the Bulls to be named Golfweek Magazine's Fastest Rising Program. South Florida posted seven top-10 finishes, including three in the top five. Prior to arriving at USF, Malloy spent four seasons as an assistant at Florida State where he played a significant role in the rise of the FSU men's program. The Seminoles won their first-ever ACC golf championship in 2008, and, after leading at the end of the first round, finished third in the NCAA Championships in 2010, the best finish in program history. The Seminoles were ranked in the nation's top 15 during the first two years of his coaching career, and Florida State's team stroke average dropped to a 15-year low 72.77 in 2008. At FSU, he was the designated on-course coach for the Seminoles numerous times during the 2007-10 seasons including during the third round of the 2007 NCAA Championship finals as Florida State won a three-team playoff and advanced to the top 15 in the standings, moving on to the final round. In 2010, the `Noles defeated seven teams ranked ahead of them in the national rankings to win the Bryan Park Collegiate team championship under Malloy's watch. The following week, FSU won the Pinehurst Challenge for its second consecutive team win, a feat that had not been accomplished at FSU in almost 30 years. Malloy was named the interim assistant coach of the women's program in the spring of 2010 and presided over an outstanding season for that program that included a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Both the men's and women's programs were also recognized by the NCAA with a perfect APR (Academic Progress Rate) score for the period of 2006-2009. Malloy was selected as one of five finalists for the 2010 Jan Strickland Award presented by TaylorMade-Adidas golf as the National Men's Assistant Golf Coach of the Year. The Strickland Award is presented to the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA or NJCAA assistant coach that has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom. In his career as an assistant, Malloy produced four All-Americans, four All-ACC selections and one ACC individual champion, including the 2010 ACC Player of the Year, sophomore Brooks Koepka. Malloy was a standout golfer at Ole Miss from 1999-2000, leading the Rebels to a 24th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 1999 and an 11th-place finish at the NCAA East Regional in 2000. A two-year letterman and team captain for Ole Miss, Malloy earned his bachelor's degree in hotel and restaurant management in 2001 and was named to the UMAA Academic Honor Roll during his time as a Rebel. He married the former Danielle Bartlett in June 2008 and they have a daughter, Kaylee.

Ellis, a four-year for the Rebels from 2004-06 and 2008, returned to Oxford after career on the NGA Tour from 2009-13. Ellis posted one career victory at the Chattahoochee/Hospice Classic in 2010 and posted a career-best fifth-place finish on the NGA Tour money list that season. He has also competed in the Web.com PGA Tour Qualifying School event four times and served as a private golf instructor. "We are extremely excited to have Kyle and his wife, Lauren, back in Oxford," Malloy said. "It is truly a special opportunity anytime tat you can bring a former player back to help lead the current team. Kyle has had tremendous success as a player, winning multiple events on the collegiate and professional level. This is another great day for Ole Miss golf!" "I am extremely excited to return to Oxford and work with the Rebel golf team," Ellis said. "You can feel the excitement surrounding Ole Miss throughout the entire athletic department, and I cannot think of a better opportunity to help give back to the university!" The Senatobia, Mississippi, native ranks sixth all-time in Ole Miss history with 14 career top-10 finishes and posted two career wins in his four seasons. Ellis led the team with a 72.38 stroke average as a senior in 2008 and helped the Rebels advanced to the NCAA Championships East Regional. Monday, November 14, 2016 - Football Freeze said that it was good meeting with the team yesterday. A lot of good things happened with a lot of improvement in a lot of areas. To go on the road to Kyle Field, there was a lot of... Monday, November 7, 2016 - Football p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} Freeze said the team is excited to win a game. It was a tough one. They spent a lot... 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