University of Southern Indiana Women's Golf

Ann Sullivan was hired as the head coach of the USI Women's Golf team in October 2023. Sullivan is the second coach to lead the Screaming Eagles in the NCAA Division I era. In 2024-25, Sullivan retooled the roster with six freshmen. The Eagles improved by one place at the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament in seventh place. Sullivan coached the program's first OVC individual award winner in freshman Brianna Kirsch being named to the OVC All-Newcomer Team. In 2023-24,Sullivan and the Eagles finished eighth at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship after assuming the role of head coach in the middle of the fall season. She helped coach a WGCA All-American Scholar.  Sullivan comes to USI after a two-year stint as the head coach for Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. During her time with the Tigers, she led her squad to three team runner-up finishes, one individual medalist, and five all-tournament honors. Sullivan also coached the group to two NAIA Scholar Team accolades and had two players recognized by the WGCA for their academic achievements. Before Brenau, Sullivan spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Montevallo after two seasons at Milligan College where she was also an assistant.   Outside of coaching, Sullivan was a scoring intern for the United States Golf Association in 2018, where she traveled across the nation and scored seven different USGA championship events.   Sullivan graduated from Milligan University in 2017 with a degree in Business Administration before earning her master’s in Sport Management from East Tennessee State University in 2019. At Milligan, Sullivan played women’s golf for the Buffaloes where she was named 2014 Appalachian Athletic Conference Player of the Year and landed first-team accolades twice. Sullivan’s team won two conference regular season championships, three tournament championships, and was a three-time NAIA National Championship participant. Sullivan is a native of College Grove, Tennessee.  

Bisesi  led the University of Southern Indiana womens golf team to 10 NCAA Division II East Super Regional appearances between 2004 and 2015 before transitioning to honorary head coach in the fall of 2015.  Under Bisesi, the Eagles either qualified as a team or had an individual qualify for the NCAA post-season in 13 straight years. USI is looking for its fifth straight trip, as a team, to the national tournament entering 2015-16. Bisesi, a two-time Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year, led the Eagles to a second-place finish at the GLVC Championship as well as a seventh-place showing at the NCAA II East Super Regional in 2015. He was named the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2015 as his squad shattered the program's 54-hole school record with its score of 927 at the GLVC Championship. In the last two years, Bisesi has seen two of his student-athletes win the GLVC individual title. In 2014, Anastasia Carter became the third player in program history, all under Bisesi's guidence, to win a GLVC title; while Allison Koester won the GLVC Championship a year later with her 54-hole school record tally of 222. Bisesi was named the co-GLVC Coach of the Year after directing his squad to its first-ever conference title in 2011. His squad overcame an eight-stroke deficit in the final 18 holes with a season-best round of 301.   A year earlier, his Eagles' set the programs record for strokes-per-round average (318.6) as well as its 54-hole team mark (951) at the 2010 NCAA II East Super Regional. In 2008-09, Bisesi saw his team finish at the NCAA II East Super Regional with what was a team-record 54-hole score of 987. The Eagles also placed third in the GLVC and posted a team 325.8 average. The Eagles recorded a 327.9 average in 2007-08, on their way to a fourth-place effort at the GLVC Championship and a sixth-place showing at the regional. In 2006-07, Bisesi and a young Eagles squad set what was a school-record with a 325.1 team average. His Eagles finish fifth at the GLVC Championships. During the fall of 2005, the Eagles placed second in the GLVC, with four players in the top 20 on the leader board. USI finished the 2005-06 season with its third consecutive NCAA II East Super Regional appearance, finishing fourth. Although the Eagles had a rough 2005 spring season, they still qualified for the NCAA II Tournament and broke the team record for average for the first time under Bisesis tutelage. In the fall of 2004, Bisesis Eagles lost in a playoff to Northern Kentucky University at the GLVC Championship. Despite the loss, Alisha Luigs captured the individual conference title and USI posted its best fall season in the programs history as it was ranked 10th in the country with a blistering 314.3 strokes-per-round average. In his fourth season (2003-04) at the helm of the Eagles, Bisesi directed the Eagles to a fourth-place finish in the teams first-ever appearance in the NCAA II East Regional and a top-20 national ranking. Bisesis Eagles also placed second in the GLVC Championship during the fall season. The previous season, Bisesi guided Amanda Zehner into the NCAA II East Super Regional as an individual, marking the first time in school history that a womens player had competed on the regional stage. Bisesi, who took over the womens program in 2000, was the professional and manager of Helfrich Hills Golf Course before joining USI. Prior to his tenure at Helfrich, Bisesi was the director of golf at Club of Prestwick in Plainfield, Indiana, and the head professional at Plainfield Elks Country Club. In addition, Bisesi also was an assistant professional at Whittle Spring Golf Course in Knoxville, Tennessee, and at the Highland Golf and Country Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. On the links, Bisesi played part-time on the PGA Senior Tour in 1988 and 1989, finishing as the Indiana PGA Senior Golf Champion and the Indiana PGA Senior Open runner-up in 1988. He also played in four PGA Senior Tour events and one PGA Senior Championship. A graduate of the University of Indianapolis with a bachelors degree in health and physical education, Bisesi was All-Conference each of his four seasons, winning two team conference championships and a pair of individual conference championships. He was inducted into the University of Indianapolis Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. Bisesi, a 43-year member of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) and former Indiana PGA board member, has been a major force in the state of Indiana in promoting junior golf and was co-founder of the Evansville Junior Golf Association. He was named Indiana Junior Golf Promoter of the Year in 1988. The August 2005 issue of Golf Digest ranked Bisesi seventh among Indianas golf instructors. A native of Martinsville, Indiana, Bisesi has a masters degree from Indiana University in guidance and counseling. He and his wife DeLaine reside in Evansville. Don Bisesi Women's Golf Honorary Coach Head Coach Don Bisesi  led the University of Southern Indiana womens golf team to 10 NCAA Division II East Super Regional appearances between 2004 and 2015 before transitioning to honorary head coach in the fall of 2015.  Under Bisesi, the Eagles either qualified as a team or had an individual qualify for the NCAA post-season in 13 straight years. USI is looking for its fifth straight trip, as a team, to the national tournament entering 2015-16. Bisesi, a two-time Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year, led the Eagles to a second-place finish at the GLVC Championship as well as a seventh-place showing at the NCAA II East Super Regional in 2015. He was named the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2015 as his squad shattered the program's 54-hole school record with its score of 927 at the GLVC Championship. In the last two years, Bisesi has seen two of his student-athletes win the GLVC individual title. In 2014, Anastasia Carter became the third player in program history, all under Bisesi's guidence, to win a GLVC title; while Allison Koester won the GLVC Championship a year later with her 54-hole school record tally of 222. Bisesi was named the co-GLVC Coach of the Year after directing his squad to its first-ever conference title in 2011. His squad overcame an eight-stroke deficit in the final 18 holes with a season-best round of 301.   A year earlier, his Eagles' set the programs record for strokes-per-round average (318.6) as well as its 54-hole team mark (951) at the 2010 NCAA II East Super Regional. In 2008-09, Bisesi saw his team finish at the NCAA II East Super Regional with what was a team-record 54-hole score of 987. The Eagles also placed third in the GLVC and posted a team 325.8 average. The Eagles recorded a 327.9 average in 2007-08, on their way to a fourth-place effort at the GLVC Championship and a sixth-place showing at the regional. In 2006-07, Bisesi and a young Eagles squad set what was a school-record with a 325.1 team average. His Eagles finish fifth at the GLVC Championships. During the fall of 2005, the Eagles placed second in the GLVC, with four players in the top 20 on the leader board. USI finished the 2005-06 season with its third consecutive NCAA II East Super Regional appearance, finishing fourth. Although the Eagles had a rough 2005 spring season, they still qualified for the NCAA II Tournament and broke the team record for average for the first time under Bisesis tutelage. In the fall of 2004, Bisesis Eagles lost in a playoff to Northern Kentucky University at the GLVC Championship. Despite the loss, Alisha Luigs captured the individual conference title and USI posted its best fall season in the programs history as it was ranked 10th in the country with a blistering 314.3 strokes-per-round average. In his fourth season (2003-04) at the helm of the Eagles, Bisesi directed the Eagles to a fourth-place finish in the teams first-ever appearance in the NCAA II East Regional and a top-20 national ranking. Bisesis Eagles also placed second in the GLVC Championship during the fall season. The previous season, Bisesi guided Amanda Zehner into the NCAA II East Super Regional as an individual, marking the first time in school history that a womens player had competed on the regional stage. Bisesi, who took over the womens program in 2000, was the professional and manager of Helfrich Hills Golf Course before joining USI. Prior to his tenure at Helfrich, Bisesi was the director of golf at Club of Prestwick in Plainfield, Indiana, and the head professional at Plainfield Elks Country Club. In addition, Bisesi also was an assistant professional at Whittle Spring Golf Course in Knoxville, Tennessee, and at the Highland Golf and Country Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. On the links, Bisesi played part-time on the PGA Senior Tour in 1988 and 1989, finishing as the Indiana PGA Senior Golf Champion and the Indiana PGA Senior Open runner-up in 1988. He also played in four PGA Senior Tour events and one PGA Senior Championship. A graduate of the University of Indianapolis with a bachelors degree in health and physical education, Bisesi was All-Conference each of his four seasons, winning two team conference championships and a pair of individual conference championships. He was inducted into the University of Indianapolis Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. Bisesi, a 43-year member of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) and former Indiana PGA board member, has been a major force in the state of Indiana in promoting junior golf and was co-founder of the Evansville Junior Golf Association. He was named Indiana Junior Golf Promoter of the Year in 1988. The August 2005 issue of Golf Digest ranked Bisesi seventh among Indianas golf instructors. A native of Martinsville, Indiana, Bisesi has a masters degree from Indiana University in guidance and counseling. He and his wife DeLaine reside in Evansville. Head Coach Don Bisesi , the GLVC Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2015 has led USI to 10 NCAA II Tournament appearances in addition to the 2011 GLVC title. Bisesi also has led USI student-athletes to four GLVC individual championships as well as three individual NCAA II Tournament appearances.