University of Tulsa Men's Golf

Brogden is in his 47th season as a college golf coach and his 30th year coaching at The University of Tulsa.   Brogdens teams have competed in national competition 38 times, advanced to the NCAA Championship finals 19 times and claimed 16 conference championships. Brogden has coached No. 1-ranked teams, 22 All-Americans and earned conference coach of the year honors 11 times, while also seeing his players advance to the professional golf ranks.   Hired on September 2,1986 to infuse life into a program that had previously won just one conference championship and made the NCAA Championship field three times, Brogden has taken the Tulsa golf program to new heights. He has led the Golden Hurricane to seven of the school's 10 NCAA Championships, coming in 1987, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2012. Brogden has taken 23 teams to NCAA Regional Tournament appearances since the regional format began 27 years ago (1988-89).   Tulsa has won 10 conference titles with Brogden at the helm, winning seven Missouri Valley Conference titles, two Western Athletic Conference Championships and one Conference USA crown.   Brogden has coached 12 All-America golfers and also has 29 Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Scholar Athlete award winners. He has been named the Conference Coach of the Year five times at Tulsa, earning the honor in the Missouri Valley Conference three times (1987, 1994, 1995) and once each in the WAC (2001) and Conference USA (2007).   Brogden was inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 1991.   In addition to the conference titles and individual awards for both himself and his players, other highlights have included winning the schools first-ever NCAA Central Regional Championship in 2007, having a total of four golfers earn GCAA scholar-athlete academic awards in consecutive seasons (2006 and 2007), finishing with a school-best ninth-place NCAA performance in 2002, earning the golf programs highest-ever national ranking of eighth in 1995, as well as the schools first-ever golf ranking with a 14th-place national rating in 1989.   Prior to his appointment at Tulsa, Brogden spent 10 seasons at Oral Roberts University, where his teams made seven NCAA Championship appearances, captured six Midwestern Collegiate Conference titles and won 15 tournaments. He was named the National Coach of the Year in 1980 and added District V Coach of the Year honors in '80, '81 and '85.   During a four-year span, Brogdens ORU teams placed sixth at the NCAA Championships twice (1978 and 1979), finished third in 1980, and in 1981, placed second after spending most of the season ranked as the nations No. 1 team.   Before that, Brogden coached for five years at Louisiana State as his teams made four NCAA appearances and compiled 11 tournament wins. When Florida was ruling the Southeastern Conference, Brogden's LSU teams turned in two second-place and one third-place league finish.   Brogden began his coaching career at Memphis State in 1969-70 as he guided the men's golf program for two years and led the Tigers to an NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season.   A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Brogden was a standout golfer and basketball player at East Carolina University.  He earned his B.S. degree in physical education from ECU in 1965, and obtained his masters degree in counselor education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1969.   Brogden and his wife, Ann, have two adult daughters, Tracy and Cindy, and four grandchildren.     Brogden's Career Coaching Highlights     Was named the National Coach of the Year in 1980 and the District Coach of the Year three times     Awarded Conference Coach of the Year honors 11 times     Inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 1991     Coached the US team at the 1996 World Junior Golf Team Championships in Tottori, Japan     Coached teams to 16 conference titles     Led Tulsa to seven Missouri Valley Conference titles in 10 years in the league, to two      WAC first-place performances and one championship in Conference USA     Has had 38 teams qualify for NCAA competition and 19 advanced to the championship finals                                        Brogden's Year-by-Year Record     Bill Brogden Head Coach/Asst. AD 2394 An icon in the collegiate golf world, Bill Brogden is in his 47th season as a college golf coach and his 30th year coaching at The University of Tulsa.   Brogdens teams have competed in national competition 38 times, advanced to the NCAA Championship finals 19 times and claimed 16 conference championships. Brogden has coached No. 1-ranked teams, 22 All-Americans and earned conference coach of the year honors 11 times, while also seeing his players advance to the professional golf ranks.   Hired on September 2,1986 to infuse life into a program that had previously won just one conference championship and made the NCAA Championship field three times, Brogden has taken the Tulsa golf program to new heights. He has led the Golden Hurricane to seven of the school's 10 NCAA Championships, coming in 1987, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2012. Brogden has taken 23 teams to NCAA Regional Tournament appearances since the regional format began 27 years ago (1988-89).   Tulsa has won 10 conference titles with Brogden at the helm, winning seven Missouri Valley Conference titles, two Western Athletic Conference Championships and one Conference USA crown.   Brogden has coached 12 All-America golfers and also has 29 Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Scholar Athlete award winners. He has been named the Conference Coach of the Year five times at Tulsa, earning the honor in the Missouri Valley Conference three times (1987, 1994, 1995) and once each in the WAC (2001) and Conference USA (2007).   Brogden was inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 1991.   In addition to the conference titles and individual awards for both himself and his players, other highlights have included winning the schools first-ever NCAA Central Regional Championship in 2007, having a total of four golfers earn GCAA scholar-athlete academic awards in consecutive seasons (2006 and 2007), finishing with a school-best ninth-place NCAA performance in 2002, earning the golf programs highest-ever national ranking of eighth in 1995, as well as the schools first-ever golf ranking with a 14th-place national rating in 1989.   Prior to his appointment at Tulsa, Brogden spent 10 seasons at Oral Roberts University, where his teams made seven NCAA Championship appearances, captured six Midwestern Collegiate Conference titles and won 15 tournaments. He was named the National Coach of the Year in 1980 and added District V Coach of the Year honors in '80, '81 and '85.   During a four-year span, Brogdens ORU teams placed sixth at the NCAA Championships twice (1978 and 1979), finished third in 1980, and in 1981, placed second after spending most of the season ranked as the nations No. 1 team.   Before that, Brogden coached for five years at Louisiana State as his teams made four NCAA appearances and compiled 11 tournament wins. When Florida was ruling the Southeastern Conference, Brogden's LSU teams turned in two second-place and one third-place league finish.   Brogden began his coaching career at Memphis State in 1969-70 as he guided the men's golf program for two years and led the Tigers to an NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season.   A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Brogden was a standout golfer and basketball player at East Carolina University.  He earned his B.S. degree in physical education from ECU in 1965, and obtained his masters degree in counselor education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1969.   Brogden and his wife, Ann, have two adult daughters, Tracy and Cindy, and four grandchildren.     Brogden's Career Coaching Highlights     Was named the National Coach of the Year in 1980 and the District Coach of the Year three times     Awarded Conference Coach of the Year honors 11 times     Inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 1991     Coached the US team at the 1996 World Junior Golf Team Championships in Tottori, Japan     Coached teams to 16 conference titles     Led Tulsa to seven Missouri Valley Conference titles in 10 years in the league, to two      WAC first-place performances and one championship in Conference USA     Has had 38 teams qualify for NCAA competition and 19 advanced to the championship finals                                        Brogden's Year-by-Year Record