Men's Golf | 7/6/2022 11:00:00 AM

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Men's golf coach, Steve Conley has been voted the 2022 Methodist University Thomas R. and Elizabeth E. McLean Foundation Coach of the Year, as announced on Wednesday by Vice-President and Athletics Director Dave Eavenson. Conley is the only coach to become a three-time honoree (2010, 2015, 2022) in the awards 14-year history.

The award recognizes the head coach at the University who has demonstrated outstanding achievement on and off the course/field/court during the preceding academic year, as voted on by a committee of staff and faculty members.
 
In his 35 years at the helm, Conley earned his 152^nd tournament win during the 2021-22 season and led the Monarchs to two post-season victories, including the USA South Athletic Conference Championship and the NCAA Division III National Championship. At the conference championship, the team won the programs 32^nd title with a 25-under par 839 score. Three Monarchs finished in the top three, as Cameron Cappuzzo collected the individual medal. At the national level, the team earned the programs 13^th National title to break an NCAA Division III Championship record for the most titles won by an institution. Three Monarchs finished in the top 20 following the four-day event, with Andre Chi claiming the individual title, becoming the 10^th Monarch to win this accolade since 2001.
 
Along with reaching the 150 tournament wins club, coach Conley was named the NCAA Division III 2022 Dave Williams National Coach of the Year (for the eighth time), USA South Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (24^th time), and NCAA D-III Region Coach of the Year (18^th time). He has also produced ten individual national champions, 70 different All-Americans (121 total awards) and 22 Scholar All-Americans (28 total awards).

Individual successes also marked this past spring by players …
PING All America team: Chi (1^st-team), Cooper Hrabak (1^st), Henry Angier (1^st) and Will Campbell (Honorable Mention)
PING All-Region team: Angier, Campbell, Chi, Hrabak, Aiden Spampinato and Logan Thompson
USA South All-Conference team: Hrabak (1st), Angier (1st), Chi (1st), Cappuzzo (2nd)
USA South Player of the Year: Hrabak
USA South All-Tournament team: Cappuzzo, Hrabak, Angier
 
Past McLean Foundation Coach of the Year Award winners:
2021 -  Keven Williams, football
2020 – David Smith, men's basketball
2019 – Tom Inczauskis, women's golf
2018 – Tom Austin, baseball
2017 – Zach Nedbalski, men's lacrosse
2016 – DeeDee Jarman, women's basketball
2015 – Steve Conley, men's golf
2014 – Justin Terranova, men's soccer
2013 – Tom Austin, baseball
2012 – Tom Inczauskis, women's golf
2011 – Duane Ross, track & field
2010 – Steve Conley, men's golf
2009 – Francie Barragan, women's tennis