2024 Jan Strickland Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company Finalists Announced
NORMAN, Okla. – 2024 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company finalists have been named. The Strickland Award is presented annually to the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, or NJCAA assistant coach that, among other things, has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom.
New and beginning in 2024, two assistant coaches, one Division I and one non-Division I, will be named Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company recipients. Bo Andrews of Tennessee, Noah Goldman of North Carolina, and Chris Williams of Auburn are the Division I finalists. Ryan Hogan of North Georgia (NCAA Division II) and Isaiah Logue of Keiser (NAIA) are the non-Division I finalists.
Andrews helped Tennessee to three tournament wins, eight top-four team finishes, and their first NCAA Championship top-10 finish since 1981 during his sixth season in Knoxville. The Volunteers, who finished 2023-24 ranked fifth in the Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches Poll, were led on the course by All-Americans Jake Hall (PING, Golfweek), Bryce Lewis (PING, Golfweek), and Evan Woosley-Reed (Golfweek), marking the first time in program history that three Volunteers were named All-Americans in a single season.
North Carolina recorded a program-record-tying seven team victories, including their first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship since 2006 and a school-record-shattering 68-under 796 at the 2024 Amer Ari Invitational, with Goldman’s assistance. The Tar Heels, who finished inside the top five for the fourth consecutive NCAA Championship, were led on the course by five All-ACC golfers, the first time one ACC school had five players on the same all-conference team, including PING All-Americans Austin Greaser, David Ford, and Maxwell Ford.
Williams and Dave Williams Division I National Coach of the Year and Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year Nick Clinard led Auburn to 10 team titles, doubling the previous program record. Winning their last seven tournaments, including the program’s first national championship and fifth SEC Championship, the Tigers were led on the course by PING All-Americans J.M. Butler, Jackson Koivun, and Brendan Valdes. Koivun is the only golfer to win the Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Awards in the same season.
Hogan and Dave Williams Division II National Coach of the Year and Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Coach of the Year Bryson Worley led national runner-up North Georgia to six tournament wins with six different lineups. Ranked first in eight of the nine 2023-24 Bushnell/Golfweek DII Coaches Polls, the Nighthawks won their first NCAA South/Southeast Regional title and PBC Championship and were led on the course by PING All-Americans Will Chambless, Hughes Threlkeld, Jack Vajda, and Noah Zediker.
Logue helped lead Keiser to five team victories, seven individual titles, and 10 top-three finishes, including the program’s third top-three finish and sixth straight top-five finish at the NAIA National Championship. The Seahawks were led on the course by PING All-Americans Florian Benner, Nicolas Llanos, and Isac Wallin. Wallin joined former teammate Jakub Stavang Stubhaug (2022) as NAIA Jack Nicklaus Award presented by Workday recipients from Keiser.
TaylorMade Golf Company has sponsored the Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award since its inception in 2003.
Previous Recipients
2023 - Dudley Hart, Florida
2022 - Matt Clark, North Carolina
2021 - Bill Allcorn, Oklahoma
2020 - Jean-Paul Hebert, Texas
2019 - Armen Kirakossian, Arizona State
2018 - Corey Maggard, Auburn
2017 - Ryan Blagg, Baylor
2016 - Andrew DiBitetto, North Carolina
2015 - John Handrigan, Florida
2014 - Chris Hill, Houston
2013 - Ryan Murphy, Texas
2012 - Jim Anderson, Texas A&M
2011 - Christian Newton, Georgia Tech
2010 - Michael Burcin, South Carolina
2009 - Brian Sharp, Virginia Tech
2008 - Walter Chun, California
2007 - Andy Bischel, UNLV
2006 - John Knauer, Arizona
2005 - Greg Robertson, Purdue
2004 - Bowen Sargent, Tennessee
2003 - Mike McGraw, Oklahoma State