It’s easy to look at the golfers for being responsible for carding a team and NCAA record 59 at the Las Vegas Regionals, or even three straight NCAA Championship match play appearances. But, coach Matt Thurmond is the mastermind behind the scenes and has now earned Coach of The year for the West Region.
Thurmond had only one starter return for the 2023 season while having two freshman in the starting lineup for most of the season, but that didn’t make a difference. In his seven years as coach of the Sun Devil Men’s Golf team, he has led the program to three consecutive match play seasons.