A day after Lilia Vu won her first major championship at the Chevron Championship, Vu’s college coach at UCLA, Carrie Forsyth, announced she is retiring at the end of the season.
Forsyth is in her 24th season as head coach of the Bruins, whom she has led to two NCAA Championship titles (2004 and 2011), nine NCAA regional crowns, five Pac-12 championships and 74 total tournament victories. She will coach UCLA in an NCAA regional next week – the fields are finalized on Wednesday – and then in the NCAA Championship, should UCLA qualify.
A national search for Forsyth’s replacement has already begun, while Forsyth, a UCLA alum, will remain affiliated with the program as a special assistant to athletics director Martin Jarmond.