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How an emergency fill-in coach helped a women's golf team to a title

Related Topics: Courtney Hall, Ben Carroll

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In early September, Charleston Southern deputy athletic director Courtney Hall sent an unconventional email to all athletics personnel.

The school needed an interim women's golf coach. And fast.

A few weeks prior, former Buccaneer golf head coach Chan Metts had departed the school to become head golf coach at Appalachian State. Assistant Ben Carroll took over both the men's and women's programs on an interim basis while Charleston Southern searched for a new full-time coach.

But they soon faced a dilemma.

From Sept. 15 to 17, the Buccaneers men's and women's golf teams were both set to be in action -- 250 miles away from one another.