Illini golf just finished another amazing run, winning the Big Ten Championship and securing the program’s fourth-straight national top-5 finish by reaching the national semifinals.
And that’s not to mention Small earning himself another Big Ten Coach of the Year Award.
He spoke with us about this year’s run, Illini amateurs in the U.S. Open and his own professional goals.
Illinois golf is squarely on the map. How do you improve from here? Is there a formula you follow that will lead to a national title, or do you get to a certain point in the post-season and just let things happen as they will?