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Clegg Named New Head Men's Golf Coach
5/3/2016 12:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 3, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY - University of Utah Athletic Director Dr. Chris Hill announced today that Garrett Clegg has been named the new head men's golf coach.
Clegg, a former standout golfer for the Utes, takes over the Utah Golf program after 12-year head coach Randall McCracken retired to pursue more time with his family.
"We had a very strong pool of candidates interested in the position and we are very excited that Garrett and his family have decided to make their way back to Utah," said senior and men's golf administrator Jimmy Soto. "Garrett's understanding of the Pac-12 landscape, along with his passion for The U of U is a great fit for our university and the men's golf program."
A native of Bountiful, Utah, Clegg makes the move back to the Salt Lake City area after serving as head coach for five seasons at Washington State. Under Clegg's guidance, the Cougars recorded six regular-season tournament titles and 15 top-five finishes.
"I am beyond thrilled for this opportunity to return to my alma mater to coach the Utah golf team," said Clegg. "I would like to thank Dr. Chris Hill and Jimmy Soto for giving me this opportunity to build a program that will compete with the very best in our conference and in the country. Salt Lake City has an incredible golf community that whoever came out to the Pac-12 Championships last week at The Country Club witnessed firsthand.
"Since I began my coaching career back in December of 2007, I have hoped for the opportunity to return to Utah. It is my dream job to coach at the U of U and I cannot wait to get started."
WSU notched three, top-10 finishes at Pac-12 Championship Tournaments under Clegg, which included a ninth-place finish at the 2016 Championships just this past weekend at The Country Club in Salt Lake City. The Cougars managed to move up three spots following the first two rounds of play and went on to post its second-lowest stroke total in the five previous championship tournaments under his direction.
Prior to his time in Pullman, Wash., Clegg spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Washington. During his time at UW, the men's program captured back-to-back Pacific-10 Conference titles (2009, 2010) and concluded both seasons with fifth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships. Washington advanced to the NCAA Regionals each of his four seasons and was a three-time qualifier for the NCAA Championships.
While with the Huskies, Clegg helped mentor All-Americans Nick Taylor, Richard Lee, Darren Wallace and Chris Williams. In his four seasons he was involved in all areas of the program including coaching, recruiting, fund-raising and tournament operations with a special emphasis on administrative duties.
Clegg is a former professional and collegiate golfer who played collegiately at Minnesota for two years where he was a part of the 2002 NCAA championship team before transferring to Utah for his final two seasons. A 2004 graduate of Utah, Clegg was a two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection and placed third in the conference championship tournament in 2003.
During his career with the Utes, he won the 2003 Nevada Wolfpack Invitational and the 2003 UC Riverside Highlander Classic. His two regular-season tournament titles is tied for first all-time, as he is just one of two Utah golfers to register multiple tournament titles since 1990.
Clegg's 6-under par (66) that he tallied at the Highlander Classic, ranks tied for the seventh-lowest 18-hole score in Utah school history, while his total of 205 (69-68-68) at the Wolfpack Invitational ranks fifth-lowest all-time in a 54-hole event.
Clegg is tied for third all-time with five, top-10 finishes in a season and his eight-career top-10 finishes ranks third most in school history. He is also just one of three Utah golfers to qualify for a NCAA Regional Championship. Clegg finished tied for 81st-place at the 2004 Regional Championship Tournament.
Clegg played in the 2003 U.S. Amateur and advanced to the second round of the 2002 U.S. Public Links tournament. As a professional, he played the 2007 season in the Nationwide Tour after finishing fifth in the second stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School.
Clegg and his wife Rachael have three daughters, Grace, Sophie and Chloe, and son Brady.
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