Upcoming Event: Men's Golf versus The Wohali on September 15, 2025
Men's Golf
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Men's Golf
Wilson, Keith
Keith Wilson
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- kwilson@huntsman.utah.edu
Keith Wilson is entering his third season on coach Garrett Clegg's staff after joining the program prior to the start of the 2023-24 season.
Last season (2024-25), the Utes posted a record-setting season that included earning four team titles in the Palouse Collegiate (-52), the Tindall Invitational (-33), John Burns Intercollegiate (-22), and the Schenkel Invitational (-22) on their way to a No. 17 final ranking which is the program’s highest finish to date.
Additionally, Utah qualified for their fourth appearance in five seasons to the NCAA Regional with senior golfer Braxton Watts putting up back-to-back rounds of 6-under to beat out all 71 other golfers to advance to the NCAA Championships as a single player.
Watts, along with sophomore Gabriel Palacios were later recognized as PING NCAA Division I All-America Honorable Mentions.
Palacios earned five top-10 finishes (ranking second in program history) and a scoring average of 70.2 (also second in school history) on his way to a No. 49 final ranking. Palacios later notched a place on the All-Big 12 Golf team before turning his attention to the Arnold Palmer Cup where he made history as the first Ute and Guatemalan to tee up in the event.
Sophomore Sergio Jimenez made his own history finishing the year ranked No. 57 and tying with Palacios for second in top 10 finishes, while earning the highest scoring average in program history of 70.7.
During the 2023-24 regular season, the Utes finished with a team score at or under par six times, including five times in six spring tournaments. They posted a mark of even at The Goodwin to take second, ahead of 29 other teams, including four ranked programs. Utah was led by Watts, who finished on top of a field of 168 golfers to earn his first collegiate victory by shooting 5-under. The Utes followed that performance up with a score of 20-under at the Gaucho Invitational, where Brandon Robison and Javier Barcos tied for second place. Eight Utes achieved at least one top-10 finish during the 2023-24 season.
In his first season on Clegg's staff, Wilson helped the Utes to a fantastic year highlighted by their performance at the NCAA Austin Regional where the Utes shot 2-under during the final round, jumping over a pair of squads late on the final day to land in fourth place and locking up a spot at the NCAA Championships. Utah’s effort marked the program's second appearance at Nationals in three years, something Utah Golf hadn't accomplished since 1948-50. During the NCAA Championships, Watts put up the Utes’ best showing, earning a place among the tournament's top nine individuals shooting 4-over through 54 holes, and winning the playoff on the competition's fourth day to advance to the final round of stroke play.
Wilson comes to Utah with a long list of qualifications that includes coaching Team Washington in the PGA Junior League and guiding that squad to the PGA Jr. League Championships, one of only 12 teams in the country to earn a spot at that event. Wilson has also served as head coach of the girls' golf team at Summit Academy High School.
Wilson first started playing golf at the Skagit Golf and Country Club, where he was taught by the legendary Carl Welty, an instructor and innovator who also worked with PGA Tour professionals such as Jim McLean, Greg Norman and Curtis Strange. Wilson competed in Washington Junior Golf and spent a year at the San Diego Golf Academy as well.
A native of Burlington, Washington and a graduate of BYU, Wilson has a wife named Lynsi and five children: Tayler, Kinley, Rex, Ben and Drew. He has coached his three boys to multiple championships on the golf course, with Ben earning the title of WJGA State Champion, where Rex also placed third. One year earlier, Drew captured the same title in his age group.
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