Rick LaRose

Rick LaRose is the former University of Arizona Head Men’s and Women’s Golf Coach, a position he held for over 30 years. LaRose is the only coach in NCAA history to win both a men’s and women’s NCAA national championship.

• His former players have won more than 60 professional events worldwide, including nearly 40 PGA Tour events
• His teams were ranked as the nation’s No. 1 team 13 different times
• Five Pac 10/12 Championships
• National Coach of the Year
• Three-time Pac 10/12 Coach of the Year
• His teams finished in the top-five at the NCAA Championships 10 times
• His teams earned 81 tournament wins
• He coached seven players to earn National Player of the Year
• He coached 68 All-Americans
• He coached two US Amateur Champions

Brendan Ryan

Helped 100+ Families with Coach search Visited over 500 campuses Network of over 800+ coaches at the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA levels 10 years of coaching experience at the D1, D3, NAIA and NJCAA levels Coached Redlands Community College to National Championship victories in 2009 and 2012 During 10 years of coaching, had 5 players win Individual National Champions – Chad Poling (’04), Jason Wellings (’06), Nicola Race (’09), Sarah Schobber (’12, ’13) Taught 100+ weeks of camps at places such at Indiana, Duke, Wake Forest, Purdue, UNC Mentored by top golf instructors including Henry Brunton, Marius Fillmalter, Sean Foley, Kevin Smeltz, Working on current academic research with Anders Eriksson and Sasho McKenzie Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Masters in Sports Management and Education

Jon Whithaus

Jon owns and operates Elite Level Golf and works with players to help them to move from one level to the next level in their careers. He specializes in working with the short games of professional players and high level collegiate and amateur players, having significant experience with players on The European Tour, The Asian Tour, The Sunshine Tour, and The Challenge Tour.

Jon previously had a very successful 15 year collegiate career as the Associate Head Men’s Golf Coach at Duke University (3 years) and the Head Men’s Golf Coach at Ohio Wesleyan University (12 years).  His teams reached the NCAA Championship in 14 of those years, highlighted by 8 top-10 finishes, including three 3rd place team finishes. His teams won 51 tournament titles.  Jon has coached 17 All Americans, 1 Individual National Champion, and 14 All-America Scholars.  He has received 12 Regional/Conference Coach of the Year awards.