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PGA Professional and Head Coach Jay Hardwick is in his 34th
season at Virginia Tech. During this time, Hardwick has developed
the Hokie golf program into one that not only wins, but also does so
the right way. Academic integrity, solid fundamentals and a sense of
right are trademarks of this program. The Hokies don’t just win,
they achieve.
With his attention to detail and the support of an outstanding
group of boosters, Hardwick has brought Virginia Tech golf into
national prominence. A look at his accomplishments the past 34
years shows just how successful he and his Hokies have been. His
teams have finished in the top 10 of 289 tournaments and have
won 40 tournaments, including a nation’s best six titles during
the 2000-01season. Under Hardwick’s direction, a Hokie team
or individual has competed in ten consecutive NCAA Division I
Golf Regionals, and most recently qualified for the 2014 NCAA
Championship at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan.
Virginia Tech also had consecutive trips to the Regionals from 2001
to 2004, advancing to the NCAA Championship two of those years
and finishing eighth in 2001. In total, Hardwick’s players have been to
16 NCAA Regionals and advanced to the NCAA finals seven times.
Since 1993, Hardwick has guided the Hokies to eight conference
championships, becoming the only coach in NCAA history to
have captured conference titles in four different leagues with the
same school. His teams won back-to-back championships in the
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