VIRGINIA TECH Golf Guide | 2018 Edition

8 PGA Professional and Head Coach Jay Hardwick is in his 35th 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 35 years shows just how successful he and his Hokies have been. His teams have finished in the top 10 of 297 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 11 consecutive NCAA Division I Golf Regionals, and most recently qualified for the 2017 Regional at Purdue’s Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind. 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 17 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 Metro Conference in 1993 and 1994, and again in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1996 and 1997. Virginia Tech claimed the BIG EAST Conference Jay and Celia Hardwick HEAD COACH JAY HARDWICK