NORMAN, Okla. – Wake Forest men’s golf associate head coach Aaron O’Callaghan was named as a finalist for the Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America and TaylorMade Golf Company Monday.
O’Callaghan is one of six finalists for the award and one of just two assistant coaches in the ACC to be named as a finalist.
The award is presented to the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, or NJCAA assistant coach that, among other things, has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom.
A Season to Remember
Under the direction of longtime Wake Forest head coach Jerry Haas, O’Callaghan’s fourth season in Winston-Salem proved historic. The Demon Deacons won their first ACC Championship since 1989 last season and set a program record at the 2022 NCAA New Haven Regional, shooting 26-under-par and winning the regional by seven strokes. They were led on the course by PING Second-Team All-American Michael Brennan and All-ACC performer Alex Fitzpatrick.
Brennan captured individual victories in back-to-back tournaments, including at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational with Fitzpatrick, for the second time in his career, while also winning the Genesis Collegiate Showcase and representing Team USA in the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup.
In addition to winning the NCAA Regionals and ACC Championship, the Demon Deacons also claimed the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational, winning by 14 strokes with a program-record score of 805 and breaking the previous record by six strokes.
Wake Forest returns to the course in less than two weeks when it travels to Arizona for the Maui Jim Intercollegiate from Friday, Sept. 9 to Sunday, Sept. 11.
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