Mark Crabtree Selected to 2022 GCAA Hall of Fame Class

.NORMAN, Okla. — Forner University of Louisville men’s golf coach headlines the The GCAA 2022 Hall of Fame Class, the association announced Tueday.
  
Joining Crabtree in the 2022 class is David Lynn, Bill Montigel, and Chris Young, who will all be officially inducted at the GCAA Hall of Fame Reception and Awards Dinner on Monday, December 5 in Las Vegas.

Crabtree’s coaching career began at Colorado State, where he developed the Ram program from a non-scholarship program into a top-25 team and NCAA Championship contender in his nine seasons. CSU qualified for four consecutive NCAA West Regionals under his guidance and qualified for its first NCAA Championship appearance in 1999. Crabtree then took the helm at Louisville, where he remained until his retirement in 2020. He was the first coach in school history to lead the program into postseason play, appearing in 11 NCAA Regionals and advancing to four NCAA Championships – the last coming in 2019. His 30 tournament wins, which included three BIG EAST titles, and 23 individual medalists, five who were conference champions, are the most in program history. Crabtree, a 2006 Colorado Hall of Fame inductee, won two BIG EAST coach of the year awards and developed five Cardinals who went on to professional playing careers.

 

Lynn has been a staple in the success of the Oklahoma Christian golf program since 1998 when he started as an assistant coach. He became the Eagles’ head coach before the 1999-2000 season and guided the team until 2008. In 2011, the Eagles capped Lynn’s first season back with the program’s second NAIA national championship and Lynn was named the NAIA Dave Williams National Coach of the Year. In the fall of 2012, he guided OC to the National Christian College Athletic Association national title, a performance that earned Lynn NCCAA national coach of the year honors. OC strung together a run of 16 straight top-four finishes in national-tournament play (either the NAIA or NCCAA Championship), a streak that began in 2000 and lasted through the 2015-16 campaign. Since being eligible for NCAA Division II postseason play in 2016, the Eagles have advanced to five Super Regionals and two national championship appearances. Their runner-up finish in 2022 is the highest finish by an Oklahoma Christian team in any sport in NCAA…