Amy Bond

Amy Bond was named as the seventh head coach in Florida State history on June 25, 2010.

Now in her 12^th season at her alma mater, she continues to set the bar nationally for winning, recruiting, coaching, and most importantly to her and her program, graduating her student-athletes.

With 11 wins at Florida State, Bond is chasing the Seminoles’ all-time record of 14 tournament victories. She continues to recruit and coach many of the most talented golfers in school history and has graduated every one of the players who has played for her at Florida State.

In her first nine seasons as Florida State’s head coach, Bond has developed one of the most competitive programs in the country – one that is consistently competing for conference and national honors. She continues to build her team on the strength of bringing the best players into her program and teaching them to be winners on the collegiate level. Bond’s goals are to win team national championships as she produces outstanding players – players who can be successful at the professional level after they have left their marks at Florida State.

Bond, the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year, has led the Seminoles to a school record four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Championship Finals and nine straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Her teams have recorded the top seven single season scoring averages in school history including a school-record 288.1 team average during the 2016-17 season when the Seminoles won a school-record six events and led the ACC in stroke average. The Seminoles have ranked in the top four in the ACC in stroke average in each of the last five seasons.

Under Bond, the Seminoles have finished in the top-20 in the NCAA Championship Finals in each of the last four seasons including two consecutive 12^th place finishes in 2018 and 2019 – the second best national finishes in school history. The Seminoles have finished in second place in the NCAA Regional Championships three of the last four seasons (at Shoal Creek in 2016, at Tallahassee in 2018 and at Auburn in 2019) and have finished as the ACC runners-up in each of the last three seasons (2017, 2018 and 2019).

Individually, Bond has coached 19 of the top 20 golfers in school history. She has recruited and coached the top five Seminoles in terms of stroke average – All-Americans Frida Kinhult, Matilda Castren, Beatrice Wallin, Morgane Metraux and Amanda Doherty.

Kinhult finished the 2019 season as the most decorated golfer in Florida State history. She earned First-Team All-American honors, was named the National Freshman of the Year, won the Golfstat Cup with the nation’s lowest stroke average, was the ACC Golfer of the Year (Co), the ACC Freshman of Year, was named to the All-ACC team, was a finalist for the ANNIKA and Honda Awards, and was named to the All-ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Bond, who grew up in a family of coaches, led Florida State to one of the greatest seasons in school history in 2017.

The Seminoles were ranked No. 1 in the nation, won six tournament championships, had four players named to the All-ACC team, led the nation in scoring average vs. par, led the nation in par 5 scoring in route to Bond being named the ACC Coach of the Year. Florida State won an unprecedented six tournaments to tie for the national lead. Never before had any team in Florida State history won more than five events in a single season. Florida State took over the nation’s No. 1 ranking after winning the Jim West Challenge and the Cardinal Cup during the fall season in 2017. The Seminoles then earned the highest NCAA regional seed in school history (No. 2), and finished in third place in the NCAA Columbus Regional Championship before earning their second consecutive top-20 finish at the NCAA National Championship Finals.

During her first nine seasons as Florida State’s Head Women’s Golf Coach, Bond has coached nine All-Americans, two NCAA Regional Champions, 18 All-ACC selections, 28 All-ACC Academic Honor Roll selections with 66 academic honors, 20 players who have been named to the All-ACC Academic team and 10 who have been named Scholar All-Americans.

During her nine seasons at Florida State, the Seminoles have played in nine NCAA Championship Tournaments, produced the school’s first two NCAA Regional Champions (Maria Salinas in 2012 and Matilda Castren in 2016), earned nine All-American honors (Matilda Castren in 2014 and 2017, Salinas in 2011 and 2013, Morgane Metraux in 2017 and 2018, Amanda Doherty in 2018, Frida Kinhult in 2019 and Beatrice Wallin in 2019), earned 18 All-ACC selections (Salinas in 2011 and 2012, Jessica Negron in 2013, Castren in 2014, 2016 and 2017, Alex Milan in 2014, Lydia Gumm in 2015 and 2017, Kim Metraux in 2016 and 2017, Morgane Metraux in 2017 and 2018, Doherty in 2018, and Kinhult and Wallin in 2019) and have had 26 players earn All-ACC Academic Golf Team honors.

As the Seminoles’ Head Coach, she has led Florida State to nine consecutive NCAA Championship Tournament appearances – a streak that brings the program’s current school-record streak to 14 consecutive NCAA appearances entering the 2019-20 season.

With her student-athlete first approach, her love of the game of golf, her unbridled love for Florida State University and her ability to recruit top-level talent, Bond constantly works to take the Seminole Women’s Golf Program to a higher level. That higher level is in the classroom, with her relationships with her players, and Florida State’s success on the golf course have all allowed her program to become recognized as one of the top all-around programs in all of college golf.

The Seminole Women’s Golf Team is recognized as a star among stars as Florida State is annually celebrated as one of the top athletic programs in the nation. Florida State has finished in the top 25 in the Director’s Cup in each of the last nine years.

As a player, Bond earned a spot on the ACC’s 50^th Anniversary Team. As an assistant coach, she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances. As Florida State’s Head Coach, she has led the Seminoles to nine NCAA Championship appearances. She earned All-Region Honors in 1999 as she finished in a tied for 11^th place at the NCAA East Regional Championship.

Throughout her playing career at Florida State, she played as one of the Seminoles’ top players (she was named Florida State’s team MVP in 1997, 1998 and 1999), played with a number of touring professionals (including LPGA major winner and current Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples) and has coached many of Florida State’s recent greats including the only four-time golf All-American in school history (Caroline Westrup). While achieving success during her career as a player and a coach, Bond has never lost sight of her ultimate goal: the success and achievements of her student-athletes.

In her 14 seasons as a Seminole coach (five as an assistant and nine as the head coach), every student-athlete who has played golf at Florida State has earned her bachelor’s degree and every one played on at least two NCAA Tournament teams during their careers. The Seminoles are among the NCAA leaders with a perfect APR rating during Bond’s nine seasons as Florida State’s head coach.