John Sjoberg

John Sjoberg was named Emory University's head golf coach coach following the conclusion of the 2011 season.

The 2018-19 season was a memorable one for Emory golf, highlighted by the program's 22nd appearance in the NCAA D-III Championships and sixth during Sjoberg's tenure as head coach. In addition, the squad brought home its fourth straight University Athletic Association title and 19th in school history. In addition to its league title, playing its way to three first-place finishes in tournament action – taking home the top spot out of 18 teams at the season-opening NCAA Preview, pacing the 18-team field at the Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational and coming away with the No. 1 position out of 30 programs at the prestigious Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational. Sjoberg saw his team establish a school record seasonal record with an average of 293 strokes per round, bettering the previous mark of 295.2 strokes set in 2017-18. Sjoberg mentored four players to All-American recognition, with Matt Organisak claiming second-team acclaim while Connor Yakubov, Eric Yiu and Logan Ryan garnered honorable mention accolades. In the classroom, Yakubov, Organisak and Galloway were named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for Division III. Sjoberg was tabbed as one of five finalists for the NCAA Division III Dave Williams Award, which recognizes the national coach of the year, for the second straight campaign. Under his watchful eye, individual team members account for a total of 51 rounds of par or better during the season which helped result in the team log four of the school's all-time top eight team rounds, highlighted by a program record 272 at the Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational.

Sjoberg oversaw an outstanding 2017-18 season, the highlight of which was the program making its 21st appearance in the NCAA D-III Championships and the fifth during his tenure as head coach. The Eagles posted a seventh-place finish out of the 42 schools that began the competition, firing a 72-hole score of 1180 which established a program record at nationals bettering the previous mark of 1187 turned in by the 2011 squad. In addition, the Eagles, who concluded the regular season ranked fourth in the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll, captured their third straight UAA crown, with Sjoberg and assistant Cameron Hooper being selected as the league's Coaching Staff of the year (the fourth time Sjoberg had been recognized for that honor). Besides the team's performance at UAs, Sjoberg saw his charges bring home first-place finishes at the Rhodes College Fall Classic (finishing with a school-record 855 for a 54-hole tournament), the Discover DeKalb Emory Spring Invitational and the Fred Kravetz Invitational). For the second consecutive year Emory set a team seasonal scoring record, averaging 295.2 strokes per round, topping the 296.8 strokes the 2016-17 squad had posted. Sjoberg mentored four players to All-UAA honors including first-team honorees Matt Organisak, Keenan Hickton and Stefano Butti and second-team choice Connor Yakubov. Organisak was named the conference's Player of the Year for the second straight season, and was afforded PING Al--South Region acclaim along with Sam Galloway. All of the team and individual accomplishments helped result in Sjoberg being named one of five finalists for the Division III Dave Williams Award, which recognizes the national coach of the year, for the second straight season.