Lisa Strom

Lisa Strom serves as the Head Women's Golf Coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Lisa Strom returned to Columbus as she was named the women’s golf head coach on July 2, 2021. Strom was a member of the Ohio State women’s golf team from 1995-99 and then returned as an assistant coach from 2011-16 following her professional playing days. Strom will run the women’s golf program and will work alongside director of golf Therese Hession.

As an assistant for the Buckeyes from 2011-16, Strom helped guide the program to six straight NCAA Regional appearances and four appearances at the NCAA Championships (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016). She was also instrumental in the team’s nine tournament victories, including back-to-back-to-back Big Ten Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

During her OSU playing days, Strom was a two-time All-Big Ten and four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. In 2000, she earned a first-place finish at the NCAA East Regional Championship and was a member of the 1999 Big Ten Championship team. She graduated with a degree in exercise science in 2000.

Following her time as an assistant at OSU, Strom was the head coach at Texas State from 2016-19. She led the Bobcats to a runner-up finish at the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championship and two team tournament titles. The 2018-19 season, her last in San Marcos, was a historic one for Strom and the Bobcats as the team set seven program records and finished with the highest final season ranking in program history.

She then returned to Ohio to take the reigns at one of the top programs in the area at Kent State. In her two seasons with the Golden Flashes, Strom led the team to nine tournament titles and helped continue the program’s dominance in the MAC, winning Kent State’s 22nd consecutive conference crown. This past May, Strom and the Golden Flashes came to the OSU Scarlet Course for the NCAA Regional and the team finished tied for fifth in the 18-team field to advance to the NCAA Championships.

Strom played professional from 2000 until 2011 and competed in more than 50 LPGA sponsored events as a member of the LPGA Tour (2003, 2007-2010). She earned her best career finish in 2007 when she finished tied for 13th at the Navistar LPGA Classic. Strom carded a career-low 67 on two occasions in 2009 with the first coming in the second round of the LPGA State Farm Classic and the next in the opening round of the Navistar LPGA Classic.

Aside from joining the Tour, Strom also competed on the Futures Tour for seven years. Her best finish came at the 2002 El Paso FUTURES Golf Classic where she finished second. Also, Strom is a three-time winner of the Ohio Women’s Open (2007, 2009, 2010) and two-time winner of the Michigan Women’s Open (2007, 2010).