Pina Gentile

Pina Gentile is in her ninth season as assistant coach for the Illinois women's golf team in 2026-27. Gentile spent 2015-18 as the head women's golf coach at Eastern Michigan.

In Gentile's first season at Illinois, the Fighting Illini reached the NCAA Championships for the first time ever and recorded the second-lowest single-season stroke average in program history. Four players were named All-Big Ten, and four were named to the WGCA All-Scholar team.

In 2023-24, Gentile helped Isabel Sy earn back-to-back co-champion honors during the season, as part of a run of six-straight top four finishes. Sy would go on to earn an individual berth at the NCAA East Lansing Regional and garner WGCA Honorable Mention All-American. Three golfers were named CSC Academic All-District.

With nearly 18 years of NCAA Division I intercollegiate coaching experience, Gentile spent three years working at EMU where she led her teams to 20 top-10 tournament showings, including her first career tournament win at the 2016 Kalamazoo Classic and another victory at the 15th Annual Rio Verde Invitational. During her first year, Gentile led the Eagles to a historical season by posting the lowest 18-hole average in program history. Gentile coached 12 WGCA All-American Scholars and 11 Academic All-MAC team honorees.

Prior to her time at EMU, Gentile spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa State University before being promoted to associate head coach in June 2015. She aided the Cyclones to six-straight NCAA Regional appearances, while recording their best finishes in the Big 12 Championships during her reign. In 2014, the Cyclones advanced to their first-ever NCAA Championship appearance. Gentile coached 10 Cyclones to All-Big 12 recognition 15 times during her tenure. Academically, she also coached 12 golfers who earned Academic All Big 12 accolades 21 times.