Tyler Stith

Tyler Stith is the men's head golf coach at the University of Iowa after being named the UI head coach on Aug. 22, 2014. Stith, a former assistant coach and student-athlete at Iowa, served as assistant coach at Minnesota from 2011-14.

During Stith’s tenure as head coach of the Iowa men’s golf program, the Hawkeyes have finished in the top-four of the Big Ten Championships all four years, advanced to three NCAA Regionals, and totaled three or more top-three tournament finishes in all six of the seven seasons.

Stith directed Iowa to five top-three finishes, including a third place finish at the Big Ten Championships. Stith also helped mentor sophomore Alex Schaake to six top-20 finishes, including placing in the top-five four times, and an individual berth at NCAA Regionals.

Stith captured his first tournament title as head coach of the Hawkeyes in the fall of his second year, guiding Iowa to a team title at the GolfWeek Conference Challenge. Raymond Knoll claimed co-medalist honors with a 54-hole total of 205 (-11; 66, 67, 72) -- the lowest three-round total in program history.

In his first season as head coach at Iowa, Stith guided the Hawkeyes to their seventh straight NCAA Regional. Iowa finished sixth at the event, one stroke behind eventual national champion LSU. Sophomore Carson Schaake led the Hawkeyes to a second place finish at the 2015 Big Ten Championships after earning co-medalist honors and becoming the first Hawkeye to win the event since Brad Klapprott in 1992. Schaake and fellow sophomore Raymond Knoll earned All-Big Ten honors in addition to garnering PING All-Region honors.

During his time at Minnesota, the Gophers won the 2014 Big Ten title, their first team conference crown since 2007. Jose Mendez captured medalist honors to become Minnesota’s first individual Big Ten champion since 2003. The Gophers went on to finish ninth at the NCAA Raleigh Regional, their first regional appearance since 2009. Minnesota won four tournaments during the 2013-14 season, marking the program’s first victories since 2006-07.

In Stith’s three seasons in Minneapolis, the Gophers’ national ranking climbed from No. 104 to No. 68. The Gophers also improved in the classroom, earning GCAA All-Academic Team recognition during all three seasons (2012-14) and the Gopher Athletics’ Norman Borlaug Commitment to Academic Excellence Award in 2014.

Stith served as an assistant coach to Hankins for three-and-a-half seasons at Iowa prior to joining the Minnesota staff. During that time, the Hawkeyes’ national ranking improved from No. 155 to No. 9. Iowa recorded a school-record 10th-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships, eclipsing a previous program-best 17th place finish at the 2009 NCAA Championships. He was named a semifinalist for the Jan Strickland Award in 2011, an honor given to the top assistant in NCAA golf.

As a Hawkeye, Stith was a four-year letterwinner and a team captain during his senior season. The Mount Pleasant, Iowa, native graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in management information systems in 2002.

Stith heads a program that has advanced to NCAA competition in nine of the last ten seasons, joining Illinois as the only Big Ten teams selected to NCAA Regional competition in at least nine regionals over the last ten years. Iowa has advanced to the NCAA Championship finals three times in the last ten years.