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Lisa Ferrero is entering her third season at the helm of the Fresno State women's golf program. She was named the third head coach in program history on Oct. 12, 2021.

Ferrero coached the Bulldogs to their best finish at the Mountain West Championship, finishing third of the nine-team field in 2022. The third place finish was the team’s best since 2016.

Harriet Lynch was an All-Mountain West selection and made an Individual NCAA Regional Appearance in 2023.

Since 2022, the Bulldogs have had 10 WGCA All-American Scholar selections, six MW All-Academic honorees and six MW Scholar Athletes.

PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE
Ferrero returned home to the Central Valley after spending the 2019-20 season at Idaho. Prior to her stint with the Vandals, she spent two years leading the women’s golf program at Towson.

Ferrero, a native of Lodi, Calif., had the Vandals out to a tremendous start prior to the 2019-20 season being cut short due to COVID-19. Three Vandals earned All-Big Sky distinction, led by First-Teamer Valeria Patino. The program also continued its incredible run in the classroom and earned NCAA Public Recognition for posting a perfect Annual Progress Rate (APR) multi-year average.

Ferrero made an immediate impact on the Towson program. In the first three weeks of her debut season, the Tigers broke every school record and claimed her first tournament title. By the end of the 2018 spring season, Towson took third at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships - the best finish in school history and shattered the program's previous low score at the tournament by 54 strokes.

Ferrero recruited and coached freshman Jordan Cornelius, who earned the program's first individual All-CAA Tournament honor after finishing in third place at the conference championships.

Prior to Towson, Ferrero gained experience working with Hall of Fame coach Chuck Cook on video and swing analysis, using the same technology the Vandals trained with under her leadership. She has also spent the last 10 years teaching professionally in the offseason as a Class A LPGA instructor.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Ferrero is a 12-year member of the LPGA and Symetra Tours, winning two tournaments on the Symetra Tour in 2011. She was also the recipient of the 2014 Heather Farr LPGA Courage Award.

An elite golfer for nearly two decades, Ferrero won the USGA Junior Amateur Championship in 2000 and a year later was named the California Amateur of the Year. She went on to play collegiately at Texas, where she helped the Longhorns win the 2004 Big 12 title and place in the top six at the NCAA Championships three times, including a second-place showing in 2002.

Michelle Winkler was named head coach of the CSUN women’s golf program in November, 2022. She completed her season as head coach in 2023-24, leading the Matadors to three top five finishes along with four top-10 finishes. Freshman Nicole Tanoue became the first CSUN golfer since 2019 to earn All-Big West honors in 2024.

CSUN had an impressive season in 2023-24, setting several program records before finishing sixth at the 2024 Big West Women's Golf Championship, the best finish for the Matadors since 2019. The Matadors established a program record with a tournament score of 880 at the Timpanogos Collegiate Invitational in September, 2023. The Matadors 36-hole score of 588 in the same tournament is also a program record. In total, the 2023-24 Matadors reached the program 54-hole best list eight times this past season.

Individually, Tanoue finished with a team-leading 75.03 scoring average which ranks fourth in CSUN history. Sophomores Gracie Piar's scoring average (75.84) ranks seventh for a single season while Kim Turgut's 76.06 ranks eighth. Fellow freshman Meghan Paracuelles finished her debut season with a 77.57 scoring average while posting CSUN's lone individual win at the Utah Tech Trailblazer Invitational in February.

After being named interim head coach in January, 2022, she led CSUN to a trio of top-10 finishes during the spring. The Matadors posted a season-best fifth-place showing at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate in March. CSUN also finished in the top-10 at the Islander Classic (Feb. 21-22) and the Big West Championship (Apr. 10-12).

During the 2022-23 season, Winkler led the Matadors to a second place finish at the Zupas Trailblazer Invitational (Feb. 13-14) with freshman Gracie Piar claiming individual medalist honors at 4-under 140. CSUN also posted their best 18-hole team score since 2019 with a second round 299 at the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational (March 9-11). The Matadors' tournament score of 612 ranks 10th in program history for 36 holes.

Winkler is a Class A PGA Professional, a Golf Channel GolfPass Coach, and a Golf Digest Best Young Teacher (2021-2023). She carries numerous certifications, which included Swing Catalyst Level 2, BodiTrak, Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Level 1, and Mike Adam’s BioSwingDynamics. Winkler came to CSUN from Cal State Fullerton where she served as the Titans’ volunteer assistant coach. Prior to her appointment at Fullerton, she spent six years (2015-2021) as an assistant golf professional at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Connecticut.

While at The Stanwich Club, she taught over 300 hours of individual lessons, group clinics and junior golf programs each year. Winkler created and co-hosted the “BioSwingDynamics Mastermind Group” which was a guided discussion group for female golf instructors while also creating the “Quarantine Coaching Hour” which contained interviews and exercises on YouTube.

Winkler also has extensive teaching experience at various golf clubs on the east coast. She has spent time teaching at the Jupiter Island Club in Hobe Sound, Fla. (2018-19), the Joey D Sports Training Center in Jupiter, Fla. (2016-17), the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (2014-16), the Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass. (2014-15) and Indian Hill Country Club in Newington, Conn. (2012-14).

A 2012 graduate of Xavier University, Winkler earned cum laude honors as a social sciences major (sport management). A four-year member of the Muskateer women’s golf team, she finished her career in 2012 by ranking third on the team with a career-best 77.6 scoring average. She was also recognized for the third time as a NGCA All-American Scholar as a senior. While in high school, Winkler was rated as the second-best Connecticut women's junior golfer for 2007 and was the runner-up in Connecticut's Girls Junior Championship the summer of 2007.

Spencer Dunaway joined the UNLV men's golf coaching staff as an assistant coach in July 2023.

Dunaway comes to Las Vegas after serving in the same role at Utah for the 2022-23 season. During that stint, he helped lead the Utes to six top-10 finishes, the program's second-highest individual finisher at a Pac-12 Championship and an individual NCAA Regional qualifier.

Prior to Utah, Dunaway began his coaching career in 2021 at Utah Tech. In his lone season with Trailblazers, the men's golf team posted three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a fifth-place outing at the Southern Utah Pizza Hut Pat Hicks Invitational Open.

A former student-athlete, Dunaway played four years of collegiate golf at BYU, where he finished his career with one win (2020 San Diego State Coronado Invitational), a 73.89 career scoring average, nine top-20 finishes and three top-five outings. Additionally, Dunaway won the 2021 Hawaii State Amatuer title, was a two-time Utah State Amateur semifinalist and qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach in 2018.

A 2016-17 All-WCC honorable mention and 2015-16 Freshman All-WCC Team selection, Dunaway helped guide the Cougars to a 2017 West Coast Conference title, three straight NCAA Regional appearances and back-to-back NCAA Championship trips in 2018 and 2019.

Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Dunaway graduated from BYU in 2020 with his bachelor's degree in psychology. He has a wife, Lauren, and his hobbies include playing pickleball, boating and watching movies.