BYU golf coach named to national post

PROVO — BYU men's golf head coach Bruce Brockbank was named to a two-year term as the 28th president of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) on Thursday.

Brockbank has led the Cougars to 37 tournament wins, including conference titles in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2007. During the just concluded 2009-10 campaign, he guided the BYU golf team to its 18th appearance in the NCAA Regionals. In 1999-2000, he guided BYU to seven tournament wins, more than any other team in the nation, and was named the 2000 Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year. He has earned conference Coach of the Year five different times, including WAC Coach of the Year in 1994 and again in 1999, and back-to-back Coach of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007.

Brockbank became BYU's head coach in April of 1992 after stellar amateur and professional careers. Before becoming head coach, Brockbank served for four years as an assistant to BYU Hall-of-Fame coach Karl Tucker.