BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University has named
Bo Redman as Head Men's Golf Coach, Director of Athletics
Doug Gillin announced
on Thursday. Redman brings 36 years of PGA Professional experience to the App State program.
Redman, son of famed PGA instructor
John Redman, has been Director of Golf at top clubs such as Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, the Grand Bear in Gulfport, Miss., and Quail Creek in Fairhope, Ala. On top of his wealth of experience directing and instructing at exclusive country clubs throughout the southeast, Redman spent several years caddying on both the PGA and LPGA tours. He has caddied for some of the game's greats including
Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, and
Raymond Floyd, as well as
Hollis Stacy and Julie Inkster on the LPGA Tour.
In addition to introducing Redman as the Men's Head Coach, Gillin announced the promotion of current Head Women's Golf Coach,
Heather Brown, to Director of Golf at App State. Brown begins her 10th season at App this fall and is coming off a program-best third-place finish at the Sun Belt Championships, against a field full of NCAA Championship qualifiers.
"Bo brings a very broad range of professional experience and local knowledge to App State that will make him a good fit for our program," Gillin said. "He has been involved with some of the great players in the history of the game and is a proven teacher, our student-athletes will benefit from those experiences."
"I am excited about the knowledge Bo is going to bring the program," Brown said of Redman. "His team is full of good golfers, but are still developing as good players. I know Bo will have a great impact on the process of developing them into better players."
Redman has been involved at every level of golf, including overseeing the junior program at Boone Golf Course in recent years, leading to a successful feeder program in the middle schools and high schools in the area.
Redman played his college golf at Brevard Community College and Southeast Louisiana University. He went on to play the Space Coast Mini-Tour. He lives in Lenoir, N.C. and has three grown children John, Ben and Jesse. John is the assistant basketball coach at University of Mobile, while Ben was a standout basketball player at Spring Hill College. His son Jesse was the SIAC Men's Golf Player of the Year at Spring Hill in 2016.
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