Indiana University Athletics
McCants Named IU Men's Golf Assistant Coach
7/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
July 24, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Brian McCants has been named assistant coach for the Indiana men's golf team, announced head coach Mike Mayer on Tuesday. McCants spent the past season as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas, following six highly successful seasons as head men's golf coach at Newberry College.
"We are thrilled that Brian McCants is joining our program as our new assistant coach," said Mayer. "He is a tireless worker and recruiter and he will scour the country looking for the best recruits to help our program continue to be successful and continue to reach greater heights. What he did at Newberry College is incredible, turning that small DII program into a national powerhouse. We welcome Coach McCants and his wife Lauren into our Hoosier family and look forward to many prosperous years together."
As head coach at Newberry College, McCants guided the Wolves to three South Atlantic Conference Championships and earned the South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year honor four consecutive years.
McCants spent seven seasons on the men's golf coaching staff at Newberry College, serving as the head coach for the final six. During that time, he guided Newberry to the NCAA Division II National Championship quarterfinals in 2011, making Newberry College the first South Atlantic Conference team in history to qualify for the NCAA Division II Men's Golf National Championship twice after they also accomplished the feat in 2008.
McCants also coached the first South Atlantic Conference Golfer of the Year in program history in 2011 and three-straight SAC Freshman of the Year winners from 2008 to 2010. Prior to Newberry, McCants was the head men's golf coach at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C.
McCants is a 1994 graduate of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich.
