Emily Kuhfeld - Women's Golf Coach - Indiana University Athletics

Emily Kuhfeld

Title:
Interim Head Coach
Email:
Ekuhfeld@iu.edu
Phone:
912-515-7524

Emily Kuhfeld enters her first season as an interim head coach in the spring of 2022 after spending the fall of 2021 as an assistant coach at Indiana.

Kuhlfeld, an Indianapolis native, spent seven seasons as the head coach of the Georgia Southern Eagles out of the Sun Belt Conference. The Eagles placed third in the SBC Championships in each of the last three seasons the event was held, marking the three best finishes in program history

Kuhfeld earned her degree in history from Ohio State in 2005. She was a four-time Academic All-Big 10 selection and helped lead the Buckeyes to the B1G title in each of her four seasons. Following graduation, she spent nearly two years as a professional player on the Futures Tour before moving on to caddie for Allison Hanna on the LPGA Tour.

Following her time on tour, she worked two years as a golf instructor with both the Junior Players Golf Academy (JPGA) and at the Oyster Reef Golf Club in Hilton Head, S.C. While with the JPGA, Kuhfeld assisted in the organization's college placement program mission.

She began her collegiate coaching career as head coach at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, where she led the NAIA program to a third-place finish in the Sun Conference and a spot in the national tournament. The Sand Sharks finished 18th at the NAIA National Championships and were ranked among the top-20 teams in the country. Under Kuhfeld's direction, Kelli Nakano claimed the Sun Conference individual title and earned All-American honors as well.

After a year at USC-Beaufort, Kuhfeld moved on to Texas Tech in 2011 and helped the Lady Raiders advance to NCAAs for the third-straight season. Texas Tech won two tournament titles that year, marking only the fourth time in program history and the first time since the 1995-96 campaign that Texas Tech won multiple tournaments. The Lady Raiders went on to tie for ninth at the NCAA West Regional held in Colorado, and Gabby Dominguez and Kim Kaufman qualified as individuals for the NCAA Championships, where they eventually finished tied for eighth, the highest finish for a Texas Tech player in school history.