After two seasons at the helm of the Columbia College men's and women's golf programs,
Barry Doty will step aside and serve as an assistant coach Fall 2024.
Doty officially took the reigns of the two programs August 2022 after an illustrious career at William Woods University. He led the Cougars to a combined four American Midwest Conference (AMC) Tournament titles, while also making four NAIA Championship appearances.
This past spring, the Cougar men's squad set a program record, earning a fourth-place finish at the NAIA Golf Championships in Dalton, Ga. Doty was also named 2024 NAIA Golf Pride Grips Midwest Coach of the Year.
On the women's side, Columbia put together record-breaking performances, capturing first in all ten tournaments in the 2023-24 campaign.
In his career as a head coach, Doty has racked up 225 tournament wins including 131 women's tournament wins and 94 men's tournament wins. He has coached 61 All-Americans and won 40 Coach of the Year awards (AMC, NAIA Region, Unaffiliated Grouping, and Golf Coach Association) and has won 37 AMC, NAIA Region, and Unaffiliated Championships.
Athletic Director James Arnold is optimistic that Doty will still have much to offer, "
Barry Doty is one of the elite golf coaches in the nation and we were so fortunate to have him lead the way here for the past two seasons. To no surprise, he took our programs to new heights. As he takes time to focus on himself, we are thrilled he has agreed to stick around to help mentor our young staff, share his wisdom, and help continue the trajectory of our golf programs."
In Fall 2022, Doty eclipsed the 200-career tournament win milestone. Doty surpassed 1,500 career wins in women's golf on March 6, 2023.
A Hall of Fame inductee in 2017, Doty has led his teams to 31 NAIA National Championship appearances, earning runner-up four times; further, his teams earned nine top-four finishes and 16 top-10 finishes. He has coached two NAIA Individual National Runner-Ups during his time as well.
Some of Doty's coaching marks include: earning 35 different Coach of the Year awards throughout the Golf Coaches Association of America, the NAIA Region, the Unaffiliated Grouping, and the American Midwest Conference. Doty was one the finalists to coach the United States National Team in 2014 in the Palmer Cup and was also one of the finalists to coach the United State Junior National Team in 2016 in the Toyota World Cup.
Doty's coaching career at WWU was nothing short of fantastic. Overall, he collected a 2,944-880 record, including 197 tournament wins with the varsity squads and six tournament wins with the junior varsity teams over varsity competition. He has coached 58 All-Americans, 24 conference/region Players of the Year, two players named to the All-Nicklaus Team (top 24 player's in men's college golf in all of NCAA D1, D2, and NAIA), and two Phil Mickelson award winners (top freshmen in the country).
