If you ask Marquette men’s golf head coach Steve Bailey what he thought when interviewing Jace Long for an assistant coach position on his staff, he’ll tell you it wasn’t a swing and a miss.
“He was a home run hire for us,” Bailey said. “The combination of his character and his experience as a coach and player made him the perfect fit.”
Long, who hails from Dixon, Missouri, said he grew up on the nine-hole golf course in his backyard.
“I started playing when I could walk. My older siblings played golf, so I tagged along with them,” Long said.