Maryland men’s golf announced former Virginia assistant coach John Phillips as the head coach and new leader of its program Tuesday.
Former head coach Jason Rodenhaver retired on May 23 following 23 years with both the men’s and women’s golf programs. Forty-three days later, athletic director Damon Evans tabbed Phillips as his man.
“John is a rising star in the golf world,” Evans said in Tuesday’s release. “He knows the region as well as anyone having heavily recruited the DMV for more than a decade. John has a winning pedigree, having been to the NCAA Championships in each of his last eight seasons at Virginia and VCU.