Easterling begins coaching journey at WSU

WSU golf team practicing at the Raeburn golf facility.For the first time in more than 24 years, Wichita State golf will have a new man at the helm. Following Grier Jones’s retirement in June, WSU hired former Shocker Judd Easterling to lead the team.

During his time at WSU, Easterling was a captain during both the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Championship teams while scoring a top-10 individual finish in 2004.

Upon graduation, Easterling became an assistant coach at Arizona State and then at the University of Missouri. He returned to WSU in 2016 as an assistant coach under Jones, a position he held for three years.

“It was a no-brainer to come back to Wichita,” Easterling told The Sunflower Wednesday.…