2025 Jan Strickland Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company Finalists Announced
NORMAN, Okla. – 2025 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company finalists have been named. The Strickland Award is presented annually to the NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, or NJCAA assistant coach that, among other things, has excelled in working with their student-athletes both on the course and in the classroom.
Two assistant coaches, one Division I and one non-Division I, will be named 2025 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award presented by TaylorMade Golf Company recipients. Bo Andrews of Tennessee, Matt Fast of Texas A&M, Noah Goldman of North Carolina, and Thomas Sutton of Arizona State are the Division I finalists. Ryan Stefko of Menlo (NCAA Division II) and Scott Worley of UMSL (NCAA Division II) are the non-Division I finalists.
Promoted to associate head coach on September 19, 2024, Andrews is a finalist for the third straight year after helping Tennessee to four top-five team finishes and their seventh consecutive NCAA Regional appearance during his seventh season in Knoxville. The Volunteers premiered their new Tennessee Golf Performance Center in October and have been led on the course by 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List member Lance Simpson. Andrews has been around 11 team tournament victories and 15 GCAA All-America Scholar, 13 PING All-East Region, and six PING All-America selections at Tennessee.
Texas A&M has won at least three tournaments in each of Fast’s three seasons in College Station, including three this season with three other top-three finishes. Ranked No. 12 via Scoreboard powered by Clippd, the Aggies were the 2025 SEC Runners-Up and have been led on the course by two-time Arnold Palmer Cup selection Phichaksn Maichon. 10 team victories, seven PING All-Central Region, five GCAA All-America Scholar, and four PING All-America selections have come with Fast on staff.
Goldman, a finalist for the third time in five years (second straight with North Carolina), has helped lead North Carolina to two wins and four other top-three finishes during his second season in Chapel Hill. Ranked No. 10 via Scoreboard powered by Clippd, the Tar Heels were the 2025 ACC Runners-Up and have been led on the course by David Ford, the top-ranked Division I golfer via Scoreboard powered by Clippd who’s won five times this season. North Carolina has had nine tournament victories, four PING All-East Region, and three PING All-America honorees with Goldman on staff.
Arizona State has won three times with five other top-three finishes in Sutton’s third season in Tempe. Ranked No. 5 via Scoreboard powered by Clippd, the Sun Devils were the 2025 Big 12 Runners-Up in their first year in the conference. They have been led on the course by 2024 U.S. Amateur Champion Josele Ballester and 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup selection Michael Mjaaseth. Nine tournament victories, including the 2024 Pac-12 Championship and 2023 NCAA Las Vegas Regional, have occurred with Sutton on staff, as have seven PING All-America, nine PING All-West Region, and six GCAA All-America Scholar selections.
Stefko has assisted Director of Golf Mike Givens with both Menlo golf programs (men and women) since 2022-23, winning a combined 11 tournaments. The men won two tournaments with two other top-three finishes this season in their first provisional year as an NCAA Division II member while the women won twice with four other top-three finishes. Stefko played a crucial role in Catherine Batang’s historic 2022-23 season, where she was named WGCA First Team All-American, Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) Player of the Year, and All-GSAC while finishing second at the 2023 NAIA National Championship. A combined 13 All-America Scholar (7 GCAA, 6 WGCA) and four All-GSAC (3 W, 1 M) selections have been earned with Stefko on staff.
Worley has assisted Director of Golf Operations Troy Halterman with both UMSL golf programs (men and women) since August 2023, with the Tritons currently ranked No. 28 and No. 19, respectively, via Scoreboard powered by Clippd. The men, who have had two Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men’s Golf Player of the Week recipients this season, have doubled their top-five team finishes from last season (four to eight) and will be the No. 4 seed in next week’s NCAA Central/Midwest Regional, looking to avenge their 13th-place finish last year. The women, who finished inside the top three once last season, have two wins and six other top-three finishes this season. They have been led on the course by Wilma Zanderau, who was named GLVC Women’s Golf Player of the Week five times this season and was runner-up at the GLVC Women’s Golf Championship. Zanderau was a 2024 WGCA Second Team All-American and finished T10 as an individual at the 2024 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship. Worley has coached a combined 11 GLVC Golf Player of the Week (9 W, 2 M) and six All-GLVC selections (5 W, 1 M) for his alma mater.
TaylorMade Golf Company has sponsored the Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award since its inception in 2003.
Previous Recipients
2024 - Chris Williams, Auburn
2024 - Isaiah Logue, Keiser
2023 - Dudley Hart, Florida
2022 - Matt Clark, North Carolina
2021 - Bill Allcorn, Oklahoma
2020 - Jean-Paul Hebert, Texas
2019 - Armen Kirakossian, Arizona State
2018 - Corey Maggard, Auburn
2017 - Ryan Blagg, Baylor
2016 - Andrew DiBitetto, North Carolina
2015 - John Handrigan, Florida
2014 - Chris Hill, Houston
2013 - Ryan Murphy, Texas
2012 - Jim Anderson, Texas A&M
2011 - Christian Newton, Georgia Tech
2010 - Michael Burcin, South Carolina
2009 - Brian Sharp, Virginia Tech
2008 - Walter Chun, California
2007 - Andy Bischel, UNLV
2006 - John Knauer, Arizona
2005 - Greg Robertson, Purdue
2004 - Bowen Sargent, Tennessee
2003 - Mike McGraw, Oklahoma State