Men's Golf
- Title:
- Co-Head Coach
- Email:
- mhankins@missouri.edu
Mark Hankins was announced has the Co-Head Coach of the Mizzou Men's Golf program alongside longtime coach Mark Leroux on May 26, 2021. He will eventually take over at the helm upon Leroux's retirement.
In Hankins' first season on staff alongside Co-Head Coach Mark Leroux, he helped lead the Tigers to one of the most successful campaigns for the Tigers in recent years. The team racked up a total of four major event team titles along with two individual titles, a program-best finish at the SEC Championship and a milestone appearance at the NCAA Championship Regionals.
In postseason play, the Tigers put on a program-best display at the SEC Championship, finishing stroke-play in fifth, making the cut for the first time to compete in the match-play portion. They went on to earn the No. 7 seed at the Norman, Oklahoma, NCAA Championship regional site to mark Mizzou's 15th appearance in the NCAA Championship.
Hankins' decorated career spans 19 seasons as a head coach, with stops at Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State and Texas-Arlington. He has led his squads to 13 NCAA Championship Regional appearances in 19 campaigns at the helm with four trips to the NCAA Championship Finals.
Hankins has racked up 33 NCAA DI tournament team titles over his career, developed five PING All-Americans and coached 21 All-Big Ten Conference honorees while earning Big Ten Coach of the Year recognition in both 2005 and 2007.
At Nebraska, in his first season, Hankins guided the 2019 Huskers to their best Big Ten Conference Championship finish in program history. He also captained two fourth-place finishes at the Big Ten Match-Play Championships in 2019 and 2020, also highest finishes in school history.
Prior to his time in Lincoln, Hankins built Iowa into a Top-25 powerhouse, securing 11 tournament titles in seven campaigns. Under his leadership, the Hawkeyes clinched consecutive NCAA Championship Regional berths in his final six seasons. At Iowa, he coached three All-Americans, 16 All-Midwest Region selections, 11 first-team All-Big Ten honorees and seven Academic All-Americans. Under Hankins, the Hawkeyes finished as high as T-10th at the NCAA Finals.
Before leading the Hawkeyes, Hankins revolutionized the Michigan State golf program from 1999 to 2007, resulting in two Big Ten Conference team championships in 2005 and 2007. A two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year with the Spartans, Hankins guided Michigan state to five NCAA Championship Regional appearances and 11 tournament titles.
Hankins is a proven leader on and off the course, having served in athletic administration roles, and on the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Committee from 2016-2020. He also served as Vice-President and President of the Golf Coaches Association of America from 2006 to 2014. In 2007, he was named the head golf coach of Team USA at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hankins is a two-time graduate of Iowa State University with a BS in Psychology and a Masters in Business Administration. As a student-athlete, he garnered first-team All-Conference accolades his senior season, GCAA Academic All-American honors, and was a three-time Academic All-Conference performer at Iowa State.
