Women's Golf
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- maparrish@missouri.edu
- Phone:
- 727-637-4527
Alumna Michelle Parrish was named assistant coach for the University of Missouri women's golf program in July 2022. Formerly Michelle Butler, she was a standout at Mizzou from 2011-16 and most recently served as the men's and women's golf head coach at Columbia College.
Parrish had served as the Cougars interim head coach since July 2021 and was elevated to the permanent job in March 2022. She led the women's golf team to a 2022 American Midwest Conference (AMC) team championship and a top-30 finish at its first NAIA Women's Golf National Championship while the men's golf team tied for second at the AMC Championships, one stroke out of the top spot. Her time at Columbia College started prior to the 2017-18 season when she was named assistant coach for both programs.
As a player for the Tigers, Parrish earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors after a record-breaking season in 2016 which saw her post a program-best 72.59 stroke average. She recorded four runner-up finishes her senior year, while leading the team to NCAA East Regional Championships.
She posted two of the top-10 best 54-hole tournament scores in program history, including a 207 (No. 4 all-time at Mizzou) at the 2015 Johnie Imes Invitational, and a 209 (No. 10 all-time at Mizzou) at the 2015 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. Her seven-under, par 65 at the 2015 Johnie Imes Invitational is tied for the best round in program history.
Still a standout amateur golfer, Parrish made it to the semifinals of the 32nd U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship at Norwood Hills in 2018. In 2019, she finished second in stroke play at the 33rd U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship, won the Missouri Women's Amateur Championship and won the Missouri Women's Mid-Amateur Championship.
For her efforts, Parrish was named the 2019 Missouri Golf Association Player of the Year and to the 2018 and 2019 Global Golf Post First-Team Women's Mid-Amateur. In 2020, Parrish earned the WIN for Columbia Glady's Stankowski Sportswoman of the Year honor.
The Palm Harbor, Fla. native earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Mizzou with a minor in business management. She earned a Master's in Business Administration from Columbia College in 2019.
