Chris Malloy of Ole Miss was named Golfweek’s 2024-25 Men’s College Golf Coach of the Year on Thursday.
Malloy is the first men’s coach at Ole Miss to receive the award and the sixth coach from the Southeastern Conference to be recognized since voting began back in 1999. He joins Ole Miss women’s coach Kory Henkes, who received the award in 2021.
Malloy guided arguably the best and most decorated Ole Miss team in program history during his 11th season. The team earned its first No. 1 ranking in program history on October 23 of last year. The Rebels also received their first No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament in program history. The Rebels finished third at the 2025 NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, in Carlsbad, California. The finish marked the best by an Ole Miss team in program history. Ole Miss took down the top-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils in the quarterfinals of match play before falling to No. 4 Oklahoma State in the semifinals.
Ole Miss finished second at the 2025 Tallahassee Regional, marking the best finish in a regional in program history. Michael La Sasso finished tied for second, which marked the second-best finish in a regional by an individual. Ole Miss claimed three team titles in 2024-25, the most wins since 2016-17. La Sasso and Tom Fischer both tallied their first individual collegiate wins, and six players finished inside the top five at least once.
The Rebels set a program record for the most team rounds under par in a single season at 26 and the most team rounds of par or better. Ole Miss finished inside the top five nine times, the most since 1984-85.
Under Malloy’s guidance, La Sasso was named a PING & Golfweek First Team All-American, First Team All-SEC, a Haskins Award Finalist, a Jack Nicklaus Player of the Year finalist and a Ben Hogan Award semifinalist. With his win at the National Championship, La Sasso will compete in the 125th U.S. Open, the 2025 Rocket Classic and the 2026 Masters next April.
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