Drew Scott Position: Head Coach College: Rice, 1998

Drew Scott is in his third season as the head golf coach at his alma mater, Rice University. Scott joined the Rice University coaching staff after a two-year stint at Texas-Pan American University.

Scott (Rice, 1998), is one of four current head coaches who are Rice alumni. He joins men's basketball coach Willis Wilson (Rice, 1982), men's track coach Jon Warren (Rice, 1988) and women's basketball coach Greg Williams (Rice, 1970).

In his short time at Rice, Scott has already produced 10 top-10 team performances, one All-Conference USA selection, one C-USA All-Freshmen Team performer and one C-USA All-Tournament Team pick as well as one GCAA All-America Scholar. Furthermore, Scott's squad, in his first season, captured the 2005-06 C-USA men's golf academic award with the highest team grade point average in the league.

At Texas-Pan American, Scott led the Broncs to seven top-10 team finishes, one individual titleist, and five All-Indepedent Team selections.

Scott, 33, was a three-year letterman for the Owls under then-coach Jim Castañeda, winning the Vic Cameron Award as the Owls' top golfer in 1994. The native of Pinehurst, N.C., then transferred to the University of North Carolina for two years, but returned to Rice to play as a fifth-year senior in 1998. He shared the 1998 Cameron Award with C.W. Mallon.

After earning his degree in human performance and health science in 1998, Scott played four years on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour.

On his hiring, former Rice director of athletics Bobby May said, "Drew brings excellent credentials as the head of our golf team. In addition to being a Rice graduate, his playing and coaching career gives him the background we need to insure our future success as we move to Conference USA."

At UTPA, Scott, led the Broncs to three top-10 tournament finishes in 2005 after the squad posted three top-five finishes in his initial season as a coach in 2004.

In 2004, the Broncs placed fourth place at the National Minority Golf Championships in Port St. Lucie, Fla., which included posting a season-low team score of 890. UTPA shot 294 in the first and second rounds of the tournament - its second lowest single-round score of the season. With a veteran squad under his guidance, Scott watched as senior Rudy Celedon was named the Co-Independent Golfer of the Year   a first for the UTPA men's program.

Before becoming the head coach at UTPA, Scott had been competing on the Canadian Tour, earning his tour card in 2000. His best career finish was a tie for 14th at the 2002 Texas Challenge in Austin, Texas, with rounds of 72-73-69-67=281 (-7). However, his career highlight may have come a few weeks later when he fired a career-low eight-under par 64, in Scottsdale, Ariz. That round included a front nine course-record score of 29.

Scott also competed on several other tours, including the New England Pro Tour, Zero Tour, TearDrop Tour and North Atlantic Tour. A still competitive golfer, Scott, in the summer of 2006, qualified for sectionals for the U.S. Open.

While still competing on the Canadian Tour, Scott began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant coach at both Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, N.C., and West Pine Middle School in Pinehurst, N.C. He also represented the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club as its touring professional. He instructed clinics and camps at the Pinehurst Company's Golf Advantage Schools.

He placed among the top 20 in half of his collegiate events, including two runner-up finishes in 1993 and 1994 Columbia Lakes Invitational.

Scott qualified for four USGA Championships during his career. He made it to match play at the United State Amateur Public Links Championships in 1994, 1995 and 1996. He also qualified for the 1996 United States Amateur in Oregon. In 1994, he was the co-medalist at the prestigious North and South Amateur and made it to the quarterfinals the following year.

A native of Pinehurst, N.C., Scott won his first golf tournament - the Scotch Meadows Junior Invitational - when he was eight years old. By the age of 10, he was playing in his first national level tournament - The Donald Ross Memorial Championship.

During his high school career, Scott won the North Carolina State High School championship while playing for Union Pines H.S. in Cameron, N.C. His winning score of 71-67=138 (six under) was five shots better than the second-place finish and proved to be the lowest score in 20 years. At the completion of his senior season, he was named the North Carolina High School Golfer of the Year.

In February of 2005, Scott was selected as a member of the inaugural five-person class for the Union Pines H.S. Athletic Hall of Fame.

He is a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America.

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