Women's golf coach gets an extension.
Wake Forest Signs Kim Lewellen to Long-Term Contract Extension
Lewellen has coached Wake Forest to nine tournament titles in just three seasons as head coach.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest University and nationally acclaimed Demon Deacons women’s golf head coach Kim Lewellen have agreed to a long-term contract extension, director of athletics John Currie announced Wednesday.
"Coach Kim Lewellen is a tremendous leader for Wake Forest and has done an outstanding job of recruiting, mentoring and developing student-athletes since she and her family arrived in Winston-Salem just three years ago,” Currie said. “We look forward to championships and national accomplishments from the reigning National Coach of the Year and her student-athletes in the years to come!
“Wake Forest Sports Hall of Famer and longtime coach Dianne Dailey set an incredible standard for our women’s golf program that Kim has continued to move forward in her short time in Winston-Salem.”
"I am so thankful every day to be head coach of our women’s golf team at Wake Forest," Lewellen said. “Our University has a tremendous tradition of winning championships on the golf course and providing a world class education in the classroom. I am proud to continue the legacy that Coach Dianne Dailey built with this program. I look forward to many more years and championships to come in Winston-Salem!"
In just her third season in Black and Gold, Lewellen has taken the storied Wake Forest women’s golf program to new heights, leading the Deacs to the 2019 ACC title, a runner-up finish in the NCAA Tournament and nine tournament titles during her short time in Winston-Salem. Her Demon Deacon golfers have been honored six times as all-conference team members by the ACC and have been named All-American’s seven times in three seasons.
In 2020, Lewellen was named National Coach of the Year by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association after her 2020 team finished the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season ranked No. 1 in Golfstat’s rankings.
Lewellen came to Wake Forest in 2018 after 11 successful seasons at the University of Virginia, becoming just the fifth head women’s golf coach in Wake Forest history following the 30-year tenure of Dianne Dailey upon her retirement. Lewellen’s Cavaliers made nine NCAA champion appearances, earning bids to NCAA regionals in ten seasons while winning the ACC title twice (2014, 2015) and having her golfers earn All-American honors 12 times.
Including her stops as head coach at The Citadel and East Carolina, Lewellen’s teams have won 19 tournament titles, four conference championships and have had 25 all-conference golfers and 19 All-Americans.
A 1993 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Lewellen was a two-time All-ACC performer for the Tar Heels under her maiden name of Byham. She earned First Team All-America honors in 1993 as she won the NCAA East Regional during her senior season. In 2003, she was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th Anniversary Team.
Following her graduation, Lewellen played on the Women's European Professional Golf Tour in 1994 and 1995 and on the Future's Professional Golf Tour from 1997 to 1999. She also competed in events on the LPGA Tour from 1993 to 1997.
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