JERRY HAAS GOLF CAMP COACHING STAFF
JERRY HAAS - WAKE FOREST GOLF HEAD COACH & CAMP DIRECTOR
When Wake Forest was looking for a coach to lead the men's golf into the future, it turned to someone who is a part of the program's glorious past.
Jerry Haas, a former Wake Forest All-American, was named head coach in 1997-98 and is in his 27th season as head coach of his alma mater. Haas has returned Wake Forest golf to its place among the nation's elite programs.
Haas is a long-standing member of the Wake Forest golf family, and Wake Forest golf is a big part of the Haas family.
Jerry's brother, Jay Haas, led Wake Forest to back-to-back NCAA championships in the 1970s. Bill Haas -- Jay's son and Jerry's nephew -- played for the Deacons from 2001 to 2004, earning National Player of the Year honors two times and All-ACC honors four times before going on to win the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour. Additionally, Jerry’s son, Kyle Haas, is a sophomore on the current roster at Wake Forest.
Haas is a former member of the PGA Tour, playing in 115 events from 1990-92 as well as in 1995. He is also a veteran of the Nike Tour (now the Web.com Tour) and the European Tour. Haas won three times on the Nike tour in 1994 and finished ninth on the money list that season.
VAN WILLIAMS - ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AT WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Williams joined the Winston-Salem Community following a three-year stint as the head coach with the Terriers where he led Wofford to two team titles and had four players capture individual titles. Additionally during his tenure in Spartanburg, S.C., the Terriers had 4 SoCon All-Conference selections and 2 SoCon All-Freshman selections. Meanwhile off the course, 9 players were named to Southern Conference Spring Academic All-Conference Teams between 2021 and 2024.
Overall, Williams has 21 years of coaching experience including the last 11 being a Division I golf head coach and assistant coach. The highlight of his coaching career came in 2016 when he helped Oregon win the NCAA Championship and the Ducks had two All-Americans, including Aaron Wise who was crowned the 2016 NCAA Individual National Champion. Additionally, he has recruited 20-plus top-100 players.
Prior to joining the coaching staff at Wofford, Williams was the associate head coach at NC State for three years. During his time in Raleigh, Williams helped guide the Wolfpack to two top-25 campaigns, including an appearance at the 2017 NCAA Championship. Additionally, NC State won four tournament team titles and six individual titles.
Before his arrival at NC State, Williams spent four seasons in the Pac-12 – three in Eugene with the Ducks and the 2016-17 campaign as an assistant at Arizona State.
During his lone season in Tempe, Williams helped tutor a Sun Devil lineup that featured three freshmen and a sophomore to an NCAA Championship berth. The Sun Devils ended the season with two tournament wins and four individuals claimed medalist honors.
In addition to the aforementioned National Championship during his final season at Oregon, Williams helped develop six All-Pac-12 players. In his three years as an assistant at Oregon, Williams helped guide the Ducks to three NCAA Championship appearances, including the 2016 national title, as well as eight total tournament titles.
During the 2014-15 season, Williams helped coach the Ducks to five tournament victories, the second-most wins in a season in program history, as Wise took home two individual tournament titles, while Lim collected one title. The Ducks finished second at the 2016 Pac-12 Championship and competed at the NCAA Championships for a second consecutive season.
Prior to his time at Oregon, Coach Williams was the head coach at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh from 2011-13. He led the Eagles to their first National Junior College Athletic Association ranking after the NJCAA Tournament in 2013.
In addition to his coaching experience, Williams served as a caddie for Casey Martin (2002-04) on the PGA and Nationwide tours, and Aaron Wise (2015-16) at the 2016 U.S. Open and 2015 U.S. Amateur.
COACH EDDIE BRESCHER - SOUTHERN MISS UNIVERSITY
When Eddie Brescher was hired as men’s golf coach at Southern Miss in May of 2018, his goal was simply to transform the Golden Eagles into a national recognized program and taking them to the postseason.
Over his first five seasons at the helm of the program, Brescher has made great strides in accomplishing that goal and Southern Miss finds themselves on the cusp of the postseason during the 2022-23 campaign.
Those strides made by Brescher has included the recruitment of players that have seen unprecedented success in the program as well as putting together schedules that have made the Golden Eagles more noticeable on the national stage by playing events stretching from the East to West coast.
Brescher took over for Jerry Weeks, who retired following 12 years at the helm of the program. After working five seasons as assistant men's golf coach and three seasons as an assistant for the women’s golf program at Southern Miss, Brescher also served as interim women’s coach from December of 2017 to the conclusion of that spring season.
In his first season at the helm of the program in 2018-19, Brescher increased the number of team victories from 33 to 55 and his squad posted a pair of team championships as they collected the Sam Hall Intercollegiate and LaTour Collegiate titles. It was the first team wins for the program since 2014.
In an abbreviated season during his second year due to COVID-19, the Golden Eagles posted 69 team wins in only eight tournaments that saw them also finish top three during three different events. In addition, the program enjoyed its top two stroke leaders in history as freshman Robbie Latter posted a 72.29 stroke average over 24 rounds, while Brice Wilkinson added a 72.46 stroke average over 24 rounds as well.
TIM STRAUB - HEAD COACH, DAVIDSON COLLEGE
Tim Straub, the 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year, is now in his 26th season as head coach of the Davidson men’s golf team.
Davidson’s second-longest tenured head coach, Straub has placed his own unique mark and unmatched success on the Wildcat program, which is highlighted by three straight conference championships and five in their last seven trips, including a thrilling come-from-behind win in 2025.
Under Straub's guidance, Davidson has produced 16 team wins (14 since 2017), made five NCAA Regional appearances as a team, generated four conference individual medalists, eight NCAA Regional qualifiers, four A-10 Players of the Year, five A-10 Rookie of the Years, 27 all-conference honorees and 31 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars.
Trailing by as many as nine strokes on the back side, Davidson rallied past Richmond late to capture the 2025 Atlantic 10 Men's Golf Championship, its fifth conference title since 2018.
Joshua Stewart, behind a conference-best 71.2 stroke average and four Top-5 finishes, was named the league’s 2025 Player of the Year. He was joined on the all-conference team by classmate Will Davis, while Nate Faulkner, was named the A-10’s Rookie of the Year.
Led by three all-conference performers, Davidson recorded two more wins in 2023-24 running its streak to three straight seasons with multiple victories. Will Davis capped things by becoming the eighth Wildcat to earn an NCAA Regional berth.
BEN HANNAN - HEAD COACH, UNIVERSITY OF S. ALABAMA
Now entering his 18th season as head men’s golf coach at the University of South Alabama, Ben Hannan has helped lead the program to 11 tournament victories and more than 30 other top-three finishes during his tenure.
That includes guiding the Jaguars to four NCAA Regional appearances as a team — including the first two at-large berths in program history in 2013 and ’14 — while having seven student-athletes receive an individual invitation to a regional or advance to the NCAA Championship; twice the team would fall three strokes or fewer shy of an opportunity to advance to the national championship. He helped South claim the Sun Belt Conference title in 2005, earning league coach-of-the-year honors for the effort, while in 2010 Hannan and the Jags recovered from a four-stroke deficit entering the final round to win the Sun Belt championship.
Individually he aided Gareth Maybin in picking up honorable mention PING All-American accolades in his first season leading the program, while Michael Garretson was voted the SBC Player of the Year following the 2014 campaign. In addition to having 15 student-athletes named all-conference on 30 occasions, Hannan has helped 16 individuals receive national academic honors 24 times from the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Since the inception of match play at the SBC Championship, Hannan has helped the Jags advance to the semifinals on two occasions, and during that span a pair of individuals — Peter Staalbo in 2016 and Yannick Schütz in ’18 — received an invitation to an NCAA Regional while the two along with Rasmus Karlsson have picked up all-Sun Belt honors.
Staalbo and Schütz are two of seven Jaguars to compete individually in NCAA postseason play under Hannan, joining former All-American Gareth Maybin (2004), Jonny Caldwell (2008), Marc-Etienne Bussieres (2009), Jack Hiluta (2011) and Tyler Klava (2013).
GRANT ROBBINS - HEAD COACH, KANSAS STATE
Grant Robbins, a veteran coach with more than 20 years of experience building and leading programs to postseason appearances, enters his 12th season at Kansas State in 2025-26. Robbins, who has garnered four coach of the year honors in three different conferences – including the 2023 Big 12 Coach of the Year award – and has guided nine teams to postseason play, was tabbed the 13th head coach in K-State men’s golf history on May 18, 2014.
Robbins has presided over many quality performances on the course with a bright future ahead. In 11 seasons in Manhattan, Robbins has helped produce 40 team top-five finishes with eight team championships, nine individual championships, three team appearances in NCAA Regionals and seven individual regional appearances. In terms of program history, eight of the top 10 team scoring average marks have come under Robbins, while 16 of the top 25 team rounds and 17 of the top 25 54-hole scores have also been on Robbins’ watch. Individually, eight of the top 10 season scoring averages and nine of the top 10 career scoring averages have come from a Robbins’ pupil.
Additionally, Robbins has guided a K-State team or individual to a current streak of seven-straight postseason appearances, the longest in program history.
Robbins’ program is coming off a return to the postseason in 2024-25 as the Wildcats narrowly missed out on advancing to the program’s first ever national championship appearance by only three shots at the NCAA Bremerton Regional. The season saw K-State produce five top-five finishes to tie for ninth in program history, while its 288.38 scoring average ranked fifth. The 2024-25 Wildcats produced two of the program’s top 25 54-hole scores, highlighted by an 832 at the Hal Williams Collegiate to tie for ninth in school history.
ADAM DECKER - HEAD COACH, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
Adam Decker has been the head coach of Spiders Men's Golf since joining the program in 2005. A four-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, Decker has led Richmond to a pair of NCAA regional appearances and guided the school to its first Atlantic-10 title in 2017. Under Decker, the Spiders have won 12 tournaments and finished in the top five in the Atlantic 10 in each of his 19 full seasons. (The 2020 Atlantic 10 Championship was canceled due to coronavirus concerns.)
At Richmond, Decker’s players have been widely recognized for their performances both on and off the course. In 2021, the team was named Academic National Champions for posting the highest team GPA of any men's golf team in the nation. The honors earned by Richmond golfers under Decker also include 29 All-Atlantic 10 selections, 10 Academic All-Atlantic 10 selections, 41 All-America Scholars Team selections, and two Atlantic 10 Golfer of the Year Awards.
In 2024-25, a high-powered Spiders lineup registered eight top-five tournament finishes, a pair of runner-up results, and a record-setting win in the Loyola Intercollegiate. Richmond placed fifth or better in all five of its event during the fall season, highlighted by a third-place place finish at the RedHawk Intercollegiate in October. The team was even better at the start of the spring, placing second in The Match Play event in February after losing a margin of victory tiebreaker to Ball State in the championship match, and then smashing the competition at the Loyola Intercollegiate later that month. Richmond combined for a team score of 29-under par, the lowest score in program history by a five-shot margin and 10 strokes better than anyone else in the 19-team field. At April's Atlantic 10 Championship, the Spiders led entering the final round but were clipped by Davidson on the final hole, finishing second by a single shot. It was the team's best result in the event since winning the A-10 in 2017. Senior Cole Ekert (6-under 210) placed second, one of his three runner-up finishes during the season. Ekert and freshman Carson Baez were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Team at the conclusion of the event. Ekert became the program's first four-time All-A-10 selection and Baez became the fourth Spiders freshman to be named All-A-10 as the duo posted the lowest (Ekert at 70.87) and second-lowest (Baez at 71.55) single-season scoring averages in program history. The team earned a visit to the National Golf Invitational in May, where UR placed sixth and Baez finished second with an individual score of 12-under par (204), matching the second-lowest tournament score in Spiders history. Ekert graduated with a career stroke average of 72.03, the best in program history by more than a stroke.
MATT GROBE - HEAD COACH, MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
Matt Grobe enters his 14th season in 2025-26 leading the Marshall men’s golf team after being named the head coach in June 2012.
During his tenure, Marshall has 18 top three finishes along with four tournament victories. The Herd has tallied 78 individual top 10 finishes and eight individual tournament wins. Seven of his players have played in the U.S. Amateur and Brian Anania was the West Virginia Amateur Champion in 2014. He also coached the 2012 Ohio Amateur Champion Nathan Kearns as a senior at Marshall. Alex Weiss (2018) along with Kearns (2013) advanced to play in the NCAA Regionals. Weiss also won the 99th Ohio Open in July of 2020.
Ten times his players have been honored as All-Conference USA. Weiss, Anania and Tyler Jones have been named to the Conference USA All-Academic team twice. Grobe has had players named C-USA Golfer of the Week 12 times as well. Weiss finished his time with the Green & White being named Marshall Male Student Athlete of the Year in 2018 after winning two individual tournament, second team All-Conference USA, Conference USA All-Academic Team and played as an individual in the NCAA Regionals in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Over Grobe’s ten seasons players have been named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 66 times for maintaining an overall grade point average of 3.00 or better and 18 times his players have received the C-USA Academic Medal for sporting an overall GPA of 3.75 or better. Grobe has had four players named to the five-member, Conference USA All-Academic Team a total of six times. Brian Anania was named in 2013 and 2014, Alex Weiss was honored in 2017 and 2018, and Tyler Jones was named in 2021 and 2022.
Grobe has continued on the tradition of running and hosting the Marshall Invitational, which was renamed the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational in 2013. Feaganes served as Marshall’s head coach from 1972-2012. The tournament is played at the Guyan Golf and Country Club.