Women's Golf
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- Head Coach
Now in his 16th season as the head coach of Bucknell’s women’s golf team, Kevin Jamieson has continued to elevate the relatively young program to one of the region’s best, culminating with the program's first-ever conference title in 2014.
Only the second coach in the history of the Bucknell women’s golf program, Jamieson is currently on a quest to become a PGA Professional, with a long-term goal to be a golf professional in a teaching and golf course management area. Coaching the Bison women’s golf team has been a different challenge for Jamieson, but one that has been extraordinarily fulfilling.
Jamieson has overseen his program’s transition into two different conferences during his tenure at Bucknell. In 2005, the Bison began play in the Big South Conference, and along with that move he upgraded the team’s schedule significantly. In their first two Big South Championship appearances, the Bison finished a solid sixth in a nine-team field, and in 2005 and 2006 the team moved up to fifth-place finishes with record-setting performances. In the spring of 2008, Bucknell finished fourth at the Big South Championship, and the Bison surpassed that performance with a third-place showing in 2011.
In 2012-13 women’s golf became a Patriot League-sponsored sport, and in April 2013 the Bison hosted the inaugural Patriot League Women’s Golf Championship at the Bucknell Golf Club. The Bison placed second in that event and had three players earn All-Patriot League honors, while Jamieson earned the very first Patriot League Coach of the Year award.
In the spring of 2014, Bucknell captured its first league title in the sport of women's golf when it held off Boston University by three strokes to win the Patriot League crown at Saucon Valley CC. Seniors Lauren Bernard, Kasha Scott and Bridget Wilcox all earned All-Patriot League honors for the second year in a row.
Under Jamieson’s watch, the Bison have consistently lowered their team and individual scoring records. In the spring of 2010, Minjoo Lee shot a then-school-record 2-under-par 70 and the team produced a best-ever 303 at the Big South Championship. In the fall of 2011 freshman Bridget Wilcox posted a 3-under 69 at the Nittany Lion Invitational for the first sub-70 round in program history. Bucknell then had three sub-300 rounds in 2011-12, two of them coming at the prestigious Kiawah Island Intercollegiate, where the Bison qualified for the championship flight for the first time.
Prior to the 2000-01 season, Jamieson succeeded Brad Tufts, who retired from Bucknell after more than 41 years of service to the University.
In addition to his duties as coach of the women’s golf team, Jamieson also serves as assistant golf professional at the Bucknell Golf Club. Prior to his stint at the BGC, Jamieson was the assistant pro at Williamsport Country Club under Professional Tom Cioffi.
Jamieson also picked up golf experience in the state of Florida, where he was the second assistant professional at Sanctuary Golf Club on Sanibel Island and the assistant pro at the Country Club of Naples.
Jamieson is a 1996 graduate of Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), where he studied communications with an emphasis in interpersonal communication and a background in human resources. While at Western Maryland he captained the golf team from 1993 to 1996. In the summer of 1992, he caddied for former professional Nicole Danforth on the Futures Tour.
His father, Sid, coached the Bucknell men’s lacrosse team from the program’s inception in 1968 until his retirement after the 2005 season. Kevin, his wife, Courtney, and their two young children, reside in Lewisburg.
