Erin O'Neil Position: Head Coach Experience: Seventh Season Alma Mater: Georgia (1997)

Erin O'Neil returns for her seventh season as head coach of the women's golf team at the University of Kansas.

O'Neil came to KU in 2004 after four seasons as an assistant at Auburn. In her first season as head coach, O'Neil led the Jayhawks to a first-place finish at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, the program's first team title since 2000. Coach O'Neil's teams have also notched first-place finishes at the 2006 Mountain View Collegiate and the 2006, 2007 and 2010 Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitationals.

Coach O'Neil has overseen the development of several individual champions while at KU, including current Jayhawk Grace Thiry (2010 Marilynn Smith Invitational) and recent graduates Emily Powers (2008 Marilynn Smith Invitational, U.S. Open qualifier), Annie Giangrosso (2006 Kansas Women's Amateur champion), Amanda Costner (2005 Lady Boilermaker Champion, All-Big 12 First Team, NCAA Regional qualifier, 2007 Big 12 Champion) and Chelsey Pryor (2005 ORU Shootout winner).

While at Auburn, O'Neil helped lead the Tigers to three top-10 NCAA Championship team finishes, including a tie for second in 2002. She coached four All-Americans and seven all-conference selections during her stint there.

Before joining the Auburn program, O'Neil played professionaly for three years on the Futures Tour and the Kosaido Ladies Asian Tour.

She was a four-year letterwinner at the University of Georgia from 1994-97 and led the Bulldogs to a pair of SEC Championships in 1994 and 1997.

O'Neil was a three-time All-SEC selection from 1994-96 and earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 1994. She won the 1995 Auburn Tiger-Derby Invitational and shot a 66 at the 1997 SEC Championship, the second lowest round in UGA history.

O'Neil was listed on the Director's Honor Roll for six quarters while at Georgia and was a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection in 1996 and 1997.

As an amateur, O'Neil qualified for seven United States Amateur Championships, as well as two United States Opens.