Chad Keohane - Men's Golf Coach - Iowa State University Athletics

Chad Keohane

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
chadk@iastate.edu
Phone:
4-6421

Chad Keohane enters his seventh season as an assistant coach for the men’s golf program, helping the Cyclones achieve unprecedented success on the links during his time in Ames.

With Keohane on staff, the Cyclones have had a team or player qualify for the NCAA postseason in each of his first five seasons.

In 2018-19, Iowa State ended the season ranked in the nation’s top-40 and earned a NCAA Regional berth. Tripp Kinney qualified as an individual to the NCAA Championship after taking medalist honors at the NCAA Louisville Regional.

Kinney, who was named to the Big 12’s All-Tournament Team in 2019, made the 54-hole cut at the NCAA Championship and recorded a top-50 national finish thanks to Keohane’s tutelage.

Iowa State finished strong in 2017-18, placing fourth at the Big 12 Championship and third at the NCAA Pacific Regional, securing its second-straight NCAA Championship appearance. The Cyclones went on to tie for 19^th at the national meet.

In 2016-17, the Cyclones recorded one of its finest seasons in school history. ISU won three tournament titles, the most since 1996-97, and reached the pinnacle in collegiate golf by advancing to the NCAA Championship at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.

ISU tied for 18^th at the NCAA Championship, its best finish in the modern era, and had a player (Denzel Ieremia) who made the 54-hole cut and finished in the top-50 in the medalist race.

Keohane’s technical expertise and his strength in player development has been a perfect fit for head coach Andrew Tank.

When Tank missed the Seattle Redhawk Invitational in April of 2017 to witness the birth of his second child, Keohane temporarily took over the reins of the program. He proceeded to lead ISU to its third tournament title of the season.

In his first season in 2014-15, the Cyclones ended the year ranked in the nation’s top-40, placed fourth at the Big 12 Championship, tying for their second-best finish in school history, and advanced to NCAA Regional competition.

In his five seasons at Iowa State, Keohane has mentored a pair of Cyclones- Scott Fernandez and Nick Voke – who earned All-Big 12 recognition and six golfers combining for nine individual tournament titles. Voke was the medalist at the 2017 NCAA Austin Regional, shattering ISU’s school mark for low 18-hole round (61) and low 54-hole score (199).

Keohane has aided ISU to eight tournament championships, including a victory at the 2016 Desert Shootout where ISU shattered its 54-hole school record with an 823. ISU also set the school mark for low 18-hole score with Keohane on staff, posting an astounding 263 (21-under) in the third round of the 2017 NCAA Austin Regional to help the Cyclones qualify for the NCAA finals.

Three Cyclones – Voke, Kinney and Sam Vincent – have made the Big 12 All-Tournament Team and Lachlan Barker broke ISU’s freshman scoring mark (72.14 in 2018) under Keohane’s guidance. Kinney also set the school’s season stroke average standard at 71.08 in 2019.

Keohane graduated from the University of Texas El Paso in 2009 where he was a member of the golf team. He was a Second Team All-C-USA pick in 2006 and played in two NCAA Regionals.

He was the first alternate at the 2006 U.S. Amateur.

Keohane went on to a professional golfing career as fulltime member of the Hooters Tour. He was an instructor at the IMG Academy from 2011-14 and was a graduate assistant at UTEP in 2008-09.