SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sewanee men's golf coach
Keenan Hickton was named a finalist for the 2026 Dave Williams Award presented by Golf Pride Grips, as announced Wednesday by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The Williams Award honors the national coach of the year in NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III, NAIA, NJCAA Division I, and NJCAA Division II men's golf.
The five finalists included Hickton, Methodist University's Steve Conley, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Jordan Cox, Carnegie Mellon's Dan Rodgers of Carnegie Mellon and Huntingdon College's Dave Schreyer.
Hickton has guided the Tigers to seven Top 5 finishes this academic year, including in all six of the team's spring tournaments before this week's NCAA Championships, posting two victories. Ranked second via Scoreboard Powered by Clippd, Sewanee won their second consecutive Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Championship by 13 strokes on April 26 and the season-opening Gate City Invitational by one shot on September 16.
The Tigers have four PING All-Region IV performers, including seniors
Elias Becker and
Colin Edwards, sophomore
Turner Chiles and freshman
Aidan Tudor. Hickton was named SAA Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
