• Started coaching Blugolds in Spring 2006
• 2010 NCAA Division III SkyCaddie NGCA Regional Coach of the Year (central region)
• Led the Blugolds to five NCAA Championships
• In 2010 the Blugolds finished third place in the nation
• In 2009, Blugolds finished sixth, their best finish since 2006 (fifth place)
• 2009 appearance was team's 10th in a row, the second most appearances by an NCAA Division III institution in history
• At WIAC Championship, has finishes of first (2006-07, 2010), second (2008-09) and fourth (2007-08)
• 2008-09 WIAC Coach of the Year
• Has coached eight All-Americans (four first team, two second team, two HM), 12 first team All-WIAC members, five individual WIAC Champions
• NCAA Coach of the Year in 1998 (Division I)
• Four-time NCAA District Coach of the Year
• Past president of the Golf Coaches Association of America and Big Ten Coaches Association
• National Golf Foundation's Distinguished Teacher Award
• Team manager for the 1994 USA-Japan Collegiate All-Star team
• University of Minnesota men's program
• Started in 1990
• After just three seasons, led team to NCAA Championships for eighth straight years
• Team perennial cellar dweller in the Big Ten prior to Means' arrival
• Had not been to NCAA Championship since 1972
• Had a .726 winning percentage
• Gophers were ranked among the top 20 teams nationally in his final eight seasons
• Coached nine All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans, 14 All-Conference players and 27 Academic All-Conference selections
• Coached two-time All-American James McLean who was the 1998 NCAA medalist and who currently plays on the pro tour
• Helped Minnesota host the 2000 NCAA Golf Championship at the Hazeltine National Golf Club
• Left Gophers in 2002
• After leaving coaching in 2002, was Assistant Athletic Director for fundraising and scheduling (involved in raising over three million dollars for endowment of the golf program)
• United States Military Academy in West Point, New York (men's program)
• Coached team for 11 years
• Won 11 conference championships
• Led the Cadets to eight straight appearances in the NCAA championships
• Produced three All-Americans, 27 All-Conference players and four Academic All-Americans
• After 25 years of coaching collegiate golf, he exited the profession in 2002 to pursue a dream of building a world class golf learning center
• Was the Director of Golf and Consultant for the Mulligan Masters Golf Learning Center in Lake Elmo, Minnesota for the past four years
• Eearned his bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahoma and his master's degree from Colorado State University
• While doing his master's work at CSU, Means led the Rams to the highest conference finish in the university's history
• Married to Mindy. Has one daughter, Deb (won the Minnesota State High School championship, then went to Wake Forest on a scholarship and was the Demon Deacons' captain as a senior) and one son, John (baseball player at University of St. Thomas, firstbaseman who helped the Tommies win the NCAA Division III Championship in Spring 2009

Last Updated: 8/16/10