Easton Key

Biography

Easton Key, who helped lead Arkansas State to the 2024 Sun Belt Conference championship, was named Austin Peay State University's head men's golf coach in May 2024. Key has spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Arkansas State. Before returning to Jonesboro, Key spent four seasons as the head men's golf coach at Delta State after serving as a men's and women's assistant coach at Omaha during the 2016-17 season. Key began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas State, where he worked from 2014-16. In his first two seasons at his alma mater, Arkansas State posted 11th and sixth place finishes in the 2022 and 2023 Sun Belt Conference Championships, respectively. But in 2024, Key helped lead a turnaround that saw the Red Wolves win the stroke play portion of the tournament and advance to match play, where they beat Texas State, 3-1, in the semifinals and Louisiana-Monroe, 3-2, in the title match to earn a spot in the NCAA Men's Golf Championship's Austin Regional. During his time at ASU, Key guided five All-SBC Team selections and helped Luka Naglic earn a selection to compete as an individual at the 2023 NCAA Auburn Regional. Before returning to his alma mater, Key served as the head coach at Delta State for four seasons, where he led the Statesmen to six tournament wins, seven runner-up finishes, and 19 top-five finishes in 34 events. In Key's first year at the helm, Delta State finished runner-up at the 2018 Gulf South Conference