Jon Whithaus

Biography

Jon Whithaus, who boasts 15 years of coaching on the men’s side, enters his 11th season with the Blue Devil women’s golf program and the fifth as associate head coach. Whithaus was rewarded for his hard work in 2020-21 as he was selected the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) National Assistant Coach of the Year. He was also selected to be an assistant coach for the United States at the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup and helped lead the squad to a 33-27 victory over the Internationals. Whithaus teamed with Duke golfers Gina Kim and Erica Shepherd to help the U.S. to the win in Sugar Grove, Ill. In just his fourth season with the Blue Devils, Whithaus helped lead Duke to the school’s seventh NCAA Championship with wins over Stanford (3-2), Arizona (3-2) and Wake Forest (3-2) at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. Whithaus is the only coach in NCAA Division I to lead both a women’s (2016) and men’s (2011) program into the match play semifinals of the NCAA Championship. He has also coached both a women’s and men’s individual to an NCAA Individual Championship. Whithaus has coached women’s and men’s student-athletes that have gone on to win on seven of the biggest tours in the world -- LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour, Symetra Tour, PGA Tour, European Tour, Web.com Tour and Challenge Tour. Since joining the Blue Devils, Duke has won the NCAA Championship in 2019, won ACC Championships in three of the 10 seasons and advanced to the match play portion of the NCAA Championship in