Florida State University Women's Golf

(updated October 2025) • 2025 ACC Coach of the Year • 2017 ACC Coach of the Year • 2025 ACC Championship Winning Coach • 2024 Gladys Palmer Meretorious Service Award (WGCA) • President, Women’s Golf Coaches Association of America (2013-16) • 18 straight NCAA Championship appearances (9 straight NCAA Finals Appearances) • 35 tournament wins (29 at Florida State) • 3 Olympians • 4 ACC Golfers of the Year (Frida Kinhult, Beatrice Wallin, Lottie Woad, Mirabel Ting) • 107 ACC Academic Honor Roll Selections • 52 All-ACC Academic Golf team Selections • 38 WGCA Scholar Athlete Team Selections • 26 All-ACC Selections • 22 All-Americans / 17 All-Regional Selections Features: Bond Raising Funds For Hurricane Relief / Bond’s Birdies For Bucks / Bond Finds a Way To Give Back / FSU Celebrates 50 Years of Women’s Athletics in 2018-19 / Bond Earns Founder Award From WGCA / A Story Of Giving / FSU Pair Playing at Augusta National / Young Florida State Women’s Golf Team In Position To Win ACC Title / Amy Bond: Finding A New Normal / Amy Bond – Living With Coronavirus And Diabetes / Video: Planning For the Annual Florida State Match-Up / Two Teams — One Program / Florida State Golf — A Culture of Success / Amy Bond, who is in her 16th season at Florida State, has built the Florida State Women’s Golf team into a national power, and is recognized as one of the nation’s top coaches. During the 2025 season, Bond coached the top two ranked amateur and collegiate golfers on the world – Lottie Woad an

Brandon Smith, an All-American golfer at Texas A&M in 2018, is in his first season as an assistant coach for the nationally prominent Florida State men’s and women’s golf programs. Smith will assist both the Seminoles men’s and women’s programs. Smith enjoyed an outstanding career from 2017-21 in College Station, Texas, leading the Aggies to pair of fifth place finishes at the NCAA Championships in 2018 and 2019. As a sophomore in 2018, he earned All-America honorable mention and All-Central Region honors. Smith recorded six individual top 10 finishes and was the runner-up at the Bryan Regional Championship. He earned his first career win at the 2019 Pioneer Creek Collegiate with a 10 under par, 206 behind scores of 71-68-67. He shot a career-low 63 in the second round of the 2021 Legends Classic – a score that established the school record during his playing career – and which now ranks as the third lowest in program history. Smith was named PING All-America honorable mention and captured All-Central Region honors by the Golf Coaches Association of America as a sophomore. He was a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member and was named to the SEC Community Service team in 2018 and 2019. Following his collegiate career, Smith spent two years playing on the All Pro Tour before becoming a caddie on the Korn Ferry Tour. A native of Frisco, Texas, Smith graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in sport management in 2020. His father Bruce qualified for the 2004 and 2010 PGA Champions

Matt Whall, who helped lead the Florida State Men’s (nine wins, three top six NCAA finishes) and Women’s (three wins, three top 12 NCAA finishes) Golf Teams ...

Stephen Parker joined the FSU Strength and Conditioning staff in May of 2018. He oversees the design and implementation of the strength and conditioning programs for men’s and women’s swimming, as well as men and women’s golf. Before arriving in Tallahassee, Parker spent three years at the University of South Florida where he assisted with the football strength and conditioning program and was responsible for men’s and women’s soccer. In his three seasons with the Bulls, both soccer programs saw post-season action. The women made it to the AAC conference championship game twice, winning it during his final season, as well as two NCAA Tournament appearances. The men’s team claimed the regular season conference championship title, while also appearing in the NCAA Tournament twice. In his final year, the Bulls football team saw a 10-2 overall record with a thrilling 38-34 victory over Texas Tech in the Birmingham Bowl. Prior to joining the USF staff, he served as a graduate assistant with the Southern Miss strength and conditioning program, working primarily with the football program. He was also the head strength and conditioning coach for the Golden Eagles’ softball team. Before his stint at Southern Miss, Parker interned with the staff at Mississippi State University, where he worked with the Bulldog football program. He joined the staff in Starkville after spending a year at LSU, working with softball, men and women’s basketball, men and women’s tennis, swimming and diving,