Chad Bagley

Biography

Chad Bagley was hired as the head golf coach in August of 2017. Since being promoted to head coach, Bagley led the Black Knights to the 2019 Patriot League Championship and an NCAA appearance at the Austin Regional at UT Golf Club. After coming back in the final round to take the crown, Bagley was named the 2019 Patriot League Coach of the Year. Most recently, Bagley led the Black Knights to the Commander-in-Chief's Cup in the Spring of 2023, finishing ahead of Navy and Air Force in the two-day tournament at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Bagley has also enjoyed Star victories over Navy in six of the last seven seasons after the Black Knights won in a playoff in the fall of 2023. Over the last two years, Bagley has tutored John Heckel Jr. to First and Second Team All-Patriot League honors as well. In the fall of 2021, the Black Knights captured the Bucknell Invitational in the fall of 2021, thanks to three cadet-athletes finishing in the top 10 on the leaderboard. Bagley has also tutored two-time Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Nick Turner, as well as the 2022 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, John Heckel, Jr. Bagley, who was a three-year letterwinner on the Army golf team and served as the interim Head Golf Coach in the fall of 2010, rejoined the coaching staff of the Black Knights last season as an assistant after serving as a team Officer Representative this past season on top of his football duties. He takes over after Brian Watts stepped down following the sp