Bryce Wallor Head Coach - Third Season with the Knights In two seasons as the men’s golf head coach at UCF, Bryce Wallor has guided a program that is clearly among the best in the country. Since taking the helm of the program on July 23, 2009, he has led the Knights to two Conference USA Championship tles and a pair of berths in the NCAA Regionals. Wallor’s team shined in 2010-11, winning three tournament tles, including the crown at the C-USA Championship in Texarkana, Ark. The Knights competed in 11 events, and posted seven total top-five finishes. UCF enjoyed success from the start of the campaign, taking the tle at its second tournament of the year, the Adams Cup of Newport in Rhode Island. In addi on to the league championship, the Knights also finished first at the Rio Pinar Invita onal in Orlando during the spring. As a result of claiming the C-USA tle, the Knights received the league’s automa c berth to the NCAA Regionals. The Knights earned the No. 6 seed at the regional in nearby Ocala. UCF was led by an impressive rookie and a talented veteran during the year. Wallor helped Greg Eason develop into one of the top young golfers in the na on. The C-USA Freshman of the Year, Eason played in all 11 tournaments and had seven top-10 showings. Connor Arendell, one of two juniors on the Knights in 2010-11, was selected to the All-CUSA First Team. Arendell recorded eight top-20 finishes. Wallor’s first campaign at UCF was a success in 2009-10. His team, which featured several new contributors, came together at the right me, playing its best golf at the end of the 2009-10 season. The Knights won their home tournament in March, posted a domina ng performance in winning the Conference USA Championship tle and concluded the year with a strong showing at the NCAA Regionals in Santee, Calif.
In 2008-09, the Vols recorded five top-three finishes. The team concluded the year ranked 11th in the Golfstat NCAA Head-to-Head Standings. A er the 2007-08 campaign, he was selected as a finalist for the Jan Strickland Award, which is presented to the top assistant coach in the na on by the Golf Coaches Associa on of America. In 2009, Wallor was a semifinalist for the award. From 2000-02, Wallor served as the head coach at Connec cut, where he helped the Huskies improve 47 spots in the na onal polls. He also worked as an assistant coach at Davidson from 1999-00. Before star ng his coaching career, Wallor was the director of golf instruc on at the Narraganse Country Club in Narraganse , R.I., and the Highland Ridge Golf Center in Mansfield, Conn. Addi onally, he served as the teaching professional at the Dana Radar Golf Ins tute in Charlo e, N.C., and as an assistant professional at the Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando. Wallor also spent me as a sales representa ve for the Golfers’ Warehouse in Cranston, R.I. Wallor was a student-athlete at Rhode Island from 1993-98, helping the Rams qualify for the NCAA East Regionals four mes. He was team captain as a senior and took medalist honors at the 1997 Bob Toski Invita onal. Wallor, who worked as a volunteer assistant coach at Rhode Island in 2002-03, graduated with a bachelor’s of arts in communica ons in 1998.
2010-11 Season Highlights • Knights claimed the tle at the Conference USA Championship, recieving an automa c bid to the NCAA Regionals. • Wallor was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year. • Coached Conference USA Freshman of the Year Greg Eason • Two Knights - Connor Arendell and Greg Eason - were named to the All-Conference USA First Team. • Led the team to first-place finishes at the Adams Cup of Newport, UCF Rio Pinar Invita onal and Conference USA Championship.
A er concluding his collegiate career, Wallor won the 2002 Rhode Island State Open and competed on the 2003 New England Professional Golf Tour.
Wallor took over the helm of the UCF program a er five successful seasons as an assistant coach at Tennessee. During his me with the Volunteers, Wallor helped the program make five trips to the NCAA Regionals, with the squad advancing to the NCAA Championship on three occasions. In 2009, the Vols placed second at the NCAA Northeast Regional and then finished 12th at the NCAA Championship. In July 2008, Wallor was promoted to Tennessee’s director of instruc on/player development by head coach Jim Kelson. Tennessee claimed eight tournament championships during Wallor’s tenure, including the Southeastern Conference tle in 2007.
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