The men's golf team will soon be welcoming a new face to the team as Nick Clinard, former head coach at the University of Central Florida for eight years, joins the Tigers as their new head coach.
Clinard hopes to bring both passion and experience to Auburn's program, but also making sure to keep a strong recruiting mindset and a determination to succeed.
"I put a lot of pressure on myself to succeed, and I'm going to stick with what I know how to do, and that's recruit, and coach, and get the former players involved in our program and get the donors and boosters behind what we're going to do," Clinard said. "Nobody puts more pressure on anybody than myself."
Clinard said he is excited to become part of the Auburn golf family and work under the leadership of Athletic Director Jay Jacobs. He is also eager to represent Auburn's core values and to be coaching in the SEC.
Cole Moreland, a senior on the team, said he is ready for the change that Clinard will bring to the program. "You have to be open to everything," Moreland said. "Clinard is a new coach, and he was successful at UCF and he has a certain way of doing things. You really don't have a say in the matter because if you're not with him, you're just going to hurt yourself and the team."
Moreland said he expects the team and the University to accept Clinard with open arms because he has proven himself to be a great coach. "He's had a lot of success and is definitely a guy that deserves a job at Auburn, and he's good in his own right."
"There are always challenges in the coaching business, but the resources are there for us to succeed, and I thank the administration for that and their belief in me, and we're going to do our best to not let them down," Clinard said.
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