Terri Anthony-Ryan Named Head Coach Of Detroit Women's Golf Team

May 24, 2005

Detroit, Mich. - Terri Anthony-Ryan, a golf professional in the Metro Detroit area for the last two decades, has been named head coach of the UDM women's golf team, Titans athletic director Brad Kinsman announced today.

UDM just completed its first year of varsity play for women's golf, and Anthony-Ryan - the 1996 Michigan PGA Teacher of the Year - will officially begin her duties with the program on July 1.

Anthony-Ryan has served as the head golf pro at the Beechwoods and Evergreen Hills Golf Courses in nearby Southfield since 1989. During her professional career, she has also been the head pro at Valley View Golf Course in Shepherd, MI, and has been an assistant at Western Golf & Country Club (Redford Township, MI), Whispering Willows Golf Course (Livonia, MI) and Doral Country Club (Miami, FL).

She is also an assistant coach of the girl's golf team at Farmington Hills Mercy High School, and coached the men's team for one year (1988) at Henry Ford Community College. Additionally, Anthony-Ryan coached girl's basketball at Redford Union High School from 1981-89.

"We think that Terri will be a great addition to our coaching staff. She is very well-respected in the golf community," Kinsman said. "Her abilities as a coach and a golf teacher should definitely help take our young women's golf program to a higher level. With her background at Mercy, Terri also has gained an understanding of the values of a Catholic school and education, which will make her a very good fit at UDM."

Anthony-Ryan will bring one of her Beechwoods staff members, Kenny Lee, to UDM as her assistant coach. Both are graduates of Saginaw Valley State and Lee played for the Cardinals' men's golf team. Longtime Detroit men's coach Mark Engel will continue to make contributions to the women's program in his role as Director of Golf.

In its first year of competition, the 2004-05 Titan women's team finished fifth at the recent Horizon League Championships. Freshman Mandi Dupuis was voted All-League by the coaches at season's end, while her classmate, Ashley Hamilton, earned a berth on the All-Tournament Team by finishing fourth at the conference championship.