| JONATHAN DISMUKE |
| Hometown |
Calhoun City, Miss. |
| Education |
Auburn • 2004
Bachelor's in education
Calhoun Academy • 1999 |
| Family |
Wife: Maggie
Daughter: Anna Kate
Son: George |
| COACHING EXPERIENCE |
| Year |
School, Position |
| 2012 - |
Houston, director of golf |
| 2009-12 |
Houston, men's head coach |
| 2008-09 |
Texas A&M, assistant coach |
| 2006-08 |
Mississippi, assistant coach |
| COACHING HONORS |
| Year |
School, Position |
| 2013 |
Conference USA Coach of the Year |
| POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE |
| Years |
Team (Years) |
| 2025 |
NCAA Urbana Regional |
| 2024 |
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional |
| 2023 |
NCAA Auburn Regional |
| 2022 |
NCAA Stockton Regional |
| 2021 |
NCAA Kingston Springs |
| 2018 |
NCAA Bryan Regional (individual) |
| 2017 |
NCAA Stanford Regional |
| 2016 |
NCAA Championships |
| 2016 |
NCAA Franklin Regional |
| 2015 |
NCAA Championships |
| 2015 |
NCAA Lubbock Regional |
| 2014 |
NCAA Championships |
| 2014 |
NCAA Eugene Regional |
| 2013 |
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional |
| 2012 |
NCAA Athens Regional |
| TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| Years |
Team |
| 2024 |
Jacob Borow
HCU Colin Montgomerie Invitational |
| 2023 |
American Athletic Conference Championships |
| 2023 |
Santiago De La Fuente
American Athletic Conference Championships |
| 2023 |
Santiago De La Fuente
Border Olympics |
| 2022 |
Border Olympics |
| 2022 |
Alexander Frances
Border Olympics |
| 2021 |
Laurence Crea
Lone Star Invitational |
| 2019 |
White Sands Invitational |
| 2018 |
Pryce Beshoory
Colin Montgomerie Invitational |
| 2018 |
Matt Williams
vs. Minnesota |
| 2017 |
Michael Perras
American Athletic
Conference Championships |
| 2016 |
Michael Perras
NCAA Franklin Regional |
| 2016 |
Colin Montgomerie Invitational |
| 2016 |
President's Day Challenge |
| 2016 |
Papito Gonzalez
President's Day Challenge |
| 2015 |
Bayou City Collegiate Classic |
| 2015 |
Matt Dunn
Bayou City Collegiate Classic |
| 2015 |
OGIO Utah Invitational |
| 2015 |
HBU Husky Intercollegiate |
| 2015 |
Michael Perras
HBU Husky Intercollegiate |
| 2015 |
Vincent Martino
Northern Intercollegiate |
| 2015 |
Blair Hamilton
NCAA Lubbock Regional (Co) |
| 2015 |
Blair Hamilton
Border Olympics |
| 2014 |
Miramont Invitational |
| 2014 |
Border Olympics |
| 2014 |
Roman Robledo
Border Olympics |
| 2014 |
Querencia Cabo Collegiate |
| 2014 |
Roman Robledo
Querencia Cabo Collegiate |
| 2014 |
Bayou City Collegiate Championship |
| 2014 |
Roman Robledo
Bayou City Collegiate Championship |
| 2013 |
Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic |
| 2013 |
Kyle Pilgrim
Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic |
| 2013 |
Conference USA Championships |
| 2013 |
Roman Robledo
Conference USA Championships |
| 2013 |
Border Olympics |
| 2012 |
Lone Star Invitational |
| 2013 |
Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic (co) |
| 2009 |
HBU Husky Invitational |
| 2013 |
Jackie Lindsey
HBU Husky Invitational |
| PLAYING EXPERIENCE |
| Years |
Team (Years) |
| 2001-04 |
Auburn |
| PLAYING HONORS |
| Year |
Honors |
| 2004 |
All-SEC
SEC Honor Roll |
| 2002 |
SEC Champions |
|
Competed at three NCAA Championships
2004, 2003, 2002 |
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Competed in four NCAA Regionals
2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 |
|
One of two Auburn players to compete
in 11 NCAA Championships rounds |
|
One of only eight players to compete in 12
NCAA Regional rounds in their careers |
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Ranks among Auburn's top-25 career
leaders in scoring average |
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Jonathan Dismuke enters his 17th season with the University of Houston and his 13th as director of golf for the men’s and women’s programs in 2025-26.
With the addition of the Women’s Golf program in 2013-14, he oversees both programs while continuing to serve as men’s head coach at Houston.
Entering the 2025-26 season, Dismuke is the longest serving active head coach in Houston Athletics.
As a student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach, Dismuke has enjoyed tremendous success throughout his collegiate golf career while competing against the nation’s top players and teams.
The Calhoun City, Miss., native has led Houston to 11 NCAA Regional team appearances – including each of the last five years – with three berths in the NCAA Championships.
His teams have won 19 tournament titles with 15 student-athletes winning 23 individual tournament crowns. In the classroom, his student-athletes have received 100 All-Academic Team/Honor Roll honors.
As impressive as his and his teams’ achievements have been on the course, he also has worked diligently behind the scenes to continue to move Houston Golf forward.
Dismuke played a key role in brokering a partnership with Golf Club of Houston to make that facility the Cougars’ home course. He also worked closely with administrators, alumni and the community to raise funds for the construction of the Dave Williams Golf Academy at Golf Club of Houston.
This first-class facility offers the latest technology and amenities for Houston student-athletes. It officially opened to the public in August 2012.
In the spring of 2015, Houston Golf opened the Mike and Pat Booker Short-Game Facility at Golf Club of Houston.
HOME in HOUSTON
In 2024-25, Dismuke guided Houston to five Top-Four team finishes with the team championship at the All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston in February 2024.
The Cougars advanced to NCAA Regional play for the 11th time during his tenure and the fifth consecutive season.
Senior Wolfgang Glawe was named to the Big 12 Championships All-Tournament Team after tying for third at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.
During the 2023-24 season, Dismuke led the Cougars to five Top-Five team finishes with fourth-place showings at the season-opening Argent Financial Classic and the Big 12 Match-Play Tournament in the fall.
The Cougars tied for sixth at the Big 12 Championships during their first appearance in the league’s annual postseason event and tied for sixth at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, only three strokes shy of advancing to the NCAA Championships.
Senior Santiago De La Fuente was named the Big 12 Player of the Year, his second straight season to collect that honor from a league, and received All-America Second-Team recognition.
In 2022-23, Dismuke’s Cougars overcame a slow start in the fall to assemble a championship spring campaign.
Opening the spring season with a second-place finish at the Border Olympics in Laredo, Texas, Houston added another second-place team showing at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic in Houston.
The Cougars grabbed a quick lead at the American Athletic Conference Championships when Austyn Reily chipped in for eagle on the first hole in the first group of the First Round and never trailed again for the rest of the tournament.
It was Dismuke’s second conference championship title and his first in The American.
Santiago De La Fuente captured the individual title with a score of 10-under 200 and was named the league’s Player of the Year. Reily and Wolfgang Glawe joined De La Fuente on the All-Conference Team.
With their impressive play, Dismuke led Houston to the NCAA Auburn Regional, the program’s ninth NCAA Regional team appearance during his tenure.
Off the course, 12 student-athletes were named to The American All-Academic Team. It was the 12th straight season in which 4+ Cougars were named to the All-Academic squad.
In 2021-22, Dismuke guided the Cougars through a challenging fall season to the program’s second straight NCAA Regional berth and eighth postseason appearance in his career.
After not finishing higher than seventh in the fall, the Cougars captured the team title and went 1-2 individually at the Border Olympics to open the spring season. Super-senior Alexander Frances defeated teammate Andrew Gibson on the second hole of a playoff as the Cougars recorded their 17th team title and 21st individual title under Dismuke’s leadership.
The Cougars went on to tie for second at their own All-American Intercollegiate at Golf Club of Houston in late March and finished third at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
With a bid to the NCAA Stockton Regional, the Cougars competed in the NCAA postseason for the second straight year.
Following the season, Jacob Borow was recognized as the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, while Frances, Marcus Wochner, Austyn Reily and Braxton Watkins were named to the All-Conference squad.
Off the course, Frances, Watkins and Wochner joined Andres Aranguren, Carson Hunsucker, Lawrence Crea, Drew Murdock, Niko Nebout and Julio Rios-Brache on the league’s All-Academic Team.
In 2020-21, Dismuke led the Cougars into competition out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the fall season was canceled, Dismuke’s Cougars opened the spring campaign with a second-place finish at the Rice Intercollegiate and followed that with a third-place showing at the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas.
The team finished third at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic at Westwood Golf Club in Houston and earned the program’s seventh NCAA Regional invitation under Dismuke, tying for ninth at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional.
Under Dismuke’s leadership, the Cougars were poised for big things during the 2019-20 season. Houston enjoyed three Top-5 finishes during the fall campaign, including the team championship at the White Sands Invitational in the Bahamas.
The team continued to perform well during the spring before the final three regular-season tournaments as well as the entire postseason was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2018-19, the Cougars opened the spring season with consecutive second-place finishes at their own All-American Intercollegiate and the Colin Montgomerie Invitational.
Senior Matt Williams led the Cougars in scoring average and rounds of par or better and etched his name in the Houston records book with a 64 in the Second Round of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in the season-opening tournament.
In 2017-18, Michael Perras competed as an individual qualifier at the NCAA Bryan Regional and represented the Cougars in the NCAA postseason for the seventh straight season under Dismuke.
Perras and Zach Tracy earned All-American Athletic Conference honors.
During the 2016-17 season, Dismuke’s Cougars advanced to the NCAA Regionals for the sixth consecutive season and posted five top-five team finishes, including second-place showings at the Bayou City Intercollegiate, Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, Border Olympics and American Athletic Conference Championships.
Perras and Papito Gonzalez were named to the All-American Athletic Conference for the first time in their careers, and eight Cougars were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
In 2015-16, Dismuke led the Cougars to the NCAA Championships for the third straight season with five regular-season tournament championships and five individual titles.
Houston opened the year with three tournament titles in the fall (HBU Husky Intercollegiate, OGIO Utah Invitational and Bayou City Collegiate Classic). The Cougars fired a dazzling team score of 17-under-par 267 in the Second Round at the OGIO Utah Invitational for one of the lowest rounds in school history.
In the spring, the Cougars enjoyed team crowns at the one-day President’s Day Challenge and Colin Montgomerie Invitational.
After finishing third at the American Championships, the Cougars received their fifth straight NCAA Regional invitational under Dismuke’s watch, competing at the NCAA Franklin Regional.
There, the Cougars played superb golf over the final two days at 30-under-par to advance to the NCAA Championships. Michael Perras became the second Cougar in as many years to post three straight rounds in the 60s in NCAA Regional play, becoming only the fourth Cougar in school history to earn medalist honors at an NCAA Regional.
Perras would go on to be named to the All-American Athletic Conference and PING All-South Central Region Teams and was recognized as PING All-America Honorable Mention, the second straight season in which a Cougar was received All-America honors.
Perras, who won two tournaments in 2015-16, was joined by teammates Matt Dunn (Bayou City Collegiate Classic), Papito Gonzalez (President’s Day Challenge) and Vincent Martino (Northern Intercollegiate) as individual champions.
The Cougars continued their stellar play during the 2014-15 season, advancing to the NCAA Championships for the second straight year, a first since 2000-01.
Houston captured the team title at the Miramont Invitational at Miramont Golf Club in Bryan, Texas, in October 2014 for the 10th title of Dismuke’s head coaching career.
The Cougars edged Purdue in a 1-hole team playoff at the NCAA Lubbock Regional to clinch the fifth and final spot for the NCAA Championships.
Blair Hamilton earned medalist honors for the first time in his career at the Border Olympics in March 2015 and shared the individual championship at the NCAA Lubbock Regional, becoming only the third Cougar in school history to win an NCAA Regional individual crown.
Hamilton was named a PING All-America Honorable Mention at the end of the season -- the second straight season in which a Cougar received All-America accolades -- and competed at the RBC Canadian Open in July 2015.
Hamilton also qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship for the second time during his career, joining teammate Matt Dunn at the nation’s premier amateur event. Under Dismuke’s leadership in 2013-14, the Cougars returned as a team to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001.
Houston enjoyed four team championships in 2013-14, including three straight to open the spring season. Included in that impressive streak was a team title at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on March 2-4, snapping defending national champion Alabama’s 11-tournament winning streak.
Roman Robledo won three individual titles, while Kyle Pilgrim earned the team’s first individual championship, thanks to a final-round 66 at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic on Sept. 24, 2013.
For the third straight season, the Cougars advanced to the NCAA postseason with a berth at the NCAA Eugene Regional as the No. 2 seed. With a fourth-place showing there, Houston advanced as a team to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2001.
Competing at the nation’s premier collegiate event, the Cougars finished 10th overall, falling just two place shy of advancing to match play. James Ross tied for third overall with a score of 5-under-par 206, thanks to a final-round 66, while Robledo tied for 19th.
Houston also excelled in the classroom. Ross, Pilgrim, Curtis Reed, Bryn Flanagan, Blair Hamilton, Vincent Martino, Emmett Oh and Jesse Droemer were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team with Ross, Pilgrim and Reed being named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars.
The Cougars enjoyed tremendous success during the 2012-13 season. As a team, the Cougars finished among the top-five leaders in each of their first eight tournaments with wins at the Lone Star Invitational and the Border Olympics.
In late April, Dismuke led the Cougars to the Conference USA Championship team and individual titles for the first time since 2001. With that, the program also returned to NCAA Regional play for the second consecutive season.
Robledo drained a 30-foot birdie on the final hole of the final round to clinch the team championship for the Cougars and the individual title for himself.
He and Reed were named to the All-Conference USA First Team, while Wesley McClain earned a place on the Second Team. For his and his team’s impressive accomplishments, Dismuke was named the Conference USA Coach of the Year, a first for the program since 1999.
During the 2011-12 season, Dismuke led the Cougars back to the NCAA postseason as a team and guided his squad to 11 top-10 team finishes, including a share of the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic championship.
In the spring season alone, his teams earned top-three finishes at the Rice Intercollegiate and the Border Olympics.
Individually, his student-athletes garnered six-top-five finishes, including a second-place showing from Ross at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic and third-place finishes from Robledo and Jesse Droemer.
With his fifth-place finish at the C-USA Championships in late April 2012, Robledo was named to the Tournament All-Tournament Team, only days after being recognized as a member of the league’s All-Freshman Team.
The team’s accomplishments were not limited to the course. Five Cougars were named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll with Ross earning a place on the C-USA All-Academic Team and as a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar.
Armed with one of the nation’s youngest lineups in 2010-11, Dismuke led the Cougars to five top-five team finishes and seven top-10 finishes throughout the season, including a second-place showing at the Cabo Collegiate in the second tournament of the fall.
The Cougars regularly competed with five student-athletes in their first seasons in the Scarlet and White, including four true freshmen. Dismuke wasted little time in making his impact felt with the Cougars during his first season, though he was not hired until mid-July 2009 and forced to play catch-up both on the recruiting trail and in building the team’s schedule.
The Cougars captured the team championship at the Husky Invitational to wrap up the 2009 fall season in only the fourth tournament of his head coaching career.
In addition to the team title, Jackie Lindsey won medalist honors at the Husky Invitational with four Cougars finishing among the top-seven individual leaders at that event.
When the Cougars opened the 2010 spring season at their own Redstone Challenge at Redstone Golf Club, Dismuke led Houston to a second-place team finish with Clark Mitzner earning medalist honors.
Mitzner also was twice named the Conference USA Golfer of the Week during a three-week stretch in February, while Matt Eschenburg captured the award in October.
By the time that the season was finished, Dismuke had led the Cougars to six top-10 team finishes, including four straight midway through the season – with three top-five finishes.
as ASSISTANT COACH
As an assistant at Texas A&M during the 2008-09 season, Dismuke helped lead the Aggies to their first NCAA golf national championship. After emerging from tournament play, the Aggies claimed a 3-2 win against Arkansas in the final match to win the crown.
He played a key role in advising Bronson Burgoon, who hit a 125-yard gap wedge from the deep rough far to the right of the fairway to within three inches of the 18th hole at Inverness Golf Club to clinch the match for the Aggies. Writers with Golfweek magazine called it “one of the best shots in college golf history.”
Prior to joining Texas A&M, Dismuke served as an assistant coach at Mississippi from 2006 to 2008. During the 2006-07 season, he helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA East Regional and a fourth-place showing at the SEC Championship.
During Dismuke’s final season at Mississippi in 2008, the Rebels overcame an eighth-place finish at the SEC Championship to place sixth at the NCAA East Regional at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mississippi continued its impressive postseason run with a 16th-place finish at the NCAA Championships on the Kampen Course in West Lafayette, Ind.
For his efforts that season, Dismuke was honored as a finalist for the Jan Strickland Assistant Coach of the Year Award, presented by TaylorMade-Adidas Golf.
PLAYING CAREER
As a four-year letterman at Auburn, he competed in four NCAA Regionals and three NCAA Championships and was a member of the 2002 Tiger team that won the SEC championship.
His individual career was highlighted by numerous top-five showings, including a third-place finish at the 2004 NCAA Regional. That same season, he earned All-SEC honors and was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
As a senior in 2004, he posted a three-round score of 211, including a 69 in the second round, at the Yale University Golf Club, at the NCAA East Regional to finish in a tie for fourth at that event.
Advancing to the NCAA Championship, he opened the nation’s top collegiate event with an impressive 68 and led the Tigers with a three-round score of 217 to finish among the top-40 leaders.
Dismuke is one of only two Tigers in school history to compete in 11 NCAA Championship rounds and joins seven other Tigers who competed in 12 NCAA Regional rounds during their collegiate careers.
A native of Calhoun, Miss., Dismuke has a decorated background on the course. He was the 1997 Mississippi State Junior Champion and was the Mississippi Junior Player of the Year in 1998. His amateur career included a victory at the Greystone Invitational (Birmingham, Ala.), where he set the competitive course record (65) and the tournament scoring record (202). He also set the Course Record at Mobile Country Club (Mobile, Ala.) en route to a third-place finish at the 2003 Labor Day Invitational.
Dismuke qualified for the 1999 USGA U.S. Public Links Championship and the 2002 and 2004 U.S. Amateurs.
In addition, he played two years of professional golf on the NGA Hooters Tour and received the NGA Golf Achievement Award in 2005. He also attended the PGA Tour Qualifying School in 2004 and 2005.
PERSONAL
Following his collegiate playing days, Dismuke received his bachelor’s degree in education from Auburn in 2004.
He and his wife, Maggie, have a daughter, Anna Katherine, and a son, George. The family lives in Humble, Texas.
