Men's Golf
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mcfast@central.uh.edu
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Matt Fast joined the University of Houston Men's Golf program as an assistant coach in June 2019.
He left the program to accept a similar position at Texas A&M in June 2021.
Fast came to Houston following an award-winning professional career.
After graduating from Mississippi State in 2009 with a degree in general business administration, Fast began his professional career.
He played on the Gateway Tour in 2010 and the Hooters Tour in 2011-12 before joining the Web.com Tour in 2013.
As a professional, he competed in 88 Web.com Tour events during his career and was a PGA TOUR Qualifying School Second-Stage medalist in 2014 and 2015.
"I am very excited to have Matt join our program. His history of playing golf at the professional level along with his success at the collegiate level and his knowledge of the game will be tremendous assets to our team," Dismuke said.
A native of Hattiesburg, Miss., Fast was a four-year letterman at Mississippi State from 2005 to 2009. There, he captured the 2006 Callis Communications Intercollegiate championship and was recognized as a Golf World National Golfer of the Week.
He was a member of two MSU teams, which competed in NCAA Regional play, and tied for 37th at the 2009 Austin Regional. Fast also competed in the 2008 NCAA Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.
As a high school star at Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg, Miss., Fast was a three-time Mississippi State High School individual champion and an AJGA All-American.
