Men's Golf
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- idismuke@central.uh.edu
 RYKE DISMUKE |
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| Hometown | Mt. Pleasant, Texas |
| College | Central Arkansas • 2003 Arkansas • 2000 Mt. Pleasant High • 1995 |
| Family | Wife: the former Michelle Hall Son: Daxton Ryke Daughter: Addyson Fayth |
| COACHING CAREER | |
| Year | Team, Position |
| 2014-19 | Houston, Associate Head Coach |
| 2003-14 | Central Arkansas, Men's & Women's Golf Head Coach |
| 2000-03 | Central Arkansas, Men's & Women's Golf Assistant Coach |
| CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| Year | Team |
| 2005 | Gulf South Conference Women's Champions |
| 2003 | Gulf South Conference Women's Champions |
| COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS | |
| Year | Team, Position |
| 2005 | NCAA South Regional Participant (M&W) |
| NCAA Championships individual participant (M&W) | |
| No. 2 Division II national ranking (W) | |
| Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year | |
| Athletics Directors Team Academic Achievement Award (W) | |
| 2004 | NCAA South Regional Participant (M&W) |
| NCAA Championships individual participant (M&W) | |
| South Region Coach of the Year | |
| 2003 | AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award |
| Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year | |
| 2002 | Helped start Central Arkansas Women's Golf |
| 2000 | Helped start Central Arkansas Men's Golf |
Former Central Arkansas Head Coach Ryke Dismuke joined the University of Houston Men’s Golf staff as associate head coach in July 2014.
In his time with the Cougars, Dismuke, who is no relation to Director of Golf Jonathan Dismuke, helped lead Houston to two NCAA Championships, three NCAA Regionals and six regular-season team championships.
He left Houston in April 2019 to pursue other interests.
AT HOUSTON
In 2017-18, Michael Perras competed as an individual at the NCAA Bryan Regional and joined Zach Tracy on the All-American Athletic Conference team.
During the 2016-17 season, Dismuke helped lead the Cougars to NCAA Regional for the sixth consecutive season with five top-five team finishes, including second-place showings at the Bayou City Intercollegiate, Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, Border Olympics and American Athletic Conference Championships.
In 2015-16, Dismuke was a part of a Houston team that won five regular-season tournaments with four student-athletes winning five individual championships.
The Cougars competed in NCAA Regional play for the fifth consecutive season and battled at the NCAA Championships for the third straight year.
Joining the Cougars in 2014, Dismuke helped lead Houston to the NCAA Lubbock Regional, where the Cougars won a 1-hole team playoff against Michigan to advance to the NCAA Championships for the second straight season.
PRE-HOUSTON
Dismuke spent the previous 14 seasons at Central Arkansas, including the last 11 years as head coach of both the UCA Men’s and Women’ Golf programs. He joined UCA and assisted in the creation of the Men’s program in 2000 and helped start the Women’s program just two years later.
For his impressive efforts with both projects, Dismuke was recognized as the 2003 AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year.
Later that year, he became head coach of both programs and began a streak of success. Competing in NCAA Division II until 2007, Dismuke enjoyed a combined 18 All-Gulf South Conference Players, four Gulf South Conference individual champions, two Freshmen of the Year, three All-Americans and eight Academic All-Gulf South Conference selections.
In 2004 and 2005, both Men’s and Women’s programs competed at the NCAA South Regional with one individual advancing to play at the NCAA Championships each season. His Women’s teams won Gulf South Conference crowns in 2003 and 2005 and ranked as high as No. 2 nationally by GolfStat after winning seven of 10 tournaments.
On the men’s side, his 2005-06 squad won five of 10 events and moved as high as No. 2 nationally in the GolfStat poll.
When Central Arkansas moved to the Southland Conference and NCAA Division I competition in 2007, success continued to follow Dismuke. His Men’s and Women’s teams won a combined 22 tournaments, including five straight titles for the Men’s team in 2010-11 and the Women’s victory at the 2010 Kiawah Island Intercollegiate over 42 other teams, the largest field in NCAA Division I history.
His golfers went on to receive five Southland Conference Players of the Year awards, 23 All-SLC Team honors, 18 SLC Players of the Month and six Academic All-SLC accolades. Five student-athletes competed in NCAA Regional play with one competing in the prestigious Palmer Cup.
In addition to his coaching duties, Dismuke also is a published writer. In 2003, he wrote an article on increasing club head speed through strength training for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, the only article of this type published in a referenced journal at that time.
Dismuke also owns a GSEB Golfing Machine Instructional certification.
PLAYING CAREER
As an undergraduate, Dismuke played for Arkansas from 1998 to 2000, competing with the Razorbacks’ No. 1 ranked team in the fall of 1997.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Arkansas in psychology in 2000 and earned his master’s degree in kinesiology from Central Arkansas in 2003.
PERSONAL
He and his wife, Michelle, have two children: son, Daxton Ryke, and daughter, Addyson Fayth.
