University of Georgia Athletics
Women's Golf
Erika Brennan
- Title:
- Women's Golf Head Coach
- Email:
- ebrennan@sports.uga.edu
Erika Brennan, who led the University of South Florida to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Championships for the first time in more than two decades in 2023 and 2024, was named the head women’s golf coach at Georgia on May 21, 2024
“We are excited to welcome Erika to the Georgia family,” said Josh Brooks, UGA’s J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics. “Not only is Erika a great leader, she brings tremendous positivity and energy to everything she does. She will be an excellent mentor for our student-athletes and an exceptional representative of the University of Georgia women’s golf program.”
Brennan arrived in Athens after spending the seven seasons as the head coach at USF. The Bulls earned bids to NCAA Regionals each of her last two seasons in 2023 and 2024, their first consecutive appearances since 2002. In addition, Melanie Green qualified for an NCAA Regional individually in 2022 and became the program’s first All-American since 1999.
“I’m honored to get down to work as the next coach here at the University of Georgia,” Brennan said. “This program has such a storied past, and we’re ready to ensure the rich tradition continues at the highest level. The UGA Women’s Golf Team will be led, first and foremost, with love. Empowered student-athletes who are able to embrace their authenticity and values are cornerstones of our coaching philosophy. From day one, you’ll be able to own your unique brilliance AND unlock your best golf when you commit to the G. Comprehensive excellence is the standard, and our student-athletes will show up to prove that every day.”
Brennan’s first two seasons in Athens have provided their share of highlights, including six championships. Georgia captured a pair of team titles, and four different Bulldogs claimed medalist honors, led by 2025 SEC Newcomer of the Year Chantel El Chaib.
Brennan’s coaching career also includes successful stints as the head coach at Southern Miss from 2015-17, an assistant coach at Tennessee from 2013-14 and the head coach at Saint Leo from 2008-13.
South Florida won 13 titles under Brennan, with six team victories and seven individual crowns. In Brennan’s first full season in Tampa, USF ascended 74 spots in the national rankings, from No. 154 to No. 80. That progression consistently continued, with the Bulls climbing as high as No. 32 this season.
Brennan led USF to one of the most productive seasons in program history during 2023-24. The Bulls won three tournaments, equaling the second-most in a season in school history. USF also broke its records for team and individual stroke average, with Green’s 69.73 effort leading a team average of 287.30.
USF’s team and individual record books were almost totally rewritten during Brennan’s tenure. In addition to the aforementioned season average marks, her golfers produced the seven best season stroke average records and the three lowest team season averages.
Bulls under Brennan’s tutelage notched the top-10 18-hole and 54-hole scores in school history. Green set both those records during the 2023-24 season. She shot 8-under 64 in the second round of the Dale McNamara Invitational and the third round of the Westbrook Invitational and carded 11-under 205 tallies at the Westbrook Invitational and the Mountain View Collegiate.
Brennan’s teams produced all of the top-20 18-hole and 19 of the top-20 54-hole scores in USF history. The low single-round tally, a 17-under 271, closed out the best tournament effort, a 28-under 836, en route to winning the Westbrook Invitational in 2024.
Individually, Green was named All-American in 2023 and 2024, USF’s first two-time All-American women’s golfer since 1993. She was voted 2024 American Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year and represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2024. Green then led the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card standings in 2025 and debuted on the LPGA Tour in 2026..
South Florida was equally successful in the classroom during Brennan’s tenure. The Bulls finished with the ninth-best grade point average in the nation during the 2021-22 season and sported a 3.57 GPA from 2019-25. USF produced 16 WGCA All-American Scholars during Brennan’s seven seasons in Tampa.
Prior to her stint at USF, Brennan spent two seasons at Southern Miss from 2015-17. The Golden Eagles showed dramatic improvement in her first campaign, climbing 111 spots nationally from No. 187 to No. 76. She led Southern Miss to six tournament titles and a third-place finish, with three top-10 individuals, at the 2017 Conference USA Championships.
Brennan arrived in Hattiesburg after spending the 2013-14 at Tennessee, where she helped the Lady Volunteers earn an NCAA Regional bid.
Brennan’s collegiate coaching career began at Saint Leo, a Division II school in Central Florida. She led the Lions to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010, the first of three consecutive NCAA bids. St. Leo also earned top-10 national rankings during 2011, 2012 and 2013, and Brennan was named Saint Leo’s Coach of the Year in 2011.
In addition to her coaching experience, Brennan served as the National Recruiting Coordinator for Dan Tudor Collegiate Strategies from 2014-15, as a certified instructor for the David Leadbetter Golf Academy from 2006-08 and in an operations role for the American Junior Golf Association.
Brennan played golf collegiately as Western Carolina as the former Erika Danford, where she finished her career ranked among the top 20 in the Southern Conference and No. 9 among WCU’s career scoring average leaders. She was named the Catamounts’ 2005 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, served as the vice president of WCU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council and was a member of the Southern Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Council.
Brennan received her bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from WCU in 2006 and earned a master’s in Management from Warner University.
Brennan and her husband, Brian, have a daughter, Blakely.
“We are excited to welcome Erika to the Georgia family,” said Josh Brooks, UGA’s J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics. “Not only is Erika a great leader, she brings tremendous positivity and energy to everything she does. She will be an excellent mentor for our student-athletes and an exceptional representative of the University of Georgia women’s golf program.”
Brennan arrived in Athens after spending the seven seasons as the head coach at USF. The Bulls earned bids to NCAA Regionals each of her last two seasons in 2023 and 2024, their first consecutive appearances since 2002. In addition, Melanie Green qualified for an NCAA Regional individually in 2022 and became the program’s first All-American since 1999.
“I’m honored to get down to work as the next coach here at the University of Georgia,” Brennan said. “This program has such a storied past, and we’re ready to ensure the rich tradition continues at the highest level. The UGA Women’s Golf Team will be led, first and foremost, with love. Empowered student-athletes who are able to embrace their authenticity and values are cornerstones of our coaching philosophy. From day one, you’ll be able to own your unique brilliance AND unlock your best golf when you commit to the G. Comprehensive excellence is the standard, and our student-athletes will show up to prove that every day.”
Brennan’s first two seasons in Athens have provided their share of highlights, including six championships. Georgia captured a pair of team titles, and four different Bulldogs claimed medalist honors, led by 2025 SEC Newcomer of the Year Chantel El Chaib.
Brennan’s coaching career also includes successful stints as the head coach at Southern Miss from 2015-17, an assistant coach at Tennessee from 2013-14 and the head coach at Saint Leo from 2008-13.
South Florida won 13 titles under Brennan, with six team victories and seven individual crowns. In Brennan’s first full season in Tampa, USF ascended 74 spots in the national rankings, from No. 154 to No. 80. That progression consistently continued, with the Bulls climbing as high as No. 32 this season.
Brennan led USF to one of the most productive seasons in program history during 2023-24. The Bulls won three tournaments, equaling the second-most in a season in school history. USF also broke its records for team and individual stroke average, with Green’s 69.73 effort leading a team average of 287.30.
USF’s team and individual record books were almost totally rewritten during Brennan’s tenure. In addition to the aforementioned season average marks, her golfers produced the seven best season stroke average records and the three lowest team season averages.
Bulls under Brennan’s tutelage notched the top-10 18-hole and 54-hole scores in school history. Green set both those records during the 2023-24 season. She shot 8-under 64 in the second round of the Dale McNamara Invitational and the third round of the Westbrook Invitational and carded 11-under 205 tallies at the Westbrook Invitational and the Mountain View Collegiate.
Brennan’s teams produced all of the top-20 18-hole and 19 of the top-20 54-hole scores in USF history. The low single-round tally, a 17-under 271, closed out the best tournament effort, a 28-under 836, en route to winning the Westbrook Invitational in 2024.
Individually, Green was named All-American in 2023 and 2024, USF’s first two-time All-American women’s golfer since 1993. She was voted 2024 American Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year and represented the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup in 2024. Green then led the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card standings in 2025 and debuted on the LPGA Tour in 2026..
South Florida was equally successful in the classroom during Brennan’s tenure. The Bulls finished with the ninth-best grade point average in the nation during the 2021-22 season and sported a 3.57 GPA from 2019-25. USF produced 16 WGCA All-American Scholars during Brennan’s seven seasons in Tampa.
Prior to her stint at USF, Brennan spent two seasons at Southern Miss from 2015-17. The Golden Eagles showed dramatic improvement in her first campaign, climbing 111 spots nationally from No. 187 to No. 76. She led Southern Miss to six tournament titles and a third-place finish, with three top-10 individuals, at the 2017 Conference USA Championships.
Brennan arrived in Hattiesburg after spending the 2013-14 at Tennessee, where she helped the Lady Volunteers earn an NCAA Regional bid.
Brennan’s collegiate coaching career began at Saint Leo, a Division II school in Central Florida. She led the Lions to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2010, the first of three consecutive NCAA bids. St. Leo also earned top-10 national rankings during 2011, 2012 and 2013, and Brennan was named Saint Leo’s Coach of the Year in 2011.
In addition to her coaching experience, Brennan served as the National Recruiting Coordinator for Dan Tudor Collegiate Strategies from 2014-15, as a certified instructor for the David Leadbetter Golf Academy from 2006-08 and in an operations role for the American Junior Golf Association.
Brennan played golf collegiately as Western Carolina as the former Erika Danford, where she finished her career ranked among the top 20 in the Southern Conference and No. 9 among WCU’s career scoring average leaders. She was named the Catamounts’ 2005 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year, served as the vice president of WCU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council and was a member of the Southern Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Council.
Brennan received her bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from WCU in 2006 and earned a master’s in Management from Warner University.
Brennan and her husband, Brian, have a daughter, Blakely.
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