Santiago Cavanagh began his first season as the women's golf head coach in the fall of 2008 and takes over both programs heading into the spring of 2009.
Cavanagh is currently employed as an instructor at The First Tee of St. Johns County where he teaches golf to 250 kids per week. He has also been the head professional at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine and an assistant pro at the Ridgeway Country Club in Memphis, Tenn.
Cavanagh has also played in a pair of PGA events this season. He played at the PODS Championships in early March and the Arnold Palmer Invitational in mid-March. Cavanagh has also had stints on the Hooters and Tarheel tours.
The Coronel Suarez, Argentina native left his homeland to attend Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., in 1998 and played on its men’s golf team. Cavanagh was a two-time All-Gulf South Conference first-team selection (1999, 2002) and also earned a pair of second-team honors (2000-01) for the Railsplitters. He won seven tournaments and was ranked as high a No. 38 in NCAA Division II and 12th in the South Region.
Cavanagh graduated from Lincoln Memorial in 2002 with a degree in business administration.
