The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Kim Wilcox Named UAB Women's Golf Coach
8/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Aug. 16, 2002
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.----- Kim Wilcox, who has been the executive director of the Birmingham Golf Association since 1999, is the new head women's golf coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Wilcox succeeds former Blazer golf coach Gwen Merritt, who retired last April.
"I am thrilled and excited to be at UAB," said Wilcox. "I've talked to most of the girls on the team either face-to-face, on the phone or by email. We are going to have a lot of work to do, but I think we will have fun and be a pretty good team."
Wilcox began her collegiate golf career by playing on scholarship at Auburn University. From there, Wilcox became an office manager at Micro National, Inc. from 1983-91, where she was responsible for the accounting and bookeeping functions. In 1991, the Birmingham, Ala. native became the Club manager and golf pro at the Pine Harbor Golf and Racquet Club in Pell City, Ala. While at Pine Harbor from 1991-98, Wilcox was responsible for the operation of the country club, writing and publishing the monthly newsletter (circulation 400) and day-to-day operations. Under her direction, membership grew from 270 to 400.
In 1999, Wilcox left Pine Harbor to become the Executive Director at the Birmingham Golf Association. Her responsibilities included tournament operations, media relations and an extensive junior golf tour each summer with 200 children. While with the Birmingham Golf Association, Wilcox also worked as the Media Relations and Junior Golf Coordinator for the Dixie Section of the PGA where she was responsible for running the junior golf program with over 300 children annually.
"This job is my first actual coaching experience at the collegiate level," said Wilcox. "But I have a very strong background in teaching the game and that's what UAB was looking for. I am very excited to get underway."
Wilcox, a four-year letter-winner at Auburn, was the runner-up in the Alabama State Women's Amateur Championship in 1988 and won over 50 tournaments as a junior golfer (ages 8 to 18). She has also earned Achievement Certificates in Rules and Tournament Administration from the USGA/PGA in 1993, taught at Gillette LPGA Clinics in Atlanta from 1996-98 and currently conducts annual local junior clinics.
