The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Golf Alum Sutton Tabbed Men's Assistant Coach
1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – UAB men’s golf coach Alan Murray announced former Blazer golfer Thomas Sutton as the program’s assistant coach Thursday afternoon.
The Montgomery, Ala., native spent five seasons as a Blazer from 2009 - 2014. After sitting out the 2009-10 season as a redshirt freshman, Sutton spent the next four seasons as a fixture on the UAB roster as he competed in 47 events during his career.
“I am delighted to have Thomas join the staff,” Murray said. “He was an essential building block to the program and contributed a lot to the team’s success as a student-athlete. He has a lot of natural enthusiasm, is passionate about UAB and exhibited great leadership as a team captain.”
His collegiate resume includes appearances in the 2012 Stanford Regional and NCAA Championships, 2013 Baton Rouge Regional and 2014 Sugar Grove Regional and NCAA Championships. He helped lead the Blazers to a second-place finish in the Conference USA Championships his senior year – the program’s best C-USA Tournament finish since taking home gold in 2008.
“It is exciting to be back,” Sutton said. “Not a lot of people get to begin their coaching careers at their alma mater or a great school like UAB. I am lucky to begin my career under a great head coach like Coach Murray. He helped me improve my game tremendously, and I hope I can pass along his teaching to the team.”
Sutton graduated from UAB in 2014 with a degree in accounting. As a student-athlete, Sutton appeared on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, was tabbed a UAB Student-Athlete of the Week multiple times, and became the first Blazer to be named to a C-USA All-Academic team (2012) since 2009. He went on to play professionally with the Hopkins Tour, National Golf Association and Web.com Tour following graduation.
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