Sarah Sargent - Women's Golf Coach - James Madison University Athletics

Sarah Sargent

Title:
Head Coach
Email:
sargensl@jmu.edu
Phone:
540-478-3512
Physical Address:
Bridgeforth B107 (250 Champions Drive) / MSC 2301

Sarah Sargent is in her fourth year as the head women's golf coach at James Madison University

Sargent spent the previous two years at UNC Greensboro as the head coach. In 2013, she coached Fanny Cnops to the Southern Conference (SoCon) Player of the Year award and senior Courtney Taylor to a top-five finish in the SoCon Championships. Additionally, Cnops secured an at-large berth into the NCAA Central Regional.

Sargent, a former LPGA Tour and Duramed Futures Tour member, spent six years on the Futures Tour and two years on the LPGA Tour before heading into collegiate coaching at Furman and Coastal Carolina.

Sargent spent 2004-2006 and 2008-2010 on the Duramed Futures Tour, where she posted three second-place finishes and 10 Top-10 finishes. She finished 14th in scoring average on the Futures Tour in 2004, while placing in the Top 20 on the money list in 2006. She also appeared on The Golf Channel’s Big Break VI: Trump National series in 2006.

Sargent earned her LGPA Tour card after placing 10th in the LPGA Qualifying Tournament and was a member of the LPGA Tour in 2007 and 2008. Her top tour finish came in 2007, tying for 25th, while also participating in the U.S. Open in 2007 and 2010.

Sargent spent 2010-2012 on staff at Coastal Carolina first as assistant coach and then for a season as associate head coach. She helped the Chanticleers place fourth in the NCAA East Regionals to advance to the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history. Coastal Carolina, the Big South Champions, finished the 2010-11 season ranked No. 24 in the NCAA.

Prior to Coastal Carolina, Sargent spent a year as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Furman, for the 2009-10 season. She helped the Paladins earn an at-large berth in the NCAA East Regional after placing fifth in the Southern Conference Tournament. Furman eventually placed 16th at the NCAA Regional.

A native of St. Charles, Illinois, Sargent was a standout student-athlete at Furman University for Hall of Fame head coach Mic Potter, earning National Golf Coaches Association All-America and the SoCon Player of the Year awards in the 2003-04 season. She also was named the Furman Female Athlete of the Year in 2004. She led the Paladins to four SoCon titles and four NCAA Regional appearances, including a berth in the NCAA Championships as a senior as Furman placed sixth in the regional.

In her professional career, Sargent has also been an associate golf professional at Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Va., in 2012. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Furman in 2004. She is married to Herbie Sargent, a former PGA of American professional and a professional caddy on the LPGA Tour for Meaghan Francella.

Sargent’s father Ralph Johnston played on the PGA Tour from 1971-78. Her brother Ralph Johnston played golf at the University of North Carolina while her sister Kelly played golf at the University of Florida.