Addison Klonowski (right) and head coach Emily Glaser (left) fist-bump during the 2026 SEC Championship.
Glaser selected to Coach of the Year Watch List
Monday, May 4, 2026 | Women's Golf
For the second straight season, Emily Glaser, the 2026 SEC Coach of the Year, was named to the watch list.
FRISCO, Texas - Florida women's golf head coach and the 2026 SEC Coach of the Year, Emily Glaser, was selected to the watch list for the 2025-26 Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year on Monday. This marks the second straight year that she is named to watch list.
The Gators were recently selected as the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. The three-day, 54-hole event begins on Monday, May 11 at 8 a.m. at Seminole Legacy Golf Club. After three rounds, the top-5 teams and low individual (not on an advancing team) qualify for the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif. from May 22-27.
Glaser earned her second SEC Coach of the Year recognition (2017) as only her and UF Hall of Famer Mimi Ryan are a two-time selection in program history. In her 14th season, she has guided the program to back-to-back five-win seasons. The five team titles in consecutive years have only happened three times at UF, and twice by Glaser. Outside of UF's wins, they finished runner-up, third, fourth and sixth. New records were set this season from the team and individual with the most recent being the lowest team score (831) at the SEC Championship to win the stroke play portion. At the Gators Invitational, Florida set a new best in low team round (271) and 54-hole (820) scores by par. Individually, Francisco won the 2026 SEC Individual Championship. one of her two wins this season, with her first set the program record for 54-hole by score (200) at the home tournament.
Additionally, assistant coach Ashley Sease was named to the WGCA inaugural watch list for the 2026 Assistant Coach of the Year Award last week. Glaser and Sease are one of eight coaching duos nationwide to appear on both national award watch lists.
Glaser and the Gators also led the conference with six All-SEC honors. Megan Propeck was named the Newcomer of the Year. Paula Francisco and Propeck were named to the First Team, Siuue Wu on the Second Team and Katelyn Huber a member of the Freshman Team. The six conference accolades are Florida's most since 2017. In the last three years, UF has had four members on the first-year team, the most by any school.
Florida's postseason began at the SEC Championship, which was highlighted by Paula Francisco winning the individual conference title. She became the eighth Gator to win the SEC Championship and first since Maria Torres in 2016. This is the 10th time a UF golfer has been crowned the conference champion, which leads the SEC. The win was the second of Francisco's collegiate career and season.
Francisco shot all three rounds under par this weekend for a 54-hole tournament score of 202 (-8), which the third lowest all-time by score in SEC Championship history. It is the lowest by par from a Gator since Maria Torres won the conference title in 2016 and finished 9-under.
After winning stroke play, the Gators reached the SEC Championship Semifinals as team, which featured only one returner from last season's runner-up finish. In final round of stroke play, the Gators shot their lowest round and the low round of the day with a 276 (-4) to produce a 54-hole score of 831 (-9), six shots ahead of second-place Oklahoma and Texas (-3). Florida's 831 score is the program's lowest three-round total by score in program history at the SEC Championship, beating the previous record (842) by 11 shots in 2017, the last time UF won the conference title. Also, the total is second-lowest by score (824-South Carolina 2025) from an SEC team at the conference tournament. The 9-under is the third-lowest in UF history at SECs and only the fourth time under par in 45 years of the SEC Championship.
For the second straight season, the Orange and Blue finished with a strong resume in the regular season which feature five victories in the last tournaments. Individually, Paula Francisco & Megan Propeck both securing the first collegiate individual victories. The five team titles in consecutive seasons for just the third time in program history (2015-16 & 2016-17, 1984-85 & 1985-86). Outside of UF's wins, they finished runner-up, third, fourth and sixth.
In 29 rounds this year for Florida, 18 have been for par or better and 17 under par, including the last eight straight under par.
Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year Presented by Golf Pride
Watch List
• Emily Glaser – University of Florida
• Kim Lewellen – Wake Forest University
• Dan Brooks – Duke University
• Josh Brewer – Eastern Michigan University
• Aimee Neff – University of North Carolina
• Casey Vandamme – Kent State University
• Gerrod Chadwell – Texas A&M University
• Laura Ianello – University of Texas
• Shauna Estes-Taylor – University of Arkansas
• Christie Martens – Iowa State University
• Caroline Westrup – University of Missouri
• Melissa Luellen – Auburn University
• Greg Allen – Vanderbilt University
• Emily Marron – University of Central Florida
• Diana Cantu – University of Tennessee
• Anne Walker – Stanford University
• Justin Silverstein – University of Southern California
• Derek Radley – University of Oregon
• Laurie Gibbs – Pepperdine University
• Alicia Um Holmes – University of California, Los Angeles
The Gators were recently selected as the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. The three-day, 54-hole event begins on Monday, May 11 at 8 a.m. at Seminole Legacy Golf Club. After three rounds, the top-5 teams and low individual (not on an advancing team) qualify for the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif. from May 22-27.
Glaser earned her second SEC Coach of the Year recognition (2017) as only her and UF Hall of Famer Mimi Ryan are a two-time selection in program history. In her 14th season, she has guided the program to back-to-back five-win seasons. The five team titles in consecutive years have only happened three times at UF, and twice by Glaser. Outside of UF's wins, they finished runner-up, third, fourth and sixth. New records were set this season from the team and individual with the most recent being the lowest team score (831) at the SEC Championship to win the stroke play portion. At the Gators Invitational, Florida set a new best in low team round (271) and 54-hole (820) scores by par. Individually, Francisco won the 2026 SEC Individual Championship. one of her two wins this season, with her first set the program record for 54-hole by score (200) at the home tournament.
Additionally, assistant coach Ashley Sease was named to the WGCA inaugural watch list for the 2026 Assistant Coach of the Year Award last week. Glaser and Sease are one of eight coaching duos nationwide to appear on both national award watch lists.
Glaser and the Gators also led the conference with six All-SEC honors. Megan Propeck was named the Newcomer of the Year. Paula Francisco and Propeck were named to the First Team, Siuue Wu on the Second Team and Katelyn Huber a member of the Freshman Team. The six conference accolades are Florida's most since 2017. In the last three years, UF has had four members on the first-year team, the most by any school.
Florida's postseason began at the SEC Championship, which was highlighted by Paula Francisco winning the individual conference title. She became the eighth Gator to win the SEC Championship and first since Maria Torres in 2016. This is the 10th time a UF golfer has been crowned the conference champion, which leads the SEC. The win was the second of Francisco's collegiate career and season.
Francisco shot all three rounds under par this weekend for a 54-hole tournament score of 202 (-8), which the third lowest all-time by score in SEC Championship history. It is the lowest by par from a Gator since Maria Torres won the conference title in 2016 and finished 9-under.
After winning stroke play, the Gators reached the SEC Championship Semifinals as team, which featured only one returner from last season's runner-up finish. In final round of stroke play, the Gators shot their lowest round and the low round of the day with a 276 (-4) to produce a 54-hole score of 831 (-9), six shots ahead of second-place Oklahoma and Texas (-3). Florida's 831 score is the program's lowest three-round total by score in program history at the SEC Championship, beating the previous record (842) by 11 shots in 2017, the last time UF won the conference title. Also, the total is second-lowest by score (824-South Carolina 2025) from an SEC team at the conference tournament. The 9-under is the third-lowest in UF history at SECs and only the fourth time under par in 45 years of the SEC Championship.
For the second straight season, the Orange and Blue finished with a strong resume in the regular season which feature five victories in the last tournaments. Individually, Paula Francisco & Megan Propeck both securing the first collegiate individual victories. The five team titles in consecutive seasons for just the third time in program history (2015-16 & 2016-17, 1984-85 & 1985-86). Outside of UF's wins, they finished runner-up, third, fourth and sixth.
In 29 rounds this year for Florida, 18 have been for par or better and 17 under par, including the last eight straight under par.
Division I Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year Presented by Golf Pride
Watch List
• Emily Glaser – University of Florida
• Kim Lewellen – Wake Forest University
• Dan Brooks – Duke University
• Josh Brewer – Eastern Michigan University
• Aimee Neff – University of North Carolina
• Casey Vandamme – Kent State University
• Gerrod Chadwell – Texas A&M University
• Laura Ianello – University of Texas
• Shauna Estes-Taylor – University of Arkansas
• Christie Martens – Iowa State University
• Caroline Westrup – University of Missouri
• Melissa Luellen – Auburn University
• Greg Allen – Vanderbilt University
• Emily Marron – University of Central Florida
• Diana Cantu – University of Tennessee
• Anne Walker – Stanford University
• Justin Silverstein – University of Southern California
• Derek Radley – University of Oregon
• Laurie Gibbs – Pepperdine University
• Alicia Um Holmes – University of California, Los Angeles
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