Emily Marron begins her seventh season as head coach of the women's golf program at UNC Greensboro. Marron was selected as the Spartans' coach in 2003.
Under her leadership, the Spartans have continued to be contenders for the Southern Conference title. The Spartans have finished fourth or better in four of her six seasons.
Marron led the Spartans to a second-place finish at the 2008 SoCon Championship at Stono Ferry GC. It was UNCG's best finish since 2002, when the Spartans completed a run of five consecutive second-place finishes.
The Spartans had three players in the top 10, led by Erica Creed's fifth-place finish.
Last season, UNCG turned in a fifth-place finish at the SoCon Championship, one stroke out of fourth. Creed carded her second straight top-10 finish at the league tournament, tying for ninth place.
During the regular season, Marron led the Spartans to the win in their own UNCG Starmount Classic, topping the 15-team field in a tiebreaker over defending champion East Carolina. Three Spartans finished in the top 10, with Creed tying for third, Annelie Weimenhog tying for fifth and Ashley Parrott tying for eighth. The tournament win was UNCG's first since September 2000. The Spartans pulled off the win in record fashion, smashing the school record for a 54-hole tournament with a score of 894, seven strokes better than the previous mark.
Later in the season, the Spartans tied for fifth at the UNCW Lady Seahawk Classic and finished seventh at the John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate. UNCG set another school record in the spring portion of the season, carding a third-round 290 at the JMU Eagle Landing Invitational to shave two strokes off of the previous school record for an 18-hole team round.
The Spartans excelled in the classroom in 2009, as well. Sofia Aidemark was named to the ESPN The Magazine Women's At-Large Academic All-District second team, while Aidemark and Creed earned spots on the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. For Creed, it marked the second straight season she had earned the award.
UNCG also put a school-record four student-athletes on the Academic All-Southern Conference squad, with Aidemark, Creed, Jennifer Link and Annelie Weimenhog - more than half of the seven-member roster - earning the distinction.
The Spartans placed fourth at the 2007 Southern Conference Tournament with four golfers finishing in the top 15 - Parrott (tied for fifth), Gabby DiMora (tied for 12th), and Ashley Mylton and Weimenhog (tied for 14th). For the second year, Mylton was named all-conference. In other tournament action, UNCG tied for fourth at the Nittany Lion Invitational, finished ninth at both the lady Pirate Invitational and the Landfall Tradition and tied for seventh at the Pinehurst Challenge.
In her third season, Marron led the Spartans to a third-place finish at the SoCon Championship with the help of sophomore Mylton's second-place finish, which gave her all-conference accolades. The Spartans had six top-10 finishes and a pair of top-five finishes. Mylton also placed second at the Fighting Camel Spring Classic, in which the Spartans placed third. Marron's group had three seventh-place finishes (Sea Trail Women's Intercollegiate, Pine Needles Intercollegiate and the Pinehurst Challenge) during the season.
In just her second season at UNCG, Marron guided the Spartans to seven top-10 finishes and three top-five finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the SoCon Championship. The Spartans recorded a second-place finish at the Peggy Kirk Invitational, led by junior Jenna Schmidt's second-place finish. UNCG also earned a second consecutive second-place finish at the Shamrock Intercollegiate just a week later.
During her first season at the helm of the Spartans, her squad finished third at the 2004 SoCon Championship, which was held April 23-25 in Greensboro. Polly Willett led the club with a third-place finish. The team also placed fourth at the Peggy Kirk Bell Classic, led by Willet, who garnered medalist honors.
Marron came to UNCG after three seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Penn State. While with the Nittany Lions, Marron was the recruiting coordinator and helped lead the squad to the 2003 NCAA East Regional Tournament. Marron was also involved in fundraising, travel, practice and the team's summer golf camps.
A native of Johnstown, Pa., Marron completed her playing time for Penn State in 1998. An Academic All-Big Ten honoree, she served as the team's co-captain as a senior. She posted two top-five finishes during the fall of 1997, when she twice shot career-low rounds of 74.
Marron was a two-time All-Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference selection and captured medalist honors at the ECAC Championships as a junior in 1996.
In high school, Marron played golf for the Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School boys' team. In 1993, she won the Kings Tri-State PGA Tournament and the District 9 qualifying tournament and placed second at the Keystone State Games.
Marron graduated from Penn State in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in recreation and park management. Upon graduation, Marron worked for one year as an assistant golf professional at The Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., Phil Mickelson's home course.
A Class "A" member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division, Marron taught at the Peter Kostis/Gary McCord Learning Center at Grayhawk.
