Southeastern Louisiana University golf coach Tim Baldwin is entering his 20th season with the Lions and has established a consistently competitive golf program among his peers in the conference as well as nationally since his arrival in 1988.
In Baldwin’s tenure, the Lion’s have experienced unparalleled success with 32 team championships and numerous individual championships won. His programs have accummulated a win/loss record of 1893-1069-61 or a .64% winning percentage against all teams faced. The Lions are consistently ranked among the top 60 Division I golf programs in the country of 300 annually.
Since joining the Southland Conference in the 1997-98 season, the Lions have won the SLC Championship twice in (’98 and ’00) while finishing second overall in 2001 and 2007. The Lions have won 16 team titles, made three trips to the NCAA Regionals and advanced to the 1998 NCAA Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., where they finished 23rd overall. Baldwin has produced 25 All-Conference players including two Players of the Year, 30 All-Louisiana selections with golfers six times being selected either Freshman of the Year or Player of the year. In addition, Baldwin has had two players named NCAA Division I All-Americans in Martin duToit (1997) and Andy Smith (2002) and three Academic All-Americans in Anders Hofvander (2005), Hugo Leon (2006) Brett Bergeron (2006-07).
During his 19 years as Head coach for the Lions, Baldwin has had five players selected as at-large entries into the NCAA Division I Regional Championships with Jon Zieske (1989), Sean Halloran (1994), Martin duToit (1997), Francois Nicolas (1999) and Andy Smith (2001).
In 1998, Baldwin was honored by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) as District Coach of the Year and has picked up and unprecedented seven Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Coach of the Year honors (’89, ’92, ’94, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’07). He was twice named Trans America Conference Coach of the Year (1992 and 1994) and Southland Conference Coach of the Year (1998 and 2000)
In addition to his many honors and accomplishments, Baldwin has served on the NCAA District 3-South selection committee, including the chair position in 1998-99.
Baldwin achieved international acclaim when he guided the United States to a 13-stroke victory at the 2000 World Junior Golf Team Championship in Kobe, Japan. Current PGA player Hunter Mahan was a part of his team. The victory for Team USA was its first since 1997 and fifth overall since the tournament's inception in 1992.
The highlight of Baldwin’s tenure at Southeastern came when he guided the Lions to its first Southland Conference Golf Championship in 1998, leading the team to a 37-stroke victory and qualifying for the NCAA Championships, where Southeastern finished 23rd in the nation.
A native of Goodrich, Michigan; Baldwin has been associated with the Southeastern golf program since joining the team as a freshman in 1983. He was a four-year letter winner at Southeastern and served as team captain in his senior campaign while leading the team in stroke average.
Following graduation, Baldwin served as an assistant golf professional at Bay Tree Resort in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. He soon returned to Hammond to assume the head coaching duties in August of 1988 as one of the youngest Division I head coaches in the country (22 years, 11 months). He quickly established himself as a winner by guiding the team to a school-record four tournament championships.
Baldwin, 42, is married to the former Yvette Bernier, also a Southeastern alumnus. They have two daughters, Brienne (14) and Hailey (13).
