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Will Pearson

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Assistant Coach
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Will Pearson enters his second year on the Cyclone staff for the 2024-25 season.

The 2023-24 Cyclones won three tournaments, the most in a single season since the 2016-17 team won three as well. Iowa State took home the title at the Iowa Fall Classic, the Zach Johnson Invitational and the Tiger Collegiate Invitational. For the second-straight year, Luke Gutschewski qualified for the NCAA Regional, becoming the first player in school history to qualify for the NCAA Regionals as an individual multiple times. Gutschewski broke the school record for 54 holes with a 198 at the Zach Johnson Invitational, taking home the title. Gutschewski's 70.86 stroke average was the second-best in school history behind his 70.78 from the year before. Freshman Owen Sawyer shot a 73.03 on the year, the fifth-best by a freshman in program history.

Pearson joined the Cyclone staff after spending the previous nine years on staff at Memphis. He joined the Tiger staff in 2015 as a graduate assistant before moving into a full-time assistant coach role in 2017.

During his time with the Tigers, he helped Memphis to some of the best seasons in school history. The 2016 team was the highest ranked team in program history, while the 2019 team won the American Athletic Conference championship. Pearson coached a pair of All-Americans in Lars Van Meijel and Isaiah Jackson. Ven Meijel played in the Palmer Cup, while Jackson finished with the lowest season stroke average in Memphis history. Pearson was part of a coaching staff that recruited the top six ranked amateur players in Memphis history during the modern era.

Pearson started his collegiate golf career at Arkansas before transferring to Memphis. He was a two-time Srixon/Cleveland Golf Academic All-American, while twice being named the Conference USA Golfer of the Week. He earned All-American Athletic Conference honors in 2014. He led Memphis to an NCAA Regional appearance in each of his three years, including a spot in the NCAA Championships in 2012. Pearson recorded the second-lowest round in school history when he shot a 64 at the USF Invitational during the 2013-14 season. The 65 he shot at the NCAA West Regional in 2013 is tied for the fourth-lowest round in school history. During his senior campaign, his 72.5 stroke average was the sixth-best in school history, while his 73.5 career average also ranks sixth in school history.