Golf Coaches Association of America announces 2025 Hall of Fame class
Cameron Jourdan- The Golf Coaches Association of America announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductees.
- Florida State's Trey Jones, Darton State's Dale Dover, and Coastal Georgia's Mike Cook will be inducted.
- The induction ceremony is scheduled for December 9 in Las Vegas.
- The three coaches have led their teams to multiple national championships and numerous accolades.
The Golf Coaches Association of America announced Wednesday its Hall of Fame inductees for the Class of 2025.
Mike Cook, Dale Dover and Trey Jones will be officially inducted at the GCAA Hall of Fame Reception & Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Jones is in his 23rd year as head men’s coach and Director of Golf at Florida State. The Seminoles have competed in a program-record 19 consecutive NCAA Regionals under Jones, including qualifying for the NCAA Championship five straight years, and were the 2024 national runner-up for the best NCAA Championship finish in program history. Jones, a native of Cullman, Alabama, has been named ACC Coach of the Year three times (2008, 2015, 2024) and has coached the most team victories (41) in program history.
Dover spent 13 years around the Darton State men’s golf program as an assistant coach, the head coach, and director of golf. His Cavaliers captured 51 team victories, including three straight NJCAA Division II National Championships (2005-07) and 12 consecutive Region XVII titles (2003-14). Dover was named the first-ever NJCAA Division II Dave Williams National Coach of the Year (the GCAA started naming NJCAA award recipients in 2007). Jones III, Coleman Calhoun, and Oliver Turnill received PING First Team All-America honors. Dover was named the NJCAA Division II National Coach of the Year by the NJCAA after each of the 2005-07 national championships.
Cook was hired as the first head men’s golf coach at Coastal Georgia in 2010 and has transformed the Mariners into one of the NAIA’s most successful programs. He led the program to back-to-back NAIA National Championships (2014 and 2015) and their current 11 consecutive NAIA National Championship appearances (starting in 2014), including a runner-up finish in 2019. The Mariners have produced 46 team victories, including the 2021 Sun Conference Championship and a school-record eight team wins in 2014-15 season, and 41 individual medalists under Cook. His players have collected 53 All-America honors (28 NAIA, 25 PING) as well as 46 All-Conference (25 The Sun, 21 SSAC), 35 PING All-Region, and 17 GCAA All-America Scholar selections.
In 1980, the GCAA began inducting outstanding men’s college golf coaches into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame. Since then, the hall has grown to include more than 160 members. To be selected to the Hall of Fame, a coach must be nominated by their peers and then selected by the GCAA Hall of Fame Committee. Selection criteria not only include a coach's record on the golf course, but also their contributions to the game, student-athletes and school.