Longtime Furman Women's Golf Coach Headed to Alabama

June 24, 2005

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama named Hall of Famer Mic Potter as its new women's golf coach, Athletics Director Mal Moore announced on Friday, June 17.

"We are certainly happy to have Coach Potter join us," Moore said. "He brings impeccable credentials to the Capstone and we feel confident that we have hired the very best golf coach available."

A 1994 National Golf Coaches Hall of Fame inductee, Potter comes to the Crimson Tide after 23 years coaching the Furman women's team, including 10 years during which he served as the Paladin's Director of Intercollegiate Golf.

Potter guided Furman to 15 NCAA Championship berths, six top-10 national finishes, including an NCAA runner-up finish in 1987. He also took Furman to an NCAA Regional, every year since the format was put into place in 1993.

Potter has been named Southern Conference Coach of the Year eight times and led his team to 35 tournament titles, which puts him third among active coaches. The Paladins won 10 Southern Conference Championships since the tournament's inception in 1994.

He coached 16 NGCA All-Americans, eight NGCA All-Scholar Team selections, 38 All-Southern Conference selections, 12 conference players of the year and four conference freshmen of the year.

A 1977 graduate of Cortland State University, Potter majored in physical education while earning four varsity letters: three in soccer and one in golf. He is married to the former Kim O'Branski of Ithaca, N.Y., and the couple has two sons, Ryan and Corey.

Furman director of athletics Dr. Gary Clark says a nationwide search for Potter's replacement will begin immediately.