Titans Announce Jordan McArleton As Director Of Golf
DETROIT (DetroitTitans.com) -- The University of Detroit Mercy Department of Athletics has announced a restructuring in the men's and women's golf programs with the hiring of
Jordan McArleton As Director Of Golf.
The new position will oversee both the men's and women's golf teams as a full-time head coach with current women's golf coach
Lindsey Lammers '14 moving to Assistant Director of Golf.
"We are extremely excited about the direction of the men's and women's golf programs," said Director of Athletics
Robert C. Vowels, Jr. "The University and Department of Athletics are committed to the growth of both programs and I believe Coach McArleton and Coach Lammers will work together on building a championship golf program."
"I'm extremely excited to start this journey with Detroit Mercy," said McArleton. "It's a program with a huge amount of potential and in coordination with the great staff already in place, I think we can make both short and long-term upgrades to the player experience, which will lead to results on the course."
McArleton has more than 10 years of collegiate coaching on his resume as the head men's and women's golf coach at Albion College from 2010-2020.
"I am looking forward to working with coach McArleton and to help elevate our programs back to the top of the Horizon League where they belong," said Assistant Director of Golf
Lindsey Lammers '14. "As a former Titan student-athlete, having a full-time position to work with our players is a tremendous step for both programs and I am excited to see where we can take this."
He spent the past year as the Director of Instruction at the Northville Hills Golf Club, where he was in charge of instructional programming. Before that, he created the Jmac Golf Academy for private golf instruction for adults and team-based coaching for kids.
At Albion, he started his collegiate coaching career with the women's golf team in 2010 before adding the men's team under his belt in 2013. In 2018, he guided the women's team to third place in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) standings, the program's best finish in 12 years. The women also had four players (Madison Kroetsch, Erica Mazur, Celine McClimans, Megan Moco) selected All-MIAA in his tenure and Megan Moco was honored with the MIAA Sportsmanship Award in 2017.
On the men's side, he helped Justin Kapke to a pair of All-MIAA honors and Connor Maddalena took home the MIAA Sportsmanship Award.
"I'm thrilled to officially welcome
Jordan McArleton to the Titan Family as the Director of Golf," said
James Tinkey, Director of Marketing & Promotions and Golf Supervisor. "Coach McArleton stood out in a quality candidate pool, and I'm very excited about the future of Titan golf under his leadership. I believe his experience and energy will be great assets for both programs to succeed on and off the golf course."
McArleton's professional career has also seen him work as a golf professional at Twin Lakes Country Club in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin and a golf instructor for the City of Ann Arbor, providing kids and adult golf instruction at Leslie Park Golf Course and Huron Hills Golf Course during the summer months.
He was a four-year golfer and a two-time captain at Albion, earning medalist honors in a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Jamboree his sophomore year. He was trained at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida.