Veronique Drouin Golf Academy
Head Coach Veronique Drouin
Veronique Drouin (pronounced VAIR-o-neek Drew-un), was named OU's head women's golf coach on June 24, 2009. She was an assistant coach at Georgia the last four years.
"Veronique Drouin brings the teaching skills, passion, character and recruiting ability we need in this leadership role to build on the foundation of what has been established here," OU Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Programs and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione said.
During Drouin's first full season at Georgia in 2006, the Bulldogs won two prestigious events - the Golf Daytona Beach Fall Preview and the SEC Championship. Drouin also served as interim head coach during the 2007 Central Regional and NCAA Championships, leading the Bulldogs to second and eighth place finishes, respectively.
During her tenure at UGA, the team notched three top-10 and four top-20 finishes in the National Championships. Individually, 11 All-Americans and two SEC champions came out of the program while Drouin was on staff.
Prior to joining the Georgia staff, Drouin was a graduate assistant at Kent State for two and one-half years. She also enjoyed a standout playing career with the Golden Flashes as the 2000 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Freshman of the Year, the 2003 MAC Golfer of the Year and a three-time first-team All-MAC performer.
As a senior, Drouin helped lead Kent State to a second-place finish at the 2003 Central Regional and a 19th place showing at the NCAA Championships. Two years earlier, she helped lead the Golden Flashes to a 15th place finish at the 2001 NCAAs, the program's best effort ever.
Drouin continued to compete as an amateur, and she finished 2006 at No. 8 in Canada's national rankings.
Drouin was runner-up at the 2006 Royale Cup Canadian Women's Amateur Championship after tying for medalist honors and falling in a playoff. Her additional amateur highlights include: advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2005 British Ladies' Amateur; representing Canada at the 2003 Commonwealth Games and the 2003 and 2005 Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship; winning the 2001 and 2003 Quebec Amateur Championship; finishing eighth at the 2004 Royale Cup Canadian Women's Amateur; and finishing fifth in stroke play qualifying at the 2004 British Ladies' Am.
A native of St. Anges, Quebec, Drouin received her bachelor's degree in business administration from Kent State in the spring of 2003 and her master's in sports management from Kent State in 2007.
