Ryan Norman
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- Title:
- Director of Player Development
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- Email:
- rnorman@iwcc.edu
Ryan Norman begins his first season as Director of Player Development for the 2023-24 season after being hired on May 8, 2023. Coach Norman comes to Iowa Western after spending the past five seasons at Nebraska Wesleyan where he had been the women's golf coach since 2019 and was added to the role of men's coach in 2021. Norman is also a Class A PGA Professional and Director of Instruction of the Ryan Norman Golf Academy at Council Bluffs Country Club.
This past season NWU finished as the runner-up at the 2023 American Rivers Conference Tournament, with four out of five golfers earning All-Conference honors.
As a competitor, Norman qualified for the 2015 PGA Professional National Championship Qualifier which highlights the top 300 PGA Playing Professionals in the country. Norman plays professionally throughout the summer within the Nebraska Section PGA and is a four-time Nebraska PGA Cup Team Qualifier. He is a 9-time Nebraska Section PGA Teacher of the Year Nominee and a 5-time Nebraska Section PGA Youth Player Development Nominee.
Prior to Nebraska Wesleyan, Norman was the Head Girls' Golf Coach at Omaha Brownell Talbot for three years. He led the team to the 2018 State Tournament and had an individual place 9th overall at the Class C Championships. In 2017 he had two golfers finish in the top 20 at the Class C State Meet.
Norman earned his degree in Sports Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa in 2005.
