Veronique Drouin-Luttrell was named OU's head women's golf coach on June 24, 2009.
An assistant coach at Georgia for four years prior to arriving in Norman, she has quickly turned the Sooners into a national power. In only her third season at the OU helm, Drouin-Luttrell has directed the Sooners to top-five finishes in more than half of their tournaments, including 14 of 21 events in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Her OU squads have won four team titles the past two campaigns and have posted 11 top-three finishes in 21 tournaments.
Under her direction, the Sooners qualified for the 2011 NCAA West Regional, won the 2012 Big 12 Championship (OU's first league title in 12 years) and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2002.
During Drouin-Luttrell'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-Luttrell 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, Georgia produced 11 All-Americans and two SEC champions while Drouin-Luttrell was on staff.
Prior to her time at Georgia, Drouin-Luttrell 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-Luttrell helped lead Kent State to a second-place finish at the 2003 Central Regional and a 19th place showing at the NCAA Championships. Two |
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| The Drouin-Luttrell File |
| Hometown |
St. Agnes, Quebec |
| College |
Kent State, 2003 |
| Family |
Husband, Evan |
| Coaching History |
| 2009-present - Oklahoma Head Coach |
| 2006-09 - Georgia Assistant Coach |
| 2003-06 - Kent State Graduate Assistant |
| Playing Experience |
| 2000-03 - Kent State University |
| Playing Honors |
| Finished 2006 as the No. 8 player in Canada |
| Three-time first-team All-MAC performer |
| 2003 MAC Golfer of the Year |
| 2000 MAC Freshman of the Year |
years earlier, she helped lead the Golden Flashes to a 15th-place finish at the 2001 NCAAs, the program's best effort ever.
Drouin-Luttrell continued to compete as an amateur, and she finished 2006 at No. 8 in Canada's national rankings.
Drouin-Luttrell 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-Luttrell 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. She married her husband, Evan, in February 2012. |
