Ashley Sease - Assistant Coach - Staff Directory (2024)

Ashley (Sloup) Sease enters her first season with the Florida Gators women’s golf program as an assistant coach going into the 2024-25 season.

"We are so excited to welcome Ashley and her husband, Christian to the University of Florida, said head coach Emily Gaser. "I've known Ashley for a few years and have always found her to be a hard-working and passionate coach. During the interview process, it was very clear that her energy and her desire to help others around her succeed would be a perfect fit for our program. I am really looking forward to working alongside Ashley and watching the positive impact she has on our players and every one she comes into contact with here at UF. Go Gators!"

She makes her way to Gainesville after spending the last four seasons at Campbell in roles of assistant men's coach for her first two seasons before adding assistant responsibilities duties on the women's side in 2022-23 and then being promoted to associate head coach for the women's program for 2023-24.

"I am honored and thrilled to be named the assistant women's golf coach at the University of Florida," said Sease. "Thank you toEmily Glaserfor believing in me and giving me this opportunity. I am grateful to help lead these incredible young women and help them reach their full potential. I'm ready to assist the team in winning championships. Go Gators!"

In her final season with the Camels, she worked with CAA (Coastal Athletic Association) Rookie of the Year and First-Team CAA, Alicia Olsson. The team-leader in stroke average (74.1), Olson recorded four top-10 finishes and fifth place performance in the conference championship

During the 2022-23 season, Sease helped lead Campbell to the program's seventh-consecutive Big South women's title and an 11th-consecutive NCAA postseason appearance.

Campbell won the Golfweek Fall Challenge in school record-tying fashion as the CU women finished at 18-under par 834 on the par-71 Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawley's Island, S.C. The Camels also won the Sea Best Intercollegiate at San Jose.

She helped develop the 2023 Big South women's freshman of the year Isabella Hahne and scholar-athlete of the year Sanna Lundmark and mentored five golfers who earned league honors.

In the 2021-22 season, Sease helped develop Big South Men's Golfer of the Year Henrik Lilja and Freshman of the Year Henric Bjelke. Lilja earned an individual berth to the NCAA Palm Beach Regional and along with Claude Churchward, claimed Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar from the Golf Coaches Association of America.

Camels had a pair of runner-up finishes in Sease's first three tournaments with the men's program, then helped lead the team to the 2021 Big South Conference title. The Camels finished in a tie for the 2021 Big South stroke play title, then won the match play segment over Gardner-Webb (3-0) and Radford (3-1). Pontus Nyholm was named Big South Golfer of the Year and joined on the all-conference team by Edwin Blomander, Josh Hetherington and Henrik Lilja. Romain Lanteri was named to the all-freshman team.

Nyholm was ranked as high as No. 13 by Golfstat, No. 15 by PGA TOUR University and in the top 50 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. He won three times in 2021 – the Southern Invitational, Golfweek Spring Invitational and Stitch Intercollegiate. In the final round of the Stitch, Nyholm shot a 10-under-par 62, one stroke off the school mark, and set a school 54-hole record for most strokes below par (-17). He capped his career by setting school records for lowest stroke average (71.17) and top 10 finishes (21) in addition to earning honorable mention All-America status and a place on Team International in the Arnold Palmer Cup.

Prior to her stint at Campbell, Sease spent two seasons at Furman as an assistant coach for its women's program. During her tenure with the Paladins, she coached Natalie Srinivasan, the No.-1 ranked player in the country who earned the Annika and Juli Inkster awards.

Following graduation, Sease began her coaching career at Northwood University for the 2018-19 season where she coached the team's second-ever NCAA National Championship qualifier.

Sease played collegiately at Winthrop University for four seasons (2015-18) and was a three-time All-Big South Conference selection along with a 2015 all-freshman team member. She is still one of only 34 players in Big South women's golf history to earn all-league recognition at least three times.

She was a four-time member of the Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team and a three-time Big South All-Academic team honoree. Season finished top-10 three times at the Big South Championship, including an all-championship team honoree as a freshman. She helped lead Winthrop to a runner-up finish in her senior season when she placed sixth individually. Sease won four tournaments in her collegiate career and helped the Eagles claim four team titles.

A native of Southport, N.C., Sease earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications with a minor in human resource management from Winthrop in 2018. She and her husband, Christian, were married in November 2022.