Ali Wright is in her third year as head coach for women’s golf at Longwood University during 2007-08. Prior to her arrival in February 2006, she had been assisting the head coach at Ball State University during the fall of 2005, following a year as a graduate teaching assistant at her alma mater, the University of Louisville, where she was a four-year standout on the women’s golf team.
Wright took over at Longwood for the spring season in 2006, and promptly led the Lancers to a pair of Top Five team finishes in her first two tournaments. The program completed that spring with three Top 10 efforts in four events, including one individual medalist finish among eight individual Top 20 placings overall. Wright also helped the program establish new school-records for both 18 holes and 36 holes by an individual, as well as a new individual season scoring average. Additionally, Longwood ranked in a tie for 19th among the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Division I All-Scholar Teams with an overall combined team grade point average (GPA) of 3.559.
Longwood earned four Top 10 team finishes during 2006-07, including one Top Five team effort. The Lancers finished with seven Top 20 individual efforts during the year, including a pair of Top 10 individual placings overall. Wright’s Longwood team ranked 16th among the NGCA Division I All-Scholar Teams with an overall combined team GPA of 3.616, including four student-athletes that earned NGCA All-American Scholar honors.
Wright led her program to a pair of tournament wins this past fall at the William and Mary/Colonial Intercollegiate to open the season, and at the Old Dominion/Lady Monarch Invitational to close the fall. Longwood earned three top five team finishes among five top 10 team efforts overall during the fall campaign.
At Ball State, Wright conducted video swing analysis of team members and recruits while assisting in recruiting as well. She also initiated fundraising efforts for a $40,000 campaign by locating and contacting a target market for boosters while creating the booster program with rewards incentives. At Louisville, Wright taught physical education classes that included sections of golf where she filmed, edited, and provided feedback of over 150 golf swings. Wright has also worked at the Hidden Lake Golf Club (1996-2004), and was an assistant to the head professional at the “Swing It Golf School” (2002-04).
As an undergraduate student-athlete at Louisville, Wright earned 11 Top 20 individual finishes and served as a team captain during her senior year after helping the Cardinals advance to the NCAA Regional Tournament in 2001. She also competed in two Bank of Montreal tournaments as an amateur and was a member of both the Canadian Amateur Team (2003) and the Ontario Provincial Amateur Team (2000-02). Wright was the 1999 Ontario Provincial High School Champion as well.
Wright remains active in playing professional events during the summer. She also is pursuing both her PGA and LPGA teaching certifications.
A native of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Wright earned her bachelor of science degree in business administration from Louisville. She also earned her master of sport administration from Louisville.
