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Colby Odom
Head Women's Golf Coach
Colby Odom will begin his second year as head coach of the University of Mobile women's golf team in 2011-12 after serving 2009-10 as head coach of UMobile's men's golf team.  He is pulling double duty, serving as head man for both squads.

Odom spent 2008-09 as a part-time coach with the men's team, learning from Hall-of-Famer Terry Hopper, who began the program in 1985-86.

He is no stranger to UM golf, as he played golf at Mobile in 2002-06 before graduating in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in business communication. He has played competitive golf since he was five years old, and he looks forward to the challenge ahead.


Assistant Golf Coach


Terry Hopper
Assistant Golf Coach

Hall-of-Famer Terry Hopper returns to Mobile after a year off as Assistant Coach of the men's and women's golf programs, which he began. Hopper will focus on the women's golf team.

He started the men's golf program in 1985 and coached the team through the 2008-09 season. The men qualified for the NAIA National Champion 21 times and won the National Championship in 1997.

The Batesville, Miss., native has been at Mobile since 1970 and was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. He has coached 17 men's and 7 women's NAIA All-Americans.

After starting the women's program in 1993-94, Hopper sat out the second season, and then returned and coach until 2004-05. The women qualified for nationals in each of his 11 years and he guided the team to the NAIA National Championship in 1998.

"I still enjoy it and that's why I came back," Hopper said. "When it stops being fun I'll leave. I'm getting older, but feel young enough to be able to do this."

 
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