TicketsJanet Carl, a class A member of the LPGA, has brought continued improvement to the University of Cincinnati golf program in more than a decade as head coach. She was named head coach of the women's team in August 2003 after serving a year as an assistant coach for the overall golf program. In the summer of 2009, Carl was promoted to Director of Golf, while keeping the head women's coaching duties.
Despite the Shortened 2019-2020 season, Head coach Janet Carl continues to lead the women Bearcats to success. The woman’s golf team took to the books and earned their first award from the AAC and received the 2019-2020 Team Academic Excellence award. The women’s golf team also received individual praise with 7 of the players being chosen for Cincinnati’s AAC All-Academic Team. Under Head Coach Janet Carl, the women’s golf team posted the highest GPA of all teams on campus with their remarkable 3.906 GPA.
The Vice President of the Mid-West Section of the LPGA, Carl was named to the Board of Coaches within the NCAA's Alliance of Women's Coaches in May, 2011. The Alliance, which is not sport-specific, will serve as a resource for women who are either currently coaching or aspire to break into the coaching ranks.
Carl led the Bearcats to back-to-back third-place finishes at the 2008 and 2009 BIG EAST Golf Championships before a fourth-place finish at the 2010 championships.
The 2010 team captured a pair of tournament titles (UC Fall Invitational, Dayton Fall Invitational) while placing two golfers on the all-BIG EAST team for the first time since the 2007 season. In 2011, Bambee Dela Paz earned her second straight all-BIG EAST honor after posting three Top 10 finishes throughout the campaign. During the 2015 season, the Bearcats won both their fall and spring tournaments and set a new three-round program record of 884 at the Amelia Island Collegiate.
The Bearcats women's program showed continued growth under Carl's watch, due in part to the play of Hillery Wilson and Allison Mayborg. Carl coached Wilson to nine tournament titles, while helping Mayborg and Sarah Stamper earn their first career victories as well. As a team, UC scored its biggest victory in the fall of 2006, when it captured the Lady Irish Invitational.
Her work with the program was recognized on a national level in the fall of 2006, when Carl was named the LPGA National Coach of the Year.
Carl's commitment to Cincinnati golf was made evident by her BIG EAST peers as she was elected to a term as Vice President of the league's coaches for the period of 2007-09.
During the 2002-03 season, Carl was essential in the continued development of Allison Couch. Under Carl's tutelage, Couch became the first Bearcats woman to win a tournament since 1999. For her efforts, Carl was named the LPGA Midwest Section Golf Coach of the Year.
Carl's program continued to improve, again led by the play of Couch, during 2003-04. Under Carl's guidance, Couch won back-to-back tournaments to earn her second Conference USA Golfer of the Month award.
Prior to her appointment at UC, Carl served as golf coach at Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills, Ky. from 1999-2001, winning Cincinnati Enquirer Coach of the Year honors all three years and Cincinnati Post Coach of the Year twice. She came to the Cincinnati area in 1993 and served in various positions within the golf community prior to taking the post at Notre Dame Academy.
The graduate of the University of Alabama served as assistant director of the LPGA Junior Girls Golf Clubs in 1994 before being named executive director. She is a Class A member of LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals. Carl was also an instructor in Mexico, Georgia, Vermont and Florida. She currently teaches at the Golf Ranch in Burlington, Ky. and golf schools at Pine Needles Resort and Golf Club.