Daniel Jansen is in his second season as assistant men’s and women’s golf coach at HBU.
During the shortened 2019-20 season, the women claimed the Huntsville Toyota Bearkat Invitational title and junior Sara Zrnikova was named the Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year, while senior Alisa Chong and sophomores Tiffany Nguyen and Grace Cassity joined her on the All-Academic Team. Four women were named WGCA All-Amercian Scholars. On the men’s side, senior Lucas Coapman was named to the Southland All-Academic Team, while senior Nicko Martinez and sophomore Mathew Chairuangdej were named GCAA Early Wave Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars. Both programs earned NCAA APR Public Recognition Awards.
Prior to joining the Huskies, he was the assistant men’s and women’s golf coach at Bethune-Cookman, helping each team capture the PGA Works Collegiate Championship in 2019. Jansen also served as the graduate assistant for the women’s golf program at South Alabama for two seasons.
Jansen earned NAIA All-America honors as Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors as a sophomore at Faulkner University, before finishing his career at South Alabama. During his four-year collegiate career, he captured five individual tournament titles and earned academic honors each season.
A native of Kristiansand, Norway, Jansen has a bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in exercise science from South Alabama.
