Biography:

Vince Lazar enters his 12th season as DePauw’s head men’s and women’s golf coach after leading both programs to NCAA Division III Championship appearances during the 2004-05 season.  Lazar is one of only four coaches NCAA history to lead both programs Division III championships in the same season.

He has led the women's team to eight straight appearances in the national championships with a fourth place finish in 2002 and third place showings in 2003 through 2006 and runner-up performances in 2007 and 2008. The seven top-four national finishes is the most by any DePauw team. Two of his men's teams have competed in the Division III Championships. Additionally, Lazar has coached three individuals in the national championships. During his tenure, 19 Tigers have earned all-America honors.

Lazar's teams have captured six Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles with six golfers earning SCAC Golfer of the Year honors. The women’s team holds both the 18 and 36-hole conference scoring records and, through the 2008 season, 52 golfers have received all-SCAC honors.

In his 11 seasons, Lazar has led the men's and women's programs to 60 regular season team titles and 51 regular season individual championships. The 2004-05 women’s team finished the regular season undefeated against all Division III competition. Both the men’s and women’s teams established individual and team scoring records under his leadership.

Lazar’s golfers have consistently performed well in the classroom with 19 earning All-American Scholar honors and 52 recognized on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll.

A five-time SCAC Coach of the Year, Lazar was named the National Golf Coaches Association’s Women's Division III Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2004 and is a five-time regional coach of the year selection.

A native of Crown Point, Indiana, Lazar was the 1980 Indiana Junior PGA Champion and 1981 Indiana Junior Long Drive Champion. He was a four-year letterman at the University of New Orleans (Division I).  While completing his bachelor’s degree in physical education, he served as the assistant golf coach and assistant academic advisor.  Two years later he completed his master’s degree in clinical exercise physiology at Indiana University.  He completed his doctoral course work in 1998 at Indiana University in the area of Motor Learning with a minor in Sport Psychology.

Lazar is a 20-year PGA professional and has worked at Lakes of the Four Seasons in Crown Point, Indiana; Martinsville Country Club in Martinsville, Indiana; and the Indiana University Golf Club in Bloomington, Indiana.

Before being named head coach at DePauw, Lazar served as an assistant golf professional for seven years and assistant golf coach for two years for hall of fame men’s and women’s golf coach Sam Carmichael at Indiana University.  During his time at Indiana, both teams qualified for the Division I NCAA Championships.

Along with his coaching responsibilities at DePauw, Lazar is also an instructor in the school’s kinesiology department, responsible for teaching theory courses in motor development, exercise science and senior research seminar.  In addition he served on the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship Committee and the NCAA Men’s Regional Golf Committee.  Lazar is also the Division III Director on the National Golf Coaches Association Board of Directors.

Lazar currently resides in Greencastle, with his wife Lisa and children Evan and Maura.

Vince Lazar

DePauw University Head Coaching Highlights 

NCAA

NCAA Championship Appearances-Team

Men: 1999, 2005

Women: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

NCAA Championship Appearances-Individual

Men: 2001

Women: 2000, 2001

SCAC 

SCAC Team Championships

Men: 1999

Women: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Regular Season

60 Team Championship Titles

51 Individual Championship Titles

Coaching Honors
SCAC Coach of the Year
Men: 1999
Women: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Region Coach of the Year

Women: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Division III Coach of the Year

Women: 2002 & 2004