Jim Garrett

Girls' Golf
2006 Coach of the Year

Jim Garrett

Penn High School

Mishawaka,
Indiana

Impact Statement

Garrett is third overall in Indiana history with 3 State Titles.

Biography

Garrett’s teams have taken the state’s girls’ golf world by storm during the decade. This year’s team won its second consecutive state team title and third in four years, setting state scoring records with a Day 2 score of 301 and a 36-hole tournament score of 314, winning the crown by 32 strokes. Penn was 11-0 during the season and also set a sectional scoring record.

Garrett’s alma mater, Ball State University, has awarded him state High School Golf Coach of the Year honors for the past five years. Garrett also served as the District 2 Golf Committee representative for the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association during the 2003-04 school year.

Since being honored in 2006, Garrett has continued to lead Penn Girls’ Golf. He is third overall in Indiana’s golf history with three state championships under his belt. Penn also took second at State in 2011 and 2013.

After 43 years of coaching and teaching, Garrett retired from Penn in 2018.


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Records

  • Coach team to 3 State Championships and 2 Runner Ups
  • Professional Achievements

  • Indiana Golf Coach Hall of Fame Inductee