Alabama Golf
Coaching Staff
Susan Rosenstiel
Assistant Women’s Golf Coach at The University of Alabama
• National Golf Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year (2010)
• Eighth year at Alabama
• Former collegiate player at the University of Tennessee (1992-94) and the University of Florida (1994-97)
• Earned Academic All-American and Academic All-SEC honors while at Florida
• Assistant golf professional from 1999-2001
Leslie Spalding
Head Women’s Golf Coach at Montana State University
• Third year at Montana State University
• PGA Member
• Turned professional in 1992
• LPGA Tour member for 10 years, beginning in 1996
• Earned her best career finish at the 2001 ShopRite LPGA Classic with a tie for third, posting a career-low 64 in the final round
• Posted back-to-back top-10 finishes with a tie for ninth at the LPGA Corning Classic and a tie for seventh at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic in 2002
• Finished 6th at the 1998 Weetabix Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s
• Earned over $600,000 with 6 top-10 finishes while playing on the LPGA Tour
• Coach one of her MSU student-athletes to the 2009 Big Sky Conference Player of the Year honor
• Former collegiate golfer at The University of Alabama (1987-92)
• Earned two individual tournament titles while at Alabama
• Received All-SEC Academic honors three times (1989-91)
• Montana State Women’s Amateur Champion, 1991 and 1992
• Member of the Montana State Women’s Golf Association Hall of Fame
Sarah Sargent
Assistant Women’s Golf Coach at Coastal Carolina University
• First season at Coastal Carolina after serving as the assistant coach at Furman University for a year and a half
• Turned professional in 2004, playing on the Duramed Futures Tour
• LPGA Tour member, 2007-2008
• Earned her LPGA Tour card after placing 10th at the final state Qualifying School
• Recorded eight top-10 finishes on the Duramed Futures Tour in 44 starts (2004-06), including two runner-up performances
• Appeared on The Golf Channel's Big Break VI: Trump National series in 2006
• Former collegiate player at Furman University (2000-04)
• Earned All-American honors in 2004
• 2004 Southern Conference (SoCon) Individual Champion
• Named Southern Conference Player of the Year in 2004
• 2004 Edna Hartness Female Athlete of the Year
• Led Furman to four SoCon Championship titles and NCAA Regional appearances
• Finished 15th at the NCAA East Regional Tournament, helping Furman to a sixth-place finish and a berth to the NCAA Championship
• Posted seven top-10 finishes during career at Furman