A private practice area that includes putting green, chipping green and private tee area for the driving range.
Allen Terrell Coastal Carolina University Director of Golf - Head Men's Golf Coach (13th year) Methodist, 1997 Email Coach Terrell
In his 13th year at the helm, Head Coach Allen Terrell has built the Coastal Carolina men's golf program into one of the nation's elite programs through his ability to provide comprehensive coaching, both on and off the course, to his players. After inheriting a team ranked No. 224 in the country after the 2000 season, the program finished 2007 ranked seventh in the nation and posted a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the highest team finish ever by a Big South Conference squad in any sport.
Terrell earned 2007 Region Coach of the Year honor for that squad, adding to his already illustrious total of five Big South Coach of the Year awards. He has led his teams to 10 of the top 12 season scoring averages in the annals of the program, including 2006-07's record-setting mark while playing the program's toughest-ever schedule that included the fifth-place NCAA finish. Also, in his 12 years, Coastal has won eight Big South Conference Championships, including a league-record steak of seven (2004-10), while having Coastal Carolina being represented in 12 NCAA Regionals - including seven straight team berths from 2004-11, a total of three NCAA team berths and one individual berth to the NCAA Championships. In addition to his team success, individuals have flourished under his tutelage, including five All-American honors among three players, three All-Region honorees, seven Big South Player of the Year honors, six Big South champions, four Big South Rookies of the Year and a total of 35 All-Big South honors.
While Terrell is proud of Coastal's on-the-field success, he may be more proud of the success his golfers have experienced in the classroom, which includes five Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-American Scholars and one Big South Conference Men's Golf Student-Athlete of the Year.For the third time in as many years, Coastal was named to the GCAA All-Academic Team. To be recognized, a school must compile a team grade-point average of at least 3.0. Coastal had a team GPA of 3.25 in 2009-10. While 2010 is just the second season the GCAA has given its All-Academic Team awards, Coastal Carolina's men's golf program has posted at least a 3.1 GPA in each of Terrell's 12 years with the Chanticleers. His players have also been named to the University's Dean's List more than 89 different times.
If that was not enough, Terrell is a certified TPI Golf Fitness Instructor.
Terrell has established himself as one of the top teaching instructors in the nation, providing the unique ability in college golf of working on the development of the individual player, including bio-mechanic and physiology assessment and golf-specific fitness training. Currently the Director of Instruction at TPC of Myrtle Beach, he also works with numerous professional players on the PGA, European PGA and Developmental tours, including Coastal Carolina alumnus Dustin Johnson. He was also mentioned as of the top young instructors in the country by The Golf Channel. In addition to his collegiate success as a coach, Terrell experienced one of the all-time highs as a developer of players when Johnson had a breakthrough year in 2010, winning twice on the PGA Tour and playing in the final group in two majors en route to earning a berth on the 2010 Ryder Cup Team.
"For me, personally, (being with Dustin at the Ryder Cup) is one of my most proud moments as a collegiate and professional coach," Terrell said. "I was so proud to see Dustin on stage representing his country at THE top event for our sport. It was a very emotional moment when Captain Corey Pavin said, `From Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Dustin Johnson.'"
Johnson showed his growth and development in working with Terrell over the years. In his first year on tour in 2008, Johnson earned his first professional win at the Turning Stone Resort Championship, winning over $1 million in the event, giving him a two-year exemption on tour and ranking him in the top 45 on the year-end money list. Johnson then followed it up with his second career victory in the 2009 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and finished 15th on the PGA Tour's 2009 Money List. Since, Johnson has won the AT&T Peeble Beach National Pro Am twice (2009 & '10), played in the final group at the 2010 U.S. Open and PGA Championship, won the 2010 BMW Championship during the end-of-the-year playoffs, finished fifth in the Final 2010 FedEx Cup Standings and finished fourth on the PGA money list in 2010 with nearly $4.5 million. Across the pond, former Coastal Carolina golfer Alvaro Velasco earned his way onto the PGA European Tour for his first full season in 2008. The Spainiard recorded three top-10 finishes and earned more than 280,000 Euros to finish in the top 100 on the tour's money list. After winning two events and claiming the top spot on the 2010 Challenge Tour, Velasco once again earned his European PGA card for the 2011 season. In addition to his former players making headlines, current Chanticleer Drew Ernst made a splash when he became the first Coastal Carolina player to win the South Carolina State Amateur Championship.
As a college coach, Terrell has had success in both his work with individuals as well as putting together quality teams. Over his career, Terrell has developed and taught 18 All-Americans, four National Championship individual participants, nine conference Players of the Year, nine conference champions, 52 All-Conference honorees and 14 U.S. Amateur participants. His teams have won 11 conference titles, made 12 NCAA Regional Championship appearances, including eight consecutive with the Chanticleers, and won 34 tournaments.
His teams have made their mark on the national scene, continuing to build on the previous years' successes.
The 2012 season was a challenging one for Terrell, who had to deal with five fresh faces and an injury in the spring. Coastal made a strong run at the end of the year, setting a Big South record with a second-round 15-under par round of 273. However, the Chants would come up short to finish runner-up. Sebastian Soderberg would earn his third All-Big South honor in three years, while Roberto Ballesteros, who had battled injury though the spring, placed sixth at the Big South Championship to earn his first all-conference honor. Also, Ben Wheeler was named Big South Freshman of the Year. The individual success did not lead to an at-large berth to an NCAA Regional for the team, but Soderberg advanced as an individual, placing 14th at the Athens Regional.
While Coastal had a down year in their eyes, the 2011 team still produced seventh-best season scoring average in school history, made its eighth straight NCAA Regional appearance and saw Sebastian Soderberg earn All-Big South honors for the season consecutive year as well as tie for second at the NCAA East-Virginia Tech Region to advance to the 2011 NCAA Championships as an invidual. For his effort, Soderberg was named All-Atlantic Regional to become just the third Chanticleer to earn the honor. Also, the team's seventh-place finish at the NCAA Eat Regional, finishing just five strokes from fifth which would have qualified the Chants for the NCAA's, was its best since placing fifth in 2006, Coastal's last appearance the NCAA Championships.
In 2010, Terrell led Coastal to its seventh-straight Big South title - setting a conference record for consecutive championships - and earned the Chanticleers' seventh straight NCAA Regional berth. During the season, Coastal won The McLaughlin, played at Bethpage Park Red Course - with Sam Lyons taking medalist honors as well, and three players - Dan Obremski, Soderberg and Charlie Winegardner - each earning All-Big South honors.
Terrell led the 2008-09 squad to its sixth straight Big South Conference championship, earning him his sixth Big South Coach of the Year honor. The squad became the first in league history to have all five players earn All-Big South honors in a single season, while redshirt senior Zack Byrd took home Player of the Year and Third Team All-American honors, as well as winning the conference's individual title. In addition, the team had two players (Byrd and Cameron Hooper) named GCAA All-American Scholars.
Despite losing All-Region player Byrd and top recruit Drew Ernst to injuries in the 2007-08 season, Terrell still managed to guide a young Coastal Carolina squad to its fifth consecutive Big South Conference Championship and NCAA Regional appearance. The squad produced the league's Player and Freshman of the Year Tripp McAllister and the Big South Championship medalist David Dannelly, along with four All-Big South honorees.
In 2006-07, Terrell's squad showed the continued growth and development of the program by advancing to the final round of the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history, playing in the final group of the tournament and finishing fifth. The team picked up three team titles during the year, including its fourth consecutive Big South Conference crown. The squad also boasted two All-Americans in a single year, with Johnson earning First Team honors and Lindsay Renolds being an Honorable Mention selection.
The 2006-07 accomplishments built on what was achieved in the 2005-06 campaign. That season, Coastal Carolina had a three-peat as Big South champions, earning Terrell earned his fourth Big South Coach of the Year honor, and tied for fifth at the NCAA East Regional, the highest finish at a regional in the history of the Big South. The Chants then followed it up with a tie for 15th at the NCAA Championships, another first for the any program in the league, made even more impressive by the fact there was not a single senior in the lineup.
In 2004-05, Coastal Carolina finished the regular season ranked sixth in the NCAA's extremely competitive South region. With this ranking and an automatic bid as Big South Champions, Coastal Carolina entered the NCAA East Regionals as the 11th seed. The Chants continued their success by finishing eighth at the Regionals, propelling the program to another first - a ticket to the NCAA Championship where the team finished 20th. The remarkable note was all the success came with one of the youngest lineups in the country (two sophomores and three freshmen).
Individually, Terrell has recruited, taught and coached eight of the top 10 players in school history. In four years of fine tuning his game under Terrell's guidance, Johnson became Coastal Carolina's first All-American and ended his career as a three-time All-American, as well as being a member of the United States team for the 2006 U.S.A. vs. Japan Cup and 2007 Walker and Palmer Cups, helping the U.S. to victories in each event. Johnson then moved on to the professional ranks, where he earned his PGA Tour card in his first trip through Qualifying School. As well, former Chanticleer Alex Larrazabal showed the success of development. After a solid collegiate career, Larrazabal won the 2002 British Amateur and played in the 2002 British Open and 2003 Masters.
Terrell came to Coastal Carolina after serving two seasons as the Assistant Men's and Women's Golf Coach at Duke University. In his first year, the women's team won the NCAA Championship and the men's team ranking improved from No. 64 in the country to No. 18. During his tenure, the women's team won back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference Championships while garnering the top spot in the national rankings both seasons. The men's team finished runner-up at the conference championship and qualified for the national championship.
Before his time at Duke, Terrell served as the Assistant Coach at his alma mater Methodist College. During his career at Methodist, the men's team won the NCAA Division III Championship, setting an NCAA Championship scoring record.
Along with his duties as Director of Golf at Coastal and TPC Director of Instruction, Terrell owns and operates the Allen Terrell's Players Academy, Inc.
A 1997 graduate of Methodist College with a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in professional golf management, Terrell resides in Garden City.
TERRELL'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD
METHODIST (Men's and Women's Assistant Coach)
YEAR
Conf. Finish
NCAA Regional
NCAA
Individual Honors
1997-98 (M)
1st
N/A
1st
National Medalist, National Fr. of the Year, 3 All-Americans, 5 All-Conference
11 US Public Links Participants, 14 US Amateur Participants, 18 British Amateur Participant (including 202 champion), 1 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup Participant, 2010 South Carolina Amateur champion
HONORS KEY:
ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference)
BSC (Big South Conference)
All-Amer (All-American)
POY (Player of the Year)
ROY/FOY (Rookie/Freshman of the Year)
Med (Conference Medalist)
COY (Coach of the Year)
RCOY (Region Coach of the Year)
GCAA Scholar (Golf Coaches Assoc. of America All-America Scholar)
SAOY (Big South Conference's Men's Golf Student-Athlete of the Year)
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