Derek Freeman Head Coach • 7Th Year • (Oklahoma ’94)
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HEEADAD COOACHACH - DEEREKREK FRREEMANEEMAN DEREK FREEMAN HEAD COACH • 7TH YEAR • (OKLAHOMA ’94) ntering his seventh season, Derek Two years ago, the Bruins advanced Freeman has created a list of accom- to the NCAA Championship after placing Eplishments that few other UCLA third at the NCAA Regionals. During the golf coaches can match. He guided the season, UCLA won a pair of tournaments: Bruins to their second NCAA team title the U.S. Collegiate Championship and the in 2008, mentored the only NCAA indi- Del Walker Collegiate Match Play Cham- vidual champion in UCLA history and has pionship. Sophomore Patrick Cantlay tutored two Jack Nicklaus Award winners played in four professional tournaments as and one Hogan Award recipient. a amateur while retaining his world No. 1 In 2012-13, Freeman guided the ranking. Figueiredo won his fi rst collegiate Bruins to their 11th consecutive NCAA title and teammate Mario Clemens added Championship berth after capturing the his second. Tempe Regional, UCLA’s third regional In 13 varsity starts, the Bruins recorded title during his tenure. Th e Bruins won nine podium fi nishes, including three three additional tournament titles during runner-up results. Cantlay and Figueiredo the regular season: the Stanford Classic earned 2nd Team GCAA All-America match play crown at Cypress Point GC honors and 1st Team All-Pac-12 laurels. In in October, the Giff ord Collegiate Cham- addition, Cantlay became the fi rst golfer in pionship in November and the Amer Ari UCLA history to receive the Hogan Award Freeman’s Career Highlights Invitational in February. and the fi rst to earn CoSIDA Academic All- Individually, four players won fi ve America honors. Finally, Figueiredo earned • Guided the Bruins to the 2008 NCAA Cham- individual titles: senior Pontus Widegren 1st Team All-Pac-12 Academic honors and pionship, the school’s second. won the Cal State San Marcos Fall event GCAA Scholar All-America acclaim. with an 18-under par score of 198; senior In 2011, Freeman guided the Bruins • Guided the Bruins to NCAA Regional crowns Pedro Figueiredo won Th e Prestige and to four tournament victories, including in 2010, ’11 and ‘13. the Western Intercollegiate in the Spring; an NCAA Regional championship. As a • Earned 2011 Pacifi c-10 Conference Coach of freshmen Jonathan Garrick won the Cal freshman Cantlay won the NCAA West the Year honors, becomding the fourth coach Poly Invitational in the Fall and rookie Regional individual title with a 54-hole in UCLA history to be selected conference Jake Knapp won the Cal State San Marcos total of 13-under par. He earned consensus coach of the year. Spring Invitational in February. In addi- 1st Team All-America honors, the Nicklaus tion, Widegren’s 70.4 scoring average set a Award and the Phil Mickelson Award as the • Has coached two consensus fi rst-team All- single season school record. He also played nation’s top freshman. He was also chosen Americans: Kevin Chappell (2008) and Patrick 31 rounds in 14-under par and led the as the Pac-10’s Freshman and Player of the Cantlay (2011). team with a counter ratio of 96%. Year. • Has coached two Fred Haskins Award winners In the classroom, the Bruins contin- In 2010-11 junior Gregor Main and at UCLA: Chappell (2008) and Cantlay (2011). ued to shine under Freeman’s leadership. Widegren also earned All-America and Figueiredo earned GCAA All-Scholar all-conference honors. In addition, both • Has coached two Jack Nicklaus Award winners honors for the second straight season, players landed on the Director’s Honor at UCLA: Chappell (2008) and Cantlay (2011). and he was joined on the All-Pac-12 Aca- Roll during the season. Finally, Alex Shi • Has coach two conference players of the year: demic Team by seniors Bobby Lange and Yup Kim was selected as an All-Pac-10 Chappell (2008) and Cantlay (2011). Widegren, junior Anton Arboleda, and Honorable Mention Team member. • Has coached two conference freshmen of the sophomores Manav Shah, Jay Hwang, Overall at UCLA, Freeman has Matt Pinizzotto and Preston Valder. coached nine players who have earned 13 year: Gregor Main (2009) and Cantlay (2011). • Overall, he has coached nine diff erent GCAA DEREK FREEMAN’S HEAD COACHING RECORD All-Americans. • Overall, he has coached 12 diff erent all- Tournament Conference Regional National Year School Victories Finish Finish Finish conference players, including six fi rst-teamers. 2003-04 OCU 4 — 1st 2nd • Overall, he has coached 12 diff erenct all- 2004-05 OCU 5 — 1st 1st conference academic team members. 2007-08 UCLA 5 2nd 5th 1st 2008-09 UCLA 1 6th 1st T23 • Overall, he has coached 10 players who have 2009-10 UCLA 2 8th 3rd T16 won 17 tournaments. 2010-11 UCLA 4 3rd 1st T5 • Has continued UCLA’s streak of 11 consecutive 2011-12 UCLA 2 4th 3rd T5 2012-13 UCLA 4 2nd 1st 26th NCAA berths. Totals — 27 — 7 berths, 8 berths, (18 at UCLA) 5 titles 2 titles OCU—at Oklahoma City University; assistant men’s coach, 2002-03; Women’s Head Coach, 2003-05. 4 TTWO-TIMEWO-TIME NNATIONALATIONAL CCHAMPIONS:HAMPIONS: 11988,988, 22008008 1314MensGolfGuide.indd 4 2/17/2014 1:16:30 PM HEEADAD COOACHACH - DEEREKREK FRREEMANEEMAN All-America certifi cates. He has tutored a pair of Nicklaus Award In 2007-08, the Bruins won fi ve tournaments, a fi gure winners, one Mickelson Award recipient and one Hogan Award that ranks fi fth in school history. UCLA also won its fi rst-ever winner. Collegiate Match Play Championship. In that event, Chappell In addition to coaching Chappell, who won the NCAA and freshman Philip Francis posted records of 4-0-0. During individual title, he has coached two players who have won NCAA the season, four players won fi ve individual tournament titles, Regional crowns. Overall, 10 players have won 17 individual including Chappell who won twice and ended the season tournament titles under his watch. 20-under par through 34 rounds. Chappell also set a single Two players — Chappell and Cantlay — have been named season school record at the time by averaging 71.0 strokes per Pac-10 Player of the Year under his direction and two have earned round and ended his career ranked fi fth in school history with Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. Twelve players have received 22 fi ve career victories. Finally, he was the only player under par all-conference certifi cates. at the 2008 NCAA Tournament. In 2009-10, Freeman’s team entered the NCAA Cham- In his fi rst year, 2006-07, as the Bruins’ assistant coach, pionship with the youngest lineup in the tournament. He led Freeman coached the UCLA Blue Team, which won the Cougar the Bruins to a 16th place fi nish, a fi nal ranking of ninth in the Invitational and and the Cal State Bakersfi eld Spring Invita- national poll and two team victories. Two players earned All- tional. Senior Chris Heintz won the Cougar event, and at the America honorable mention honors from the coaches association Bakersfi eld tournament, the Blue Team scorched the course for and four players earned All-Pac-10 acclaim. In addition, Kim a score of 25-under par with sophomore Lucas Lee capturing emerged as one of the most improved players in the country medalist honors at 14-under par. vaulting from 438th in the rankings his freshman year to 41st Eight years ago, Freeman spent the season as Oklahoma’s as a sophomore. men’s assistant coach. In 2005-06, the Sooners fi nished 29th at In 2008-09, despite the loss of three talented players dur- the NCAA Championship after placing seventh in the NCAA ing the season, Freeman managed to guide the Bruins to their Central Regional. Oklahoma also won its fi rst Big 12 Confer- seventh straight NCAA Championship berth. he also guided ence team title since Freeman’s sophomore year as all fi ve players UCLA to its third NCAA Regional title in program history. fi nished among the Top 15 individuals. In addition, Main was voted Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and Prior to his appointment at OU, Freeman served the previ- senior Erik Flores became the only player in school history ous three seasons (2002-05) at Oklahoma City University. As an to earn First-Team All-Pac-10 honors three times. Flores also assistant coach for the men’s and women’s programs (2002-03), earned All-America honors for the third time in his career. he helped lead OCU to 14 combined titles, including the men’s Th e Bruins won the 2008 NCAA title by one stroke over 2003 NAIA Championship. defending champion Stanford at Purdue’s Kampen Course on Following the 2003 season, Freeman was promoted to head the last day of May. A key par by Chappell on the 72nd hole coach of the OCU women’s program and guided the Stars to clinched the victory, but it was Chappell’s bogey save from a their second straight runner-up fi nish at the NAIA Champion- disastrous lie at the 71st that enabled the Bruins to maintain a ship. In his second season, 2004-05, OCU captured the NAIA slim lead. Freeman kept his star player level-headed and positive, women’s national championship and Freeman was named the and coaxed his other senior — Craig Leslie — into playing the NAIA National Coach of the Year. Th e team set a championship fi nal three holes in one-under par to win the title. record with a 49-stroke victory.