Indiana University of Pennsylvania Announces Dan Braun named PSAC Men’s Golf Coach of the Year

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – IUP men's golf head coach Dan Braun earned 2022-23 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's Golf Coach of the Year honors, the league announced Thursday.

 
Braun receives his second Coach of the Year honor by the PSAC, winning the honor in a shortened 2019-20 season.
 
Braun helped lead IUP to its record 32nd PSAC Championship and a spot in the NCAA DII National Championships for the first time since 2014-15. The title was the fourth in as many seasons for Braun at the helm of the IUP men's golf program, marking the fifth conference crown in the last seven seasons.
 
The Crimson Hawks won three tournaments in 2022-23. IUP battled back up the team leaderboard over the final two rounds for a third-place finish at the 2023 NCAA DII Atlantic/East Super Regional, receiving an automatic bid to nationals.
 
In addition to winning the PSAC Championship, the Hawks claimed victory in the Golden Eagle Invitational (September 12-13) and the Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational (April 3-4).
 
Three of his student-athletes – Jackson Buccigross, Shaun Fedor and Alex Swinnerton – received GCAA PING Division II All-Atlantic Region honors. Guillermo Salazar became the program's 18th PSAC individual champion since 1993.
 
PSAC postseason honors
The Coach of the Year award for Braun came as part of the 2023 PSAC all-conference teams on Thursday.
 
Swinnerton was named the league's Freshman of the Year, adding All-PSAC First team accolades as well. Buccigross, Swinnerton and Salazar earned All-PSAC First Team honors with Fedor named to the Second Team.
 
IUP Coach of the Year history
Thursday's award marks the second PSAC Coach of the Year honor for Braun since taking over in the spring of 2019.
 
It also marks the 18th all-time coach of the year award for the IUP men's golf program, the most in conference history. Don White won it four straight years from 1989-92 and Fred Joseph earned the honor 12 times between 1997 and 2018.

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