Roger White, in his sixth year as head women’s golf coach at Barry University, has the led the team since it’s inception. He is also the head of the university’s golf management degree program.

White came to Barry from the Woodlands Golf and Country Club in Ellenton, Fla., where he was the head professional. He has extensive teaching experience and has managed golf facilities in Michigan and Florida. He has been the head professional at several prestigious clubs in Florida and taught at the King Par Golf Center in Okemos, Mich., where the Michigan State Spartans practice and compete.

In 2002, only the fourth year of the Buccaneers women’s golf program, White led his team to their first-ever NCAA regional and national tournament appearances. Under his guidance, the Bucs finished second in the nation that year. This year, the Bucs entered the fall season ranked 12th in the Golf Coaches Association of America National Poll.

A 1971 graduate of Michigan State, White played on the Spartan golf team. He also earned a master’s degree in athletic administration from MSU. He is an honor’s graduate of Michigan State’s two-year Turfgrass Management program.
Prior to coaching at Barry, White worked with the University of Tampa Spartan men from 1989-92.

White, an active member of the Professional Golfers Association since 1976, has attended numerous educational programs including the PGA and USGA Rules seminar, management for PGA golf pros seminar, and the Henry Griffitts Club Fitting course.

He was elected to PGA master professional status in 1996, the highest designation for a golf professional. He has published an article entitled “Instant Lesson” in Golf Digest. He was elected secretary of the MSU Turf Program in 1993 and was chosen in 1994 to appear in The World’s Greatest Golf Professionals, a national publication.

White was recently named to the PGA’s Quarter Century Club and also serves on the Board of Directors as the Vice President for the Southern Chapter of the PGA.