Chris Hale Position: Head Coach Experience: 1st Season

PGA professional and former Miami Valley Golf Club Director of Operations Chris Hale enters his first season as the Dayton Flyers head men's golf coach.

Hale, who achieved PGA membership in February 1973, comes to UD after serving as the Director of Golf Operations at the Miami Valley Golf Club. Since November 2005, Hale helped develop and maintain a budge of up to $3.5 million, managed the golf operations staff and improved golf teaching programs.

A Dayton native, Hale's other duties during his 30-year career include serving as the head golf club professional at Cassel Hills Golf Course in Vandalia, Ohio and owning and operating the Penn Terra Golf Course in Brookville, Ohio.