Melanie Loughin begins her tenth season as the head coach of the women’s golf program in 2020-21. She became the second head coach in program history on August 29, 2011.
Melanie received her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Business Administration with a concentration in Professional Golf Management in 2001 from Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C. While at Methodist, Melanie was a two-time National Golf Coaches Association First Team All-American, a two-time NCAA Division III National Championship Individual Runner-Up, and a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion Team Member. Until the streak ended in 2013, her winning years on the Methodist team combined to form a 15-year title streak and at the time the longest current active streak (1998-2012) in any NCAA sport, and currently the third-longest title streak in the all-time history of NCAA athletics. After graduation, Melanie spent 2002 as a member of the Futures Golf Tour, the official developmental tour for the LPGA.
Loughin, who is also the Assistant Manager of Athletic Facilities and Events at Davenport, has been a Class A member of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) since 2006. She currently holds the women's course record (68) at The Mines Golf Course in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the women's course record (65) at Railside Golf Club in Byron Center, Michigan.
Melanie completed her Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Strategic Management in 2013 from Davenport University. She is married to Todd and together they have two children, Lincoln and Raylee.
2019-20 (Season shortened due to COVID-19)
- Coached 1 All-GLIAC First Team member
- Team honored as WGCA All-Scholar Team: Best GPA in NCAA DII Nationwide (3.918)
- 5 GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team Members
- 6 WGCA All-American Scholars
2018-19
- Team sets low 18 school record
- Team sets low 36 school record
- Team sets low 54 school record
- Hannah Meloche wins SVSU Fall Invitational
- 2 invitational wins: PNW Lalaeff Invite and DU Panther Invitational
- Led team to a GLIAC Runner-Up finish
- 2 All-GLIAC Second Team members
- 5 GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team members
- 5 WGCA All-American Scholars
- Team honored as WGCA All-Scholar Team; 4th best GPA in NCAA DII Nationwide (3.848)
- 2 GLIAC Women's Golfers of The Week
2017-18
- Team sets low 36 school record
- Team honored as WGCA All-Scholar Team; 10
th best GPA in NCAA DII Nationwide (3.683)
- 1 GLIAC All-Academic Team member
- 4 GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team members
- 3 WGCA All-American Scholars
2016-17
- Team sets low 18 and low 54 school records
- 2 invitational wins: OWU Invitational and Kalamazoo College Intercollegiate
- 1 WHAC All-Conference Honorable Mention player
- 2 WHAC All-Academic Team members
- 1 CoSIDA Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team member
- 1 NAIA Daktronic Scholar Athlete
2015-16
- Team sets low 18, 36 and 54 school records
- Team posted lowest WHAC score in school history
- 1 WHAC All-Conference Honorable Mention player
- 1 All-WHAC Academic player
- Named the WHAC Champions of Character Coach for Women’s Golf
- 2 invitational wins: Furniture City Classic and the Kalamazoo College Intercollegiate
- Lowest team scoring average in school history (334.74)
- Lowest Golfstat National Relative Ranking in school history (45)
2014-15
- Team sets low 18, 36 and 54 school records
- 3 invitational wins: Illinois College Spring Invite, Furniture City Classic & the Kalamazoo College Intercollegiate
- Lowest team scoring average in school history (343.8)
- Lowest Golfstat National Relative Ranking in school history (49)
2013-14
- Team sets low 18 and 36 school records
- Claimed Davenport’s first ever invitational title at the ONU Invitational
- Team posted lowest WHAC score in school history
- 2 All-WHAC Academic Athletes
- 2 Daktronics NAIA Women’s Golf Scholar Athletes
2012-13
- Named the WHAC Champions of Character Coach for Women’s Golf
- Led Panthers to a 3
rd place finish in the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Championship
- Team sets low 18 school record
- 5 All-WHAC Academic Athletes
- 4 Daktronics NAIA Women’s Golf Scholar Athletes
2011-12
- Led Panthers to a 4
th place finish in the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) during the regular season and the Panthers then finished third in the WHAC Tourney
- Team sets low 18 and 36 school records
- 1 1st-Team All-WHAC performer
- 3 All-WHAC Academic Athletes
- 3 Daktronics NAIA Women’s Golf Scholar Athletes
