The Saint Mary's College Department of Athletics has announced that Susan Holt has been named as head golf coach.
Prior to Saint Mary's, Holt served as the head women's golf coach at the University of Notre Dame from 2006 until her retirement in 2022. The Fighting Irish won Big East Championships in 2008, 2011, and 2013 while finishing as runners up in 2007, 2009, and 2012. A three-time Big East Coach of the Year, Holt's squads advanced to NCAA Division I Regionals each spring from 2008 through 2018. The 2011 team became the first in program history to reach the NCAA Finals. Moreover, Holt's tutelage of student-athletes was recognized with individual accolades including:
- 37 NGCA/WGCA All-Scholar Athletes
- 34 Big East Scholar-Athletes
- 29 ACC Academic Honor Roll honors
- 25 All-Big East First Team honors
- 15 USGA Women's Amateur Participants
- 10 USGA Women's Amateur Public Links Participants
- Six USGA Women's Open Participants
Holt was the head women's golf coach at the University of South Florida from 1993 through 2006. She was a three-time Conference USA Coach of the Year (1996, 1999, 2001) and was named Coach of the Decade (1995-2005). Her squads at USF won 17 tournament titles and had 16 runner-up finishes. Holt led the Bulls to Conference USA Championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2003. The 2001 and 2002 teams became the first teams to advance from the NCAA Regional to NCAA Championship after the format was expanded to the multi-round playoff tournament in place today, and her teams made NCAA Regional appearances in 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2005.
Holt served as the head women's golf coach and teaching professional at Purdue University from 1990 to 1993. Over the span of her collegiate coaching career, Holt coached three student-athletes who went on to compete in the LPGA.