Sean Curtis enters his fourth season as the head women’s golf coach and 12th year as director of intramurals and club sports at Washington University in St. Louis. Curtis oversees the department and also handles other duties as assigned by the director of athletics.
Curtis was named the University’s first head women’s golf coach on Feb. 8, 2008. He is in his first season serving on the National Golf Coaches Association Award Committee, and will be a voter in the NFCA Top-25 Coaches' Poll for the second-consecutive season.
Curtis and the Bears' made history in 2010, qualifying for the the school's first-ever NCAA Division III Championship in just its second season as a varsity sport placing 19th. He also mentored freshman Hannah Buck, who became the first All-American in school history after earning second-team NGCA All-America accolades.
In 2011, Curtis guided Washington University back to NCAA Tournament for the second-straight year and recorded a program-best eighth place finish. Buck earned All-America accolades for the second-straight year, picking up first-team honors.
The Bears' inaugural season was a success as Washington University ended the season ranked 38th in the NCAA Division III head-to-head rankings. The Bears placed in the top five in seven of 10 events, and won the McKendree Fall Invitational.
Curtis, who served as the assistant intramurals director for three years at Washington University before being appointed to the head position, has worked in the athletics field his entire post-collegiate life.
In 1997-98, he served as the assistant men’s basketball coach at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. He also was the assistant coach at John A. Logan College from 1995-97, and held the same position at Carterville High School (1994-95) and Carbondale Community High School (1989-93).
A native of Carbondale, Ill., Curtis worked for the Prairie State Games from 1989-94, serving as the director of special events and assistant site coordinator.
Before his arrival on the Danforth Campus, Curtis spent two years working as an outside supervisor at Stonewolf Golf Course from 1997-98 and a year at Gateway National Golf Links as a pre-apprentice assistant in 1998.
Curtis graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation administration. He earned his master’s degree in physical education, specializing in sports management, from SIUC in 1998.
A graduate of Carbondale Community High School, Curtis and his wife, Christina, have three children: Andrew (16), Maggie (12), and Lexie (9).