Sykes Elected to Golf Coaches Hall of Fame

9/18/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Delaware, OH (Sept. 18) - NC State's Richard Sykes is one of three coaches that have been elected to the Golf Coaches Hall of Fame.

Sykes, along with Doug Gordin of Florida Southern and Wally Goodwin of Stanford will be formally inducted at the awards banquet of the Golf Coaches Association of America convention in Orlando, Fla. in January. The trio was chosen by a vote of their peers who serve on the GCAA national selection committee.

Sykes has spent his entire career, 29 years, at NC State. His teams have won 46 tournaments including an ACC champsionship and a NCAA East Regional championship. He has led the Wolfpack to 15 postseason appearances and his teams have twice finished in the top 10 of the NCAA Championship. Sykes has coached five ACC individual champions and 21 All-Americans.

He currently serves as the Division I representative to the Board of Directors of the Golf Coaches Association.