North Carolina State University Athletics
Darby Sligh Named Division I Golf Pride Grips WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year
4/29/2020 11:05:00 AM | Women's Golf
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – NC State women's golf assistant coach Darby Sligh has been named the 2019-20 Division I Golf Pride Grips Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Assistant Coach of the Year, as announced by the organization on Wednesday morning.
Sligh recently wrapped up her second season with the Wolfpack, and during her stint the program has earned a combined 10 top 10 team tournament finishes, including 18 top 20 individual finishes.
After helping the program earn its 17th NCAA Regional bid in the last 18 seasons in her first year (2018-19), Sligh guided a squad that consisted of seven underclassmen to four top 10 team finishes and five top 20 individual finishes before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ended the 2019-20 campaign.
At the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Colorado on Sept. 25, 2019, head coach Page Marsh had to leave the final round of the tournament when her husband, George Tarantini (former head men's soccer coach at NC State), unexpectedly passed away. Sligh stepped in and coached the team by herself to a ninth-place finish and the second-lowest score of the semester. She seamlessly took over all head coaching and operational duties for the final two tournaments of the fall, and the Pack closed out the semester with another ninth-place finish at the Landfall Tradition.
Sligh recently wrapped up her second season with the Wolfpack, and during her stint the program has earned a combined 10 top 10 team tournament finishes, including 18 top 20 individual finishes.
After helping the program earn its 17th NCAA Regional bid in the last 18 seasons in her first year (2018-19), Sligh guided a squad that consisted of seven underclassmen to four top 10 team finishes and five top 20 individual finishes before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ended the 2019-20 campaign.
At the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Colorado on Sept. 25, 2019, head coach Page Marsh had to leave the final round of the tournament when her husband, George Tarantini (former head men's soccer coach at NC State), unexpectedly passed away. Sligh stepped in and coached the team by herself to a ninth-place finish and the second-lowest score of the semester. She seamlessly took over all head coaching and operational duties for the final two tournaments of the fall, and the Pack closed out the semester with another ninth-place finish at the Landfall Tradition.
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