Brandon Goethals spent four years as an assistant coach with the Georgia Tech golf team. He joined the staff during the summer of 2001 and was the first assistant coach under head coach Bruce Heppler until accepting a position as head men’s golf coach at the University of the Pacific in July of 2005.
During his four years at Tech, Goethals helped guide the Yellow Jackets to the NCAA Championship each year, including two runner-up finishes, and one Atlantic Coast Conference title.
Goethals, a native of Redding, Calif., who most recently had worked in both high tech and e-business areas, handled a number of duties with the Jackets, including coordinating some recruiting and practices, especially for those players not traveling with the team for a given tournament.
Prior to his time in the business world, Goethals was a member of the South African PGA Tour and played in a number of professional events in the United States following his graduation from UNLV in 1992. While with the Rebels, he played under Heppler, who was an assistant coach with the team. A solid player and outstanding student at UNLV, Goethals was an All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention selection in 1990 as he helped the Rebels to the NCAA West Regional Championship and a second-place conference finish.
In his career, he played in three NCAA Championships with UNLV, helping the team to a fourth-place finish in 1992 as a senior. His score of 292 at the Championship Golf Course in Albuquerque, N.M., still ranks among the best 72-hole performances in school history. Goethals finished his career as a four-time letterwinner at UNLV and was the 1992 recipient of the team[apos]s Bruce Parker Award, recognizing the team member with the highest grade point average
Goethals graduated from UNLV with a degree in communications in 1992.
