Charlie GoffnettWomen's Golf CoachEmail Coach GoffnettHead coach Charlie Goffnett began coaching the women's golf team in 1990. As head coach, he has established a competitive program that is always on or near the top of the MIAA standings. In 1997, the Scots captured their third MIAA title under Goffnett's guidance. The 1994 and 1995 teams won every conference match and back-to-back MIAA championships. In 2001-02 he coached Alma's first-ever NCAA Division III national qualifier. Goffnett is also the coach of the women's basketball team. He led the Scots to the NCAA Division III National Championship in 1992. A 1980 graduate of Central Michigan University, Goffnett previously served as a basketball coach at the University of Texas, the University of St. Thomas (Texas) and his alma mater, CMU, as well as in the high school ranks at Shepherd (Mich.) High School. He, wife Mary Ellen and daughter Kathryn reside in Alma. |
Head Coach Charlie Goffnett
Thirty-four percent of Alma students participate in intercollegiate athletics. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest existing athletic conference in the nation.
Coach Profile
Terry Smith
Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.
The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.
After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.