Ferrero named head coach

FRESNO, Calif. - Lisa Ferrero has been named the third head coach in Fresno State women's golf history, Director of Athletics Terry Tumey announced on Friday.

Ferrero returns home to the Central Valley after spending the 2019-20 season at Idaho. Prior to her stint with the Vandals, she spent two years leading the women's golf program at Towson.

"I am extremely excited to be the new women's golf coach at Fresno State," Ferrero said. "To have the chance to come back home to the Valley and be part of the history of athletics at a school like Fresno State is an honor. I can't wait to learn and get to know the team. This is a very exciting time to be a Bulldog."

Ferrero, a native of Lodi, Calif., had the Vandals out to a tremendous start prior to the 2019-20 season being cut short due to COVID-19. Three Vandals earned All-Big Sky distinction, led by First-Teamer Valeria Patino. The program also continued its incredible run in the classroom and earned NCAA Public Recognition for posting a perfect Annual Progress Rate (APR) multi-year average.

"Lisa Ferrero brings a proven track record as a collegiate player, a professional, a teacher and now most recently a college head coach," Tumey said. "More importantly, she is an amazing person. She won't be out-worked by anyone and she has shown that she is incredibly dedicated to the full development of our student-athletes. That is what we are all about here at Fresno State as we further enhance the student-athlete experience."

Ferrero made an immediate impact on the Towson program. In the first three weeks of her debut season, the Tigers broke every school record and claimed her first tournament title. By the end of the 2018 spring season, Towson took third at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships - the best finish in school history and shattered the program's previous low score at the tournament by 54 strokes.

Ferrero recruited and coached freshman Jordan Cornelius, who earned the program's first individual All-CAA Tournament honor after finishing in third place at the conference championships.

Prior to Towson, Ferrero gained experience working with Hall of Fame coach Chuck Cook on video and swing analysis, using the same technology the Vandals trained with under her leadership. She has also spent the last 10 years teaching professionally in the offseason as a Class A LPGA instructor.

Ferrero is a 12-year member of the LPGA and Symetra Tours, winning two tournaments on the Symetra Tour in 2011. She was also the recipient of the 2014 Heather Farr LPGA Courage Award.

An elite golfer for nearly two decades, Ferrero won the USGA Junior Amateur Championship in 2000 and a year later was named the California Amateur of the Year. She went on to play collegiately at Texas, where she helped the Longhorns win the 2004 Big 12 title and place in the top six at the NCAA Championships three times, including a second-place showing in 2002.

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