Saturday, July 3, 2010

Grambling State reportedly set to cut golf, tennis

Months after a program-defining moment, Grambling golf is on the chopping block. Continuing efforts to balance a teetering budget could, in fact, result in GSU dropping as many as four sports — men's and women's golf, as well as the school's tennis teams. But Coach Tegtira Thomas and the men's golf squad, coming off their best showing ever, are perhaps the most notable possible cut: Jonathan Coleman shot low individual score at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament to earn the area's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.

That couldn't save the team, Thomas said. The eighth-year coach confirmed on Friday that his program has been slashed, and that Coleman will likely transfer to Jackson State — defending SWAC golf champion, and winner of that title in 21 of the last 22 seasons.

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