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It took Ryan Hybl little time to return the Oklahoma men’s golf program to national prominence.
Since being named head coach on June 22, 2009, Hybl has led a remarkable transformation of the program. He took over a team that finished 10th at the 2009 Big 12 Championship and placed inside the top nine just once that spring, and has since guided the Sooners to the 2017 national championship, 14 consecutive NCAA Championship appearances and the 15 best single-season scoring marks in school history.
In December 2024, he was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame on his first ballot.
Now entering his 17th season in 2025-26, Hybl is one of the longest-tenured head coaches at the University of Oklahoma. He enters the year ranked seventh among active Division I coaches in career victories and 17th all-time with 49 wins. During his tenure, Hybl has coached 17 Sooners to 34 All-America honors, producing at least one All-American in all but two seasons. He has also developed 16 All-Conference selections, one Fred Haskins Award winner and eight PGA Tour University graduates.
In 2025, Hybl guided OU to five team victories, including a win at the NCAA Amherst Regional, the program’s eighth all-time regional title and fifth under Hybl. The Sooners returned to NCAA match play for a nation-leading seventh time since 2016 and produced four All-Americans in Jase Summy, Drew Goodman, Ryder Cowan and Clark Van Gaalen. Summy and Goodman were also named to the All-SEC team.
The 2024 season saw Hybl lead OU to three tournament titles, including a six-shot win at the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional that sent the Sooners to their 13th straight national championship. OU finished ninth at the NCAA Championship, marking the program’s seventh top-10 national finish in eight years. The team added a pair of runner-up finishes and set a Big 12 record with a plus-34 hole differential at the Big 12 Match Play Championship. Ben Lorenz earned an All-America honorable mention and joined Ryder Cowan, a GCAA First Team Freshman All-American, on the All-Big 12 team. Five Sooners were named to the PING All-Region squad.
In 2023, Hybl led a retooled Oklahoma squad to its 12th consecutive national championship appearance and a second straight Big 12 Championship, the program’s first back-to-back league titles since the 1950s. The team earned four wins and two runner-up finishes, set a 54-hole scoring record at 66-under at the Frederica Cup and broke program records for birdies, par-5 scoring and 72-hole team score. OU produced three All-Americans and four All-Big 12 selections, most in the conference.
Oklahoma reached new heights in 2022, tying a program record with seven team victories and capturing the 18th conference title in school history. The Sooners spent the entire spring ranked No. 1 nationally and advanced to match play at the NCAA Championships for the sixth year in a row. Chris Gotterup was named National Player of the Year and became the first Sooner to win the Haskins Award, while Logan McAllister joined him as a first-team All-American.
The 2021 squad also tied a school record with five wins and reached the national championship match, where OU finished as runner-up. The Sooners entered the postseason as the consensus No. 1 team in the country and finished with all five starters earning All-America honors. Hybl was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second time in his career.
Oklahoma remained a national title contender in the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season, climbing to No. 1 in both the GCAA and Golfweek polls and finishing the year ranked No. 2. The team won the Nike Collegiate and Ka’anapali Classic, and both Quade Cummins and Garett Reband repeated as All-Americans.
In 2018, Hybl guided the Sooners to their first Big 12 title since 2006 and a third consecutive trip to NCAA match play. The team won five tournaments and had four All-Americans. For his efforts, Hybl was named Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Hybl delivered the program’s second national championship in 2017 during his eighth year at the helm. Entering as the No. 13 seed, Oklahoma defeated Oregon 3-1-1 in the final to win its first NCAA title since 1989. That season also included wins at the Gopher Invitational and Lone Star Invitational and a then-program record round of 267. The trio of McGreevy, Hirschman and Dalke combined for five individual titles, the most in a single season in program history.
The 2016 campaign marked the first time Oklahoma qualified for NCAA match play, setting the stage for the following year’s championship. Hybl’s 2015-16 team picked up two wins and cemented the program’s growing national reputation. In 2014-15, OU captured its fourth NCAA Regional title with a dominant 20-shot win in San Diego and added two more victories for a total of 10 team wins in Hybl’s first six seasons.
The Sooners won three tournaments in 2013-14 and reached the NCAA Championships, tying for 16th. In both 2012 and 2013, Oklahoma placed 11th at nationals, marking the program’s best finishes in two decades. The Sooners returned to the NCAA Championships in 2011, their first appearance in five years, and finished the season ranked 28th with a then-school-record 14 rounds at par or better.
Hybl’s impact was felt immediately, as OU won the Kansas Invitational in his coaching debut in fall 2009.
Prior to Oklahoma, Hybl spent four years as an assistant at his alma mater, the University of Georgia, where he helped the Bulldogs to four straight NCAA top-10 finishes, SEC titles in 2006 and 2009, and the 2008 NCAA East Regional crown. While on staff, Georgia produced 18 All-America and 16 All-SEC selections, along with the SEC Player of the Year and three SEC Freshman of the Year honorees.
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| The Hybl File |
| Hometown |
Colbert, Ga. |
| College |
Georgia, 2004 |
| Family |
wife, Rebecca
daughters, Adyline and Harper |
| Coaching History |
| 2009-present - Oklahoma Head Coach |
| 2005-09 - Georgia Assistant Coach |
| Playing Experience |
| 2001-04 - University of Georgia |
| Coaching Highlights |
| Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame - Class of 2024 |
| 2017 NCAA National Champions |
| 2018, 2022 and 2023 Big 12 Champions |
| 2022 Dave Williams National Coach of the Year |
| 2021 and 2018 Big 12 Coach of the Year |
| 49 team wins (17th most in Division I history) |
| 17 All-Americans coached at OU (34 honors) |
| 14 straight NCAA Championship Finals (2nd longest streak in D1) |
| 7 NCAA Championship Match Play appearances |
| Team USA head coach at 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup |
| Playing Honors |
| Two-time All-American and All-SEC |
| Team captain as a junior and senior |
| Ben Hogan Award national semifinalist |
| Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American |
A two-time All-American and team captain at Georgia, Hybl was one of the most decorated players in program history. He recorded 13 top-10 finishes and posted a career scoring average of 72.7. In 2002, he was named a first-team All-American, first-team All-SEC selection, Ben Hogan Award semifinalist and a member of the United States Palmer Cup team. He also earned third-team All-America honors in 2001 and helped lead Georgia to a team title at the Golf World Invitational.
Hybl also excelled in the classroom, graduating in 2004 with a degree in sports science. He received the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the Joel Eaves Award for the highest GPA among Georgia’s male student-athletes, and the Dick Bestwick Award for top graduating senior GPA. He was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, President’s List, Dean’s List and was a Cleveland Golf Scholar All-American. He won Georgia’s Howell Hollis Award three times for maintaining the team’s top GPA.
Hybl arrived at Georgia as the top-ranked junior golfer in the country according to Golfweek. He was named the 1998 AJGA Player of the Year, earned three AJGA All-America honors and represented Team USA three times at the Canon Cup.
Following his college career, Hybl worked as a tournament director for the AJGA and later played professionally on the Nationwide, Hooters and Tar Heel Tours, recording several top-10 finishes before a career-ending elbow injury in 2009 led him into coaching full-time.
Hybl is married to the former Rebecca Booker. They have two daughters, Ady and Harper.
Updated on June 6, 2025.
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