SE Athletics
DURANT – Southeastern Director of Athletics Keith Baxter has announced the hiring of Sydney Youngbloodto leads the Savage Storm Men’s Golf program.
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She will begin immediately, replacing Gipper Sullivan who departed after the 2021 spring season.
“I’m looking forward to returning to Durant,” Youngblood said. “And being able to coach a collegiate team here in the town I have been fortunate to call home. Southeastern has had a lot of great golfers come through here and I am excited and looking forward to continuing that trend for the future.”
“The addition of Sydney Youngblood as the Head Men’s Golf coach is exciting,” Baxter said. “Sydney has a great resume as a player but she also possesses an outstanding ability to teach, knowledge of course management and an understanding of what it takes to be competitive. We are fortunate to have her, I think the future is very bright for Southeastern golf.”
Youngblood takes over the program after serving the 2020-21 season as a graduate assistant under Sullivan, helping guide the team to a trio of top-10 finishes and a sixth-place finish at the Great American Conference Championship, led by Jordan Holifield who finished top-20 or better in all six events in the spring.
Youngblood played her collegiate golf at Oklahoma where she served as team captain and over her career turned in a pair of top-10 finishes and four top-20 marks, while carrying a 73.41 average score per round over 61 career rounds.
She recorded a career best 64 in the fall of 2018 at the Schooner Fall Classic.
Prior to playing for the Sooners she was a four-time Oklahoma Class 5A State Champion at Durant High School and was a force on the junior tour with multiple AJGA titles and top-10 finishes.
Youngblood earned her undergraduate degree in communication in May of 2020 and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Sport Administration at Southeastern.
She is once again residing in Durant and is engaged to be married to Devon Blanton.