Education: Fordham University BS Economics (’77)
Temple University M Ed Athletic Administration (’79)
Position: Head Men’s Golf Coach & Director of Special Projects
Experience: 42nd Season
Tommy Hunter began working at Georgetown in 1979 as the Director of Intramural Sports and Special Programs. In 1984 he took over the Men’s Golf program and currently serves as Head Coach and Director of Special Projects assisting the athletic development team raising funds for Georgetown Athletics.
Hunter has led the Hoyas to five NCAA post season tournaments. In 1997, the team made its first appearance in the NCAA East Regional which was held at The Homestead Resort and the famous Upper Cascades Course. The Hoyas second trip to the NCAA East Regional was in 2004 held at The Yale Golf Course. The third trip to post season play sent the Hoyas to the 2010 NCAA Southwest Central Regional in Bryan, Texas on The Traditions Course at Texas A&M. The fourth post season stop found the Hoyas competing in the 2016 NCAA Southeast Regional held at The Vanderbilt Legends North Course in Franklin, TN. Most recently, the Hoyas were sent to the 2018 NCAA Southeast Regional in Orlando, Florida played at The Reunion Resort – Watson Course.
Just recently, the Hoyas competed in The Inaugural 2023 St. Andrews Links Collegiate at The Old Course in Scotland. Georgetown, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, and Notre Dame competed in a unique Stroke Play and Medal-Match Play format October 23-25. A memorable experience for the Georgetown Men’s Golf Program.
Under Hunter’s direction Georgetown has captured four Big East Conference Championships – 1998 (The TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, Md.) and 2010 (The Copperhead Course at The Innisbrook Resort, Tampa, FLA) and in 2016 (The Callawassiee Island Golf Club in Okatie, SC) and in 2018 (The Callawassiee Island Golf Club in Okatie, SC). The Hoyas have finished in the top five of the Big East Championship Tournament 19 times since 1990 – first-place four times, second five times, third six times, and fourth three times, and once in the fifth position In regular season competition, the Hoyas have captured first-place in 22 NCAA Division I tournaments.
He has coached over 80+ athletes who have either been named to the Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar Team (38) or The Big East Conference All-Scholar Team (48) along with Will O’Neill being named to the PING 2021-22 All -Region Team for his outstanding play in the Northeast Region. The Hoyas have received GCAA “18 Birdies” All-Academic Team Honors for outstanding team GPA – 2017-18., 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23. In 2024,2025, and 2026 the Hoyas received All- Academic honors as well as the GCAA President’s Special Recognition Award for by maintaining a 3.5GPA or higher.
Hunter’s personal accolades include four times named BIG EAST Coach of the Year – 1995, 2004, 2010 and 2016. Coach of the Year honors in District II of Division I Men’s Golf in 1997. Georgetown University’s Coach of the Year in 2005 & 2016 and the Vicennial Medal at Georgetown University in 1999 distinguishing 20 + years of service. More recently (2024), Georgetown University recognized Hunter’s 45 years of service.
Hunter is past president of the BIG EAST Golf Coaches Committee and chair of the District II Golf Committee. He was the 2015 Big East Championship Tournament Chair. He also serves on the advisory boards for the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and Golf Pride Grips Co. and has been the keynote speaker for the ESPN Junior Tour. Hunter has been a member of the Georgetown University Host Committee for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournaments in 2001, 2006, 2008, and 2012. Hunter has been a guest speaker at the annual Mid-Atlantic PGA (MAPGA) College Seminar which assists junior golfers and their parents in the college recruiting process.
Fundraising for Georgetown athletics and maintaining relations with the men’s golf alumni community has always been Hunter’s passion. He spearheaded THE MAJOR a premier golf event held at TPC Stadium Course (2008), Pinehurst #2 (2010) and The TPC Old White TPC Course at The Greenbrier (2012) which raised over $450K for all of Georgetown’s sports programs. In 1984, Hunter gathered generous golf alumni to support several program aspirations. The group continued to grow through the years and eventually evolved into The 19th Hole Club. Today, the club remains the cornerstone of financial support to the team’s operating budget.
Prior to Georgetown, Hunter served as the Assistant Director of the Vincent T, Lombardi Memorial Center at Fordham University, his alma mater. He spent four years as a member of the Fordham University baseball team coached by former New York Yankee legend, Gil McDougald.
Off the golf course, Hunter is an IAABO basketball official, Board #12, serving interscholastic leagues in the District of Columbia, Montgomery Country, Md., Howard County, Md. and Arlington, Va. He officiated the Maryland Public Schools Athletic Association (MPSAA) State Championships at The University of Maryland’s XFinity Center in 2009, ’10, ’12,’13 ,’14 and ‘16. He is also a former staff member of the Capitol Conference Basketball League, which is a member of the NCAA Division III.
Hunter grew up in Bethesda, Md. and attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC where is was a member of the Class of 2026 inducted to the Joseph S. Kozik Athletic Hall of Fame for baseball, basketball, and football. His undergraduate years were spent at Fordham University where he earned a bachelor of science in economics in 1977; from there moved on to Temple University to study athletic administration and received his Master of Education degree in 1979.
Hunter now lives in Old Towne Rockville, Maryland with his wife Lisa, a former volleyball player at Penn State University and have three children, Patty, Coley and Maggie.
TOMMY HUNTER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Four Time Big East Conference Coach-Of-The-Year – 1995,2004,2010,2016
- District II Coach-Of-The-Year Division I Golf – 1997
- Coached 32 GCAA Division I Academic All-American Scholars
- Coached 53 Big East All-Conference Scholars
- Coached Inaugural GCAA 18 Birdies All-Academic Team– 2017-18
- Subsequent GCAA 18 Birdies All-Academic Teams 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
- 22 First-Place Finishes in Division I Intercollegiate Tournaments
NCAA APPEARANCES (5)
1997 – NCAA East Regional, The Homestead Resort Upper Cascades, Hot Springs, VA
2004 – NCAA East Regional, The Yale Golf Course, New Haven CT
2010 – NCAA Southwest Central Regional, The Traditions GC, Bryan, TX
2016 – NCAA Southeast Regional, The Vanderbilt Legends North Course, Franklin, TN
2018 – NCAA Southeast Regional, The Watson Course at Reunion Resort, Orlando, FLA
TEAM TITLES (22)
Conference
Big East Conference Championships – 1998, 2010, 2016, 2018
Regular Season
- Georgetown Intercollegiate – 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017, 2025
- The ODU/OBX Intercollegiate - 2024
- Princeton Invitational – 1995, 1999
- Rutherford/Penn State Intercollegiate – 2017
- Xavier Invitational – 1997
- Seton Hall Invitational - 1997
- U.S.Naval Academy Invitational – 2001, 2003
- Towson Invitational – 2016
- Philadelphia Big 5 Invitational – 2003
- James Madison Invitational – 2003
- William & Mary Kingsmill Invitational – 2004
- Pipestream Resort Invitational - 1997
