Mary Bryan Last College: Eastern New Mexico, 1971 Position: Assistant Coach

It's hard to imagine that the Knights, or any school, could ever have a more perfectly qualified assistant coach than Mary Bryan.

Bryan brings a resume to UCF on a full-time basis that includes LPGA Tour playing experience, an ESPN and CBS broadcasting career, and top-level instructional background at some of Orlando - and the country's - finest golf academies. Packaged in an enthusiastic and energetic person and the Knights have an ideal coaching staff member.

"Mary brings years of experience in the whole golf industry," UCF head coach Courtney Trimble said of Bryan. "She was a great player on the LPGA Tour. She's been a commentator for ESPN and CBS for years and she's also a very good teacher. She brings a lot of knowledge and years of great experience on and off of the golf course. She will help the team in a lot of ways. Her knowledge will really help the team develop their golf games. Off the course she has incredible positive energy and she knows a lot of the many golf courses in Orlando."

Bryan played full-time on the LPGA Tour for 13 seasons from 1971-84 and has also played in LPGA Senior Tour events.

She attended Eastern New Mexico in Portales where she earned a sociology degree in 1971. Bryan was the runner-up at the New Mexico State Amateur in 1968 while in college. The following year she won the state title back in her native Michigan.

Bryan has been a fixture on the broadcasting scene with over 300 national broadcasts on ESPN, CBS, NBC, ABC, The Golf Channel and also the PGA Radio Network. Her broadcasting career also includes the NCAA Championships.

Bryan was the first woman to ever broadcast a men's major PGA Tour event when the PGA Championship came to the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Most recently, Bryan taught the great game of golf as an instructor at the Grand Cypress Academy of Golf in Orlando. The Academy has been rated amongst the top 25 golf schools in America annually since 1999.

"Not everybody who can play can teach," said Fred Griffin, director of the academy and himself considered one of the top teachers of the game in America. "Real skill and talent are required to work effectively with someone who is just learning the game or wanting to improve. Mary has that ability."

Now the Knights are able to benefit from that ability each and every day.