University of Oklahoma head men's golf coach Ryan Hybl was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association of America's Hall of Fame on December 10, 2024.
Prior to his coaching career, Hybl was a prolific junior golfer, competing in more than 50 AJGA events from 1995-1999. He amassed six AJGA wins throughout his junior career, including 33 top-10 finishes. He only finished outside the top 20 a remarkable nine times. In addition to his great finishes, he was a member of the East Canon Cup (now Wyndham Cup) teams in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
In recognition of his great playing, he was named the Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 1998 and finished his AJGA career with three Rolex Junior All-America nods.
Hybl also served as the Player Representative on the AJGA Board of Directors in 1999 and later returned to the AJGA as an intern and full-time staff member after graduating from the University of Georgia.
From the GCAA official story:
After a storied playing career at Georgia, Hybl rejoined 2012 GCAA Hall of Famer Chris Haack as an assistant coach in 2005 to begin his coaching career. In his four seasons on staff (2005-09), the Bulldogs captured 18 team wins, featuring the 2006 and 2009 SEC Championship and 2008 NCAA East Regional, and made the NCAA Championship each year. Hybl coached 18 All-America selections in Athens, including 2006 SEC Player of the Year and 2007 Ben Hogan Award winner Chris Kirk, 12 First Team All-SEC honorees, three players who each competed in two Arnold Palmer Cups, three Walker Cup participants, and three consecutive SEC Freshman of the Year recipients. PGA TOUR winners Kirk, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Kevin Kisner, Harris English, Brendon Todd, and Hudson Swafford encompassed 14 of those 18 All-America honors.
Hybl was hired as head coach at Oklahoma on June 22, 2009, and has since turned the program back into a national powerhouse. In his 15-plus seasons in Norman, the Sooners have recorded the top 14 single-season scoring averages in program history and made 13 continuous NCAA Championship appearances, highlighted by capturing the program’s second national championship in 2017. With top-ranked Oklahoma winning two of their three 2024-25 tournaments so far, Hybl has coached a program-record 46 tournament wins, including three Big 12 Championships (2018, 2022, 2023) and four NCAA Regional titles (2015, 2018, 2022, 2024). Hybl has earned the 2022 Dave Williams National Coach of the Year Award, a 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup Team USA Head Coach selection, and two Big 12 Coach of the Years (2018, 2021) while guiding 30 All-America selections and the 2022 Jack Nicklaus Award honoree (Chris Gotterup) at Oklahoma. The 2021 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award recipient (Bill Allcorn) was on Hybl’s staff, and five former players have received their PGA TOUR cards. Hybl has served on the GCAA National Advisory Board among other national committees.