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Eight-year head coaching veteran Nick Clinard, who led the University of Central Florida to a top 10 finish in the 2009 NCAA Championship, has been named head men’s golf<\/a> coach at Auburn University, Athletics Director Jay Jacobs announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

Clinard led UCF to NCAA Regional play in five of the last six seasons, including 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and the Knights have won six tournament titles in the past two seasons. Clinard has nine tournament victories including two conference championships, coached one All-American, four Academic All-Americans, two conference players of the year, three individual conference champions and eight all-conference selections at UCF.<\/p>\n

For the complete Auburn news release, visit Auburn University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight-year head coaching veteran Nick Clinard, who led the University of Central Florida to a top 10 finish in the 2009 NCAA Championship, has been named head men’s golf coach at Auburn University, Athletics Director Jay Jacobs announced Sunday. 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