Hannah Luckett came to Newberry in August 2017 as the Associate Head Coach for Women's Golf. After handling the day-to-day coaching responsibilities while working under the direction of Director of Golf and Head Men's Golf Coach Howard Vroon for two seasons, she was elevated to Head Women's Golf Coach in July 2019.
"We are pleased to promote Hannah," Patterson stated in 2019. "The women's golf team is improving steadily under her guidance. We look forward to watching our women's golfers continue their climb to the top of the SAC."
"It has been a blessing to be part of the Wolves family and I am honored to be named to Head Coach," said Luckett. "I am thankful for Coach [Howard] Vroon and Ralph's guidance these last two years and I look forward to continue leading this program to the next level."
Luckett had spent the past two seasons leading the team as Associate Head Coach for Women's Golf. In that time the Wolves improved from 86th to 50th in the Golfstat rankings, from 10th to sixth at the South Atlantic Conference Women's Golf Championship and had a top-10 individual (Nabila Inak, T-7th in 2019) for the first time since 2016.
Inak was named a Third Team Academic All-American in 2019 season, the first Newberry women's golfer to receive the prestigious honor since 2013. She was also a First Team Academic All-District selection and joined Taylor Lance on the Honorable Mention All-SAC team this spring.
Newberry came alive during the 2018 spring semester under Luckett's charge, rattling off three consecutive top-three team finishes, including tying for a win at the Coker Invitational. The Wolves opened the 2018-19 campaign with three more top-three finishes, won tournaments in October and February, and put together their second-best campaign in school history in both stroke average (313.6) and win-loss percentage (.723).
During the 2016-17 season, Luckett served as an assistant to the men’s and women’s teams at Limestone. During her time in Gaffney, Luckett had six players named to the Conference Carolinas all-conference team, recruited a student-athlete from the Austrian National Team, and brought in a freshman class that was ranked as the No. 1 freshman impact women’s class according to Golfstat. Luckett also raised over $100,000 in alumni giving for the men’s and women’s golf programs.
Vroon said Luckett “understands and is familiar with the challenges of building a strong women’s college golf program, and she is enthusiastic and committed to doing so.”
Luckett competed as a student-athlete on the Limestone women’s golf team from 2012-2016 and helped lead Limestone to its first-ever conference championship in 2014. During her time with the program, she served as captain for three seasons and earned numerous accolades. Luckett was a four-time all-conference selection, three-time all-conference tournament team and three-time team MVP recipient.
Luckett graduated from Limestone in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sport Management.
