
Andrew R. Larkin
Head Men’s Golf Coach at Santa Clara UniversityA successful collegiate assistant and head coach, as well as a professional player, Andrew Larkin just wrapped up his fifth season leading the Santa Clara men's golf program.
Larkin's Broncos had a successful 2024-25 campaign, winning their second team title in as many years, seeing 3 individual medalist, and advancing to the NCAA tournament for only the 3rd time in program history.
Larkin has coached 7 players to ALL-WCC honors, has coached the highest ranked team (#45 nationally in 2025) and highest ranked player (Matt McCarty #33 nationally in 2021) in program history. His teams and players have also set the program record for scoring in the last 5 years.
Larkin, spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach with UCLA where he helped direct the Bruins to three NCAA Regional appearances, including a championship berth in 2018, under coach Derek Freeman. UCLA was ranked No. 25 nationally by Golfstat.com when the 2019-20 season was canceled.
Larkin has coached two PGA Tour winners, Matt McCarty and Jake Knapp and have helped more than a dozen players earn professional cards on the PGAT Tour, Korn Ferry; DP World Tour, and PGA Tour Canada.
A professional player since 2012, has won 20 professional events and was a finalist for the 2019 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award.
Prior to his time at the Pac-12 Conference school, Larkin spent three seasons as the head men's and women's golf coach at Occidental College, his alma mater.
During his time at UCLA, the program produced eight individual medalists, a Ben Hogan Award final 25 selection, nine all-conference selections and four All-Pac 12 Freshman choices.
He has demonstrated success in recruiting, helping sign the Nos. 3 and 5-ranked players in the country in 2016, two top 20 players in 2017, three top 35 recruits in 2018, and the 14th-ranked American and No. 11-ranked amateur in the world in the class of 2020.
He also served as caddie for former UCLA golfer Devon Bling at both the 2019 Master’s and 2019 U.S. Open and caddied UCLA players to the round of 32 at the 2017 United States Amateur, the finals of the 2018 United State Amateur, round of 64 at the 2019 United States Amateur
A native of Los Angles, Larkin was a four-time All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference selection and two-time (2011 and 2012) Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar while at Occidental.
During his time as head coach of the Tigers, he produced seven All-SCIAC selections and led the women’s program from 150th nationally in 2013 to No. 35 the following year.
In addition, he designed and fundraised for a 2,500-square-foot on-campus practice area for the Division III program.
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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara CA
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500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053-1000



