University of Houston Athletics
Rachel Pollock Hired to Lead Women’s Golf
6/9/2026 4:53:00 PM | Women's Golf
Former ULM coach becomes third Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach in program history
HOUSTON – Former ULM Coach Rachel Pollock will become the third Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach in University of Houston Women's Golf history with her hiring Wednesday, Vice President for Athletics Eddie Nuñez announced. Her hiring is pending Board of Regents approval.In five seasons at ULM, Pollock led the Warhawks to three NCAA Regional team appearances and two individual qualifiers as well as an individual berth to the 2026 NCAA Championships. Her program won a pair of Sun Belt Conference Championships titles (2026, 2023) and produced two Sun Belt Conference Players of the Year in Johanna Sjursen (2026) and Chantal Dueringer (2023) as well as 2023 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year Anna Andrysova.
Pollock's teams won at least two team tournament championships in each of her last four seasons. After setting a school single-season record with five tournament titles in in 2022-23, her final ULM squad equaled that mark.
During her career, Pollock guided 10 All-Sun Belt Conference honorees with three First-Team selections, and five student-athletes received Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team recognition. Six student-athletes won nine individual tournament championships during her tenure.
In recognition of her team's accomplishments, she was honored as the 2026 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year and received similar honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in 2023.
Off the course, she mentored 17 student-athletes who were named Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholars with the 2026 group to be released later this month.
"Today is a great day for the University of Houston Athletics Department and our Women's Golf program. In a short time, Rachel built an award-winning program at ULM with young women who were outstanding on the course and in the classroom," Nuñez said. "We are excited to welcome Rachel to our Houston Athletics family and look forward to what she, her staff and her teams will accomplish in the years ahead."
"I am excited to build on the foundation that has been set in Women's Golf at the University of Houston. This program has set a standard of excellence I am excited to contribute to. I cannot wait to bring in student-athletes who will bring a positive impact on the course, in the classroom and in our community," Pollock said. "The investment into Athletics and not just Women's Golf at the University of Houston excites me. The great facilities our student-athletes have access to, the continued improvements and the exciting upcoming new projects show an ongoing investment in the Golf program. I want to thank Eddie Nuñez and (Senior Deputy Director for Athletics) David Williams for the opportunity to lead Houston Women's Golf. I am grateful to step into this role."
Pollock, who is a native of Guelph (pronounced Gwelf), Ontario, Canada, is bilingual in English and French.
AT ULM
In 2026, Pollock led the Warhawks to the Sun Belt Conference Championships crown at The Lakewood Club in Fairhope, Ala. After finishing first in stroke play, ULM defeated (4) Old Dominion in the Semifinals of match play and followed that with a 4-1 win over (3) Texas State to take the title.
ULM advanced to the NCAA Tallahassee Regional and finished eighth with Sjursen finishing third to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Championships, a first in the program's history.
For her team's impressive performance, Pollock was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year and the state Coach of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
That postseason success was nothing new for Pollock and her team in 2025-26. The Warhawks claimed five team tournament crowns (ULM Invitational, Great River Cup, Lady Red Wolves Classic and season-opening Jayhawk Invitational), tying the school single-season record from the 2022-23 squad, her first ULM team.
In 2024-25, Pollock led ULM to two team championships and five Top-Three showings. Sophomore Daniela Campillo qualified as an individual to compete at the NCAA Gold Canyon Regional at Superstitition Mountain Golf Course in Arizona.
Three student-athletes were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic-All-District Team for their work in the classroom that season.
In 2023-24, Daniela Campillo was named to both the All-Sun Belt Conference Team and the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team after finishing second in stroke play at the league's postseason event.
In her first season at ULM, Pollock guided her team to the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Championships title, claiming the crown on the second hole of a playoff. It was the first conference title in the program's history and punched the Warhawks' tickets to the NCAA San Antonio Regional at TPC San Antonio.
Her team posted a 52-1-1 record against its last 54 head-to-head stroke play NCAA Division I opponents. The Warhawks started the stretch by winning the team title at the GCU Invitational at 13 strokes, finishing at 19-under 845. After placing second in the HCU Husky Invitational, ULM reeled off three consecutive tournament titles: Bama Beach Bash, ULM Invitational and Sun Belt Conference Championship.
In addition, her 2022-23 team rewrote the record book, breaking more than 20 combined individual and team records, including the lowest team scoring average per round (292.58) as well as the four lowest rounds and four lowest 54-hole scores in program history.
AT ARKANSAS STATE
Prior to ULM, Pollock spent four seasons at Arkansas State. She entered the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant in 2017 and, after two seasons, was elevated to the program's full-time assistant coach.
In her four seasons in Jonesboro, Ark., Pollock helped guide the Red Wolves to five tournament titles and 18 Top-Five finishes. Arkansas State set a program record in stroke average in each of her first three seasons, including a program best 296.52 in 2019-20.
In 2021, she helped lead Arkansas State to four Top-Five finishes, including a win at the Diane Daugherty Invitational at Southern Illinois.
Academically, the Red Wolves placed six golfers on the WGCA All-American Scholar List and compiled a program record 3.973 grade-point average.
Despite a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019-20 campaign was one for the record books with Pollock. The Red Wolves won three tournament championships, including back-to-back crowns in spring events, the highest single-season total in nearly two decades with back-to-back team tournament titles for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
The Red Wolves also continued their strong efforts in the classroom, placing six players on the WGCA All-American Scholar List.
PLAYING CAREER
Pollock competed for four seasons at East Tennessee State from 2013 to 2017, playing all but five events during her career. As a student-athletes Pollock helped lead the Buccaneers to two wins and 18 Top-Five finishes.
She was a two-time member of the Southern Conference Spring All-Academic Team and was twice named East Tennessee State's Academic Most Valuable Player.
Pollock graduated magna cum laude with her bachelor's degree in physical education with a concentration in exercise science and a minor in coaching from East Tennessee State in 2017. She received her master's degree in sport administration from Arkansas State 2019.
Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, she finished 12th on Golf Canada's 2016-17 Order of Merit and eighth on the 2011-12 Junior Order of Merit. She also was the 2012 CN Ontario Future Links Long Drive champion and earned medalist honors at the 2012 Graham Cooke Invitational.
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