After a successful Ohio State career as a student athlete, competing professionally in the LPGA, a stint as an Ohio State assistant and head-coaching opportunities at Texas State and Kent State, Lisa Strom returned to Columbus to become the women’s head golf coach of the Buckeyes July 2, 2021.

Strom was a member of the Ohio State women’s golf team from 1995-99 and then returned as an assistant coach from 2011-16 following her professional playing days.

In 2024-25, the Buckeyes once again shattered program records by shooting the three lowest rounds in Ohio State history and finishing at an astonishing 45-under par at the Clemson Invitational. Later in the spring, the Buckeyes qualified for the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2018.

All-American Kary Hollenbaugh won a school-record four events in 2024-25. Hollenbaugh also played in the US Women’s Open and has twice been invited to participate in the Augusta Women’s Amateur. Nellie Ong had an All-Big Ten season in 2025-26 and joined Hollenbaugh in earning a spot at 2026 Curtis Cup on competing teams.

The 2025-26 season was another great season that ended with a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship. The team had a pair of wins and six Top 5 finishes. Three sophomores and two freshmen grew their games and gained valuable experience, finishing runner-up at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional.

During the 2023-24 season, Strom guided the Buckeyes to team titles at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational and the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational. Kary Hollenbaugh claimed the individual title at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational for her first collegiate win and Caley McGinty became the first Buckeye to win the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational since 2012. Ohio State finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships and was selected to the NCAA Bryan Regional. The Buckeyes finished sixth at regionals. Overall, the Buckeyes finished in the top 10 in nine out of 11 events played during the season.

In her second season at the helm of the Ohio State program, Strom led the Buckeyes to NCAA Regionals, a third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships and team titles at the Dick McGuire/Branch Law Firm Invitational and the Lady Buckeye. The Buckeyes finished finished in the top 10 in all 10 of the regular season tournaments they competed in. The Buckeyes set eight team program records in 2022-23, setting records in scoring average (292.21), par or better rounds (14), par 4 scoring (4.16), low 54-hole score (837 (-27)), team low round (276), team low round vs. par (-12), low 36-hole score (558 (-18)) and par 5 scoring (4.93). The Buckeyes finished the season 28th in the GolfStat rankings, a 26-spot jump from their ranking of 54 at the end of the 2021-22 season.

In her first season as head coach of the Buckeyes in 2022, Strom led Ohio State back to NCAA postseason competition, to a third-place (T) finish in the Big Ten Championship and the team title in the 2022 Lady Buckeye Invitational. Ohio State finished among the Top 9 in seven of 10 tournaments in 2021-22, including the last four of the spring season.

As an assistant for the Buckeyes from 2011-16, Strom helped guide the program to six-consecutive NCAA Regional appearances and four appearances at the NCAA Championships (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016). She was also instrumental in the team’s nine tournament victories, including back-to-back-to-back Big Ten Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

During her OSU playing days, Strom was a two-time All-Big Ten and four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree. In 2000, she earned a first-place finish at the NCAA East Regional Championship and was a member of the 1999 Big Ten Championship team. She graduated with a degree in exercise science in 2000.

Following her time as an assistant at OSU, Strom was the head coach at Texas State from 2016-19. She led the Bobcats to a runner-up finish at the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championship and two team tournament titles. The 2018-19 season, her last in San Marcos, was a historic one for Strom and the Bobcats as the team set seven program records and finished with the highest final season ranking in program history.

She then returned to Ohio to take the reigns at one of the top programs in the area at Kent State. In her two seasons with the Golden Flashes, Strom led the team to nine tournament titles and helped continue the program’s dominance in the MAC, winning Kent State’s 22nd-consecutive conference crown. In May of 2021, Strom and the Golden Flashes came to the OSU Scarlet Course for the NCAA Regional and the team finished tied for fifth in the 18-team field to advance to the NCAA Championships.

Strom played professional from 2000 until 2011 and competed in more than 50 LPGA sponsored events as a member of the LPGA Tour (2003, 2007-2010). She earned her best career finish in 2007 when she finished tied for 13th at the Navistar LPGA Classic. Strom carded a career-low 67 on two occasions in 2009 with the first coming in the second round of the LPGA State Farm Classic and the next in the opening round of the Navistar LPGA Classic.

Aside from joining the Tour, Strom also competed on the Futures Tour for seven years. Her best finish came at the 2002 El Paso FUTURES Golf Classic where she finished second. Also, Strom is a three-time winner of the Ohio Women’s Open (2007, 2009, 2010) and two-time winner of the Michigan Women’s Open (2007, 2010).

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Lisa Strom	Head Coach	strom.3@osu.edu	(704) 453-3998
Alejandra Cangrejo	Assistant Coach	CANGREJO.2@OSU.EDU
Amy Miller	Director of Operations

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