Miklos to coach YSU golfers

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Former Loyola coach Nathan Miklos has been named the new Youngstown State University women’s golf coach.

The native of Hermitage, Pa., coached Loyola to the 2004 Horizon League Championship. He replaces Roseann Schwartz who recently retired.

Miklos is very familiar with the Horizon League having spent four-plus seasons as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s programs at Cleveland State.

He was the head coach of the Loyola Ramblers from 2003-05 and was named the Horizon League’s co-coach of the year in 2004.

“I’m really excited about the opportunity to lead this program,” Miklos said. “Having the chance to see these golfers compete at the conference tournament, I’m very excited about what we can do this year and look forward to building upon the success of Coach Roseann Schwartz.”

At Cleveland State, the Vikings men’s program won league championships in 2008, 2009 and 2011 while the women were second in 2009.

After not being with the program for two years, he assisted both Cleveland State teams at the 2013 Horizon League Championships helping the women place third.

He spent all four-plus years with Vikings Coach Steve Weir, a three-time Men’s Horizon League Coach of the Year. Miklos joined the CSU staff after serving as an assistant golf coach at Shawnee High School in Lima from 2005-07.

He also served as the Assistant Golf Professional at Shawnee Country Club from 2006-07.

In two seasons at Loyola, he guided the program to a first and third-place finish at the league championships.

In 2004, Loyola beat Butler by one shot for the title. In 2005, they were third behind Butler and YSU.

“Nathan has had success in the Horizon League with two programs and his passion for golf is something that makes him a perfect fit to lead YSU women’s golf,” said Ron Strollo, YSU’s Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. “We look forward to being in the hunt for the league championship for years to come.”

As a golfer at Grove City College, he led the Wolverines to a pair of conference championships and was named the conference MVP‚àin 2001.