Charlie Winkler - Men's Golf Coach - Miami University RedHawks

Charlie Winkler

Title:
Assistant Coach/Player Development
Email:
winkledc@miamioh.edu
Phone:
513-529-1690

Charlie Winkler joined the Miami Golf staff as an assistant coach in August 2023.

Winkler was part of a historic season for the RedHawks in 2025-26 as Miami claimed its first conference team title since 2015. The Red and White rallied on the final day of the MAC Championships to finish seven strokes ahead of runner-up Northern Illinois and lift the trophy. Liam Nelson won three events during the 2025-26 campaign, including Miami’s first individual MAC championship since 2003. Nelson, the Flyer Invitational medalist and Muirfield Shootout co-medalist, was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team and was one of two RedHawks to receive All-MAC recognition (Nelson – First Team, Brett Podobinski – Second Team). Head coach JD Fletcher was recognized as the MAC Coach of the Year and Michael Weber took home the conference's Sportsmanship Award. The RedHawks finished the season with a mark of 61-85-5 (including a second-straight Sweetens Cove Intercollegiate championship), good for a No. 119 national ranking. Miami concluded its historic season with a 13th-place showing at the NCAA Bryan Regional.

The 2024-25 season saw Miami achieve a top-100 national ranking for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign. The RedHawks won the team title at Hawaii’s Kapolei Invitational in October and shared the match play championship with Seton Hall at the Sweetens Cove Intercollegiate the following March. Michael Weber earned medalist honors at the Purdue Fall Invitational and was one of three RedHawks to be named All-MAC (Morgan Blythe – First Team, Weber and Brett Podobinski – Second Team). Miami finished the year with a 94-53-3 record and took fifth place at the MAC Championships. The RedHawks produced three Academic All-MAC honorees and three Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars.

In Winkler's first season as an assistant, the RedHawks turned in a runner-up performance at the 2024 MAC Championships, the program’s highest finish since 2015 and second top-two finish in the past 20 years. Miami produced a pair of All-MAC selections (Danny Fisher – first team, Brett Podobinski – second team), the MAC Freshman of the Year (Morgan Blythe), a MAC All-Tournament pick (Fisher), two Academic All-MAC honors (Fisher and Cameron Pero) and three Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars (Fisher, Pero and Matthew Mattioli). Fisher earned the Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award as well. The Red and White also swept the top three spots on the podium at the Ross Collegiate Classic in March, taking second place as a team.

Winkler is a 2021 Miami graduate and previously served as the team manager during the 2019-20 school year. He served as an assistant coach at Wittenberg University in 2022-23, where he was part of the 2023 NCAC Coaching Staff of the Year. At Wittenberg, Winkler helped organize practice plans, coordinate travel, assemble a recruiting database and create development strategies for more than 20 student-athletes.

Winkler played college golf at Denison University in 2017-18, where he was named Academic All-Conference, before transferring to Miami. He owns a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Miami's Farmer School of Business.