Miami Redhawks

PERSONAL Wife: Taylor Children: Margaret EDUCATION Bachelor's in Sports Leadership and Management, Miami University, 2019 PLAYING EXPERIENCE: 2015-19: Miami University COACHING EXPERIENCE: 2019-20: Carnegie Mellon, Assistant Coach 2020-21: Earlham, Head Coach 2021-PR: Miami University, Head Coach TEAM VICTORIES: 2024-25: Kapolei Invitational, Hawaii CAREER COACHING RECORD: Year Record Pct. National Ranking MAC Finish 2021-22 38-116-7 .258 No. 169 T-5th 2022-23 75-83-2 .475 No. 139 5th 2023-24 85-69-3 .551 No. 125 2nd 2024-25 94-53-3 .637 No. 96 5th Career 292-321-15 .477

JD Fletcher enters his fifth year as the head coach of Miami Golf in 2025-26.
 
The 2024-25 season saw Fletcher lead the Red and White to a top-100 national ranking for the first time since the 2019-20 campaign. Miami 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 2023-24, Fletcher guided the RedHawks to a runner-up performance at the 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). 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.

During the 2022-23 season, Miami’s team finished in the top five at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate, the Ross Intercollegiate and the MAC Championship. Fisher was named Second Team All-MAC and earned All-Tournament honors after finishing as the runner-up at the MAC Championship (71-71-70=212). Four different RedHawks were named MAC Golfer of the Week or MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week during the 2022-23 campaign. Fletcher’s squad also produced one CSC Academic All-District selection (Sam West), three GCAA All-America Scholars and three Academic All-MAC honorees.
 
The 2021-22 season was highlighted by the RedHawks’ strong performance at the MAC Championships, where senior Jack Ebner finished as a runner-up medalist after a playoff hole and shot a 217 (73-72-72) to lead Miami. Ebner and Fisher were both named second-team All-MAC performers. Fletcher coached four Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars in his first year at the helm, and saw five RedHawks named Academic All-MAC, tied for most from any program in the conference.

Additionally, Miami golfers were honored with the MAC's Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award in three consecutive seasons under Fletcher (Fisher-2024, Ebner-2023, Jack Herceg-2022).

Fletcher, a 2019 Miami University graduate, returned to his alma mater as head coach in August 2021. "Miami Athletics is proud to announce JD Fletcher as the new leader of our Men's Golf program," Miami Director of Athletics David Sayler said. "As a former student-athlete in the golf program here at Miami, he knows firsthand the positive impact that being a part of this institution can have on someone. JD has a bright future in the world of Division I collegiate golf ahead of him and we are all excited to watch him begin that journey here at Miami."

As a student-athlete for the RedHawks, Fletcher competed in 11 events and one MAC Championship during his collegiate career, and was a Top 25 finisher at the 2017 Ohio Amateur. Fletcher also worked as a strength and conditioning intern for the RedHawks, and completed an internship with Play Golf in college. He graduated from Miami with a bachelor's degree in sports leadership and management.
 
In high school, Fletcher was a three-time Division I OHSAA team state champion. His high school accolades include 2014 Ohio Capital Conference (OCC) Player of the Year, three-time First Team All-OCC, two-time Second Team All-District and the Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award Winner.
 
Before becoming Miami’s head coach, Fletcher spent the previous year as head coach and Director of Golf at Earlham College. At Earlham, Fletcher oversaw all budgeting, fundraising, recruiting, tournament scheduling and player development for both the men's and women's programs.
 
Prior to arriving at Earlham, Fletcher was the assistant golf coach at Carnegie Mellon University and director of player development at The Pittsburgh Field Club.
 
In his first season at CMU, Fletcher contributed to the development of three PING All-America selections, along with four All-Region and three All-University Athletic Association (UAA) honorees, including the UAA Player of the Year and UAA Rookie of the Year.