Leighann Albaugh Position: Head Women's Golf Coach Experience: 5th Season Alma Mater: Methodist College '02

Email: lrastede@richmond.edu
Phone: 804-266-7805

Leighann Albaugh is in her fifth year as the University of Richmond women's golf coach, leading the Spiders to a fourth-place finish at the 2009 CAA Championship.

In 2008-09, the Spiders posted five top-5 finishes, the most in program history.

Under the direction of Albaugh, Richmond took third-place at the 2007 Colonial Athletic Association Championship and, with three freshmen in the lineup, guided the 2006 squad to a fourth-place finish in the conference.

In her first year, Albaugh took the Spiders into the top-100 of Golfstat's national rankings for the first time in program history. Richmond posted seven top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments in 2005-06, including four top-five finishes, and three times taking third in a tournament.

The former Methodist College All-American came to Richmond after serving as an assistant coach for Penn State. She is one of only a handful of female Class A PGA teaching professionals in the country.

Albaugh joined the Penn State women's program as assistant coach in 2003. While at Penn State, Albaugh was an assistant under head coach Denise St. Pierre. She also served as a head instructor at the Penn State Golf Camps and as an instructor at the Penn State Alumni golf schools.

She and her husband, Jay, were married in the summer of 2006 in Seattle, Wash. They reside in Richmond with their two beta fish.