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Travis Lauterbach

AT HARDING
Travis Lauterbach became the Athletics Compliance Officer in June 2021 and became Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach in July 2023.

BEFORE HARDING
Lauterbach served as the men's and women's golf coach at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, from 2017-20. Spent the 2016-17 season as an assistant coach at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. From 2012-17, Lauterbach was the head men's and women's golf coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. At Faulkner, Lauterbach was named the Southern States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2013. Before that, he was a full-time caddie at some of the most prestigious golf courses in the country from 2009-2012, including Augusta National Golf Club, Whistling Straits, TPC Sawgrass, TPC Potomac and the Maroon Creek Golf Club. He was named as the Caddie of the Year at TPC Potomac in 2009.

EDUCATION
Lauterbach earned his bachelor's degree in early childhood education from Harding University in 2006. He continued his education at Harding and earned a master's degree in business administration in 2007.

FAMILY
Lauterbach and his wife Lara have three children -- Collins, Cade and Luke.