Bio

Chris Gilbert enters his second year as the head men’s and women’s golf coach for the 2023-24 season.

In his first year with the Wildcats, Gilbert boasted a conference champion and national qualifier in Mia Tovkach, who won the individual title at the 2023 Heart Women’s Golf Championship.

Gilbert came to Baker after spending two seasons at the University of Kansas where he served as a volunteer assistant coach for both golf teams.

Prior to his time at Kansas, Gilbert was an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin, where he helped coach the Badgers to two team titles including the 2018 Pinetree Intercollegiate and the 2019 Musketeer Classic. He also helped lead the Badgers to the lowest team scoring average in school history with a 292.96.

Joining the staff before the 2016-17 season, Gilbert served as an assistant coach at Washington State University and helped the Cougars to back-to-back championships at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate tournament.

Gilbert graduated from the University of Kansas in 2013, where he played golf and was a two-time Individual Medalist, a two-time Individual NCAA Regional selection, a member of the All-Big 12 Tournament Team in 2013 and a PING Central Region Team selection.

Awards & Honors at Baker:

• Heart of America Conference Champions: 1
• Heart of America Conference player of the year: 1
• Individual Tournament Champions: 5
• Heart of America Golfer of the week: 4
• Individual all conference team selections: 2
• Team records broken: 4
• Individual Records Broken: 1
• GCAA All America Scholars: 2
• GCAA Outstanding Team Academic Award: 1
• Heart of America Conference Scholars: 3
• NAIA Scholars: 3