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Chris Babcock

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Husky golf alumnus Chris Babcock returned to Montlake ahead of the 2023-24 season, joining Alan Murray's staff as assistant coach.

Babcock was a four-year letterman at UW, from 2013 through 2016, who went on to play on PGA Tour Canada following graduation.

During Babcock's first season on staff at UW, the Huskies saw immense success, spending the majority of the season ranked inside the top-10 of the Clippd and Golfweek national rankings, reaching as high as No. 3.

The Huskies claimed the 2023 Husky Invitational by a dominating 26 strokes, while senior Taehoon Song earned his first-ever medal. UW's 824 at Gold Mountain Golf Club was the seventh-lowest 54-hole score in program history, with the Dawgs going one step further with an 807 at the Amer Ari, the second lowest three-round score by a Husky squad. Washington also posted a program-record 262 during the second round in Hawaii, while freshman Finn Koelle became the sixth Husky with a 198 or lower as her tied for runner up.

Following the season, four Dawgs earned All-Pac-12 recognition as Petr Hruby was named to the First Team, Song landed on the Second Team, Teddy Lin earned Honorable Mention Recognition and Koelle earned a spot on the All-Freshman team. Hruby and Song also garnered all-region laurels, while Hruby was named an Honorable Mention All-American by PING.

"I'm excited to welcome Babs back to Montlake," said Murray after Babcock's hiring. "It is really great to have him back in the program and his passion for the game will be a huge benefit for our program. I arrived here after he had graduated, but the guys that were on the team that played with him always spoke highly of his ability, his passion for the game, his drive and competitiveness.

"These qualities along with his coaching abilities will be of great benefit to our program," Murray continued. "Babs has been here and done everything that our guys will go through so he will really be able to help our guys navigate their time at Washington in a really productive and successful manner. He was successful in the classroom as well as on the golf course."

Babcock returned to Seattle after having spent the 2022-23 season at Colorado State, where he helped the Rams to a fifth-place finish at the Auburn Regional, earning them a spot in the NCAA Championships.

Following his own college career, Babcock, a graduate of Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Washington, Babcock played three season on PGA Tour Canada and then also spent a year as a PGA Tour caddy for former UW teammate C.T. Pan. Babcock also qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open.

"His time working as a PGA Tour caddy for another alum, C.T. Pan, will also be of immense benefit to the guys as they work towards their dreams of playing professional golf at the highest level," Murray noted. "We have been fortunate that we have had some wonderful assistant coaches over the years here that are all great human beings. Babs is certainly all of those things and I can't wait to work alongside him as we continue to pursue championships and add to our programs great history."

At UW, Babcock had four top-10 finishes in his collegiate career, including earning co-medalist honors at UCLA's Gifford Collegiate. As a Husky, he played in 26 career tournaments and earned his Bachelor of Arts in communication. He was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar his senior year and was the men's golf representative on the Washington Student-Athlete Advisory Council (WSAAC).