Women's Golf
Ewing, Charlie
Charlie Ewing
- Title:
- Head Women's Golf Coach
- Email:
- cewing@athletics.msstate.edu
- Phone:
- 662-325-2722
Charlie Ewing, considered one of the top rising coaches in golf, was named Mississippi State’s seventh head women’s golf coach by Director of Athletics John Cohen on Dec. 2, 2020.
“Charlie has made an instant impact during his three and a half years in Starkville, and it became clear during our search he was the right fit to lead Mississippi State women’s golf,” said Cohen. “He is an excellent teacher, motivator and recruiter, who has been one of the most sought-after rising stars in the sport. Charlie embodies the Bulldog mentality and has a great vision for the future of our program. He brings tremendous experience both as a former student-athlete and as a coach, which will be a huge positive in developing our student-athletes to their greatest potential both on and off the course.”
Ewing's took over helm for the Spring portion of the 2020 season. Ewing's spring was highlighted by an incredible performance in the SEC Championship. The Bulldogs finished stroke play 15-under par to place fifth and earn a spot in match play. State's 15-under par marked the fourth-lowest team score in program history. In stroke play, Mississippi State caught fire, beating two top-5 teams (No. 4 LSU and No. 5 Ole Miss) to earn the program's first ever trip to the SEC Championship finals, where MSU finished second to ninth-ranked Auburn.
Heading into his first full season as the Bulldogs head coach after taking over the program in December of 2020, Ewing added Lauryn Whyte as an assistant coach on July 12, 2021. Whyte came to Starkville from Indiana where she spent two seasons as the Hoosier's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
Coach Ewing ushered in a new era of Bulldog golf in the 2021-2022 season in his full calendar year as head coach.
State competed in 12 events as a team, placing in the top five four times while earning three top 10 finishes, highlighted by a team championship at the Westbrook Invitational, as well as a trip to NCAA Championships. Mississippi State concluded the year ranked 31st by both Golf Stat and Golfweek.
The Bulldogs brought two trophies from the same event home for the first time since 2014 as they captured both the team and individual titles in the 2022 Westbrook Invitational.
Mississippi State opened up the spring portion of the 2021-22 season with a bang, stringing together top-four finishes in four straight events (The Ally, Paradise Invitational, Westbrook Invitational and The Gator). The spring portion of the calendar opened with the 2022 Paradise Invitational. As a team, State broke the record for the lowest first round in school history with 15-under par (273). State's 15-under par is also the second-lowest round in team history (18-under par in 2020). MSU finished third shooting 23-under par (841) for the tournament. (23-under par is the second-lowest team score after 54 holes in school history.)
Upon the completion of the regular season, the Bulldogs punched their ticket to the postseason for the 11th time when they were selected as one of 12 teams chosen to compete at the 2022 Tallahassee Regional as the sixth seed. Down the stretch of the Tallahassee Regional, State scored an even-par on the last six holes as a team to build a five-stroke cushion and secure the fourth-place finish needed to advance to the NCAA Championships.
With State's advancement to the NCAA Championships, Ewing became the first Mississippi State women's golf head coach to advance to the championship round in their first full season as head coach. Ewing is just the second coach in MSU history to make the NCAA Championship Round in their NCAA Tournament debut.
Previously, Ewing had served as the assistant coach for the Mississippi State men’s golf program under head coach Dusty Smith since the 2017-18 campaign, helping to build an active streak of back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances in the first two seasons of Smith’s tenure. He is husband of former MSU women’s golf All-American and current LPGA Tour player Ally McDonald.
“I am thrilled to be the new head coach of the Mississippi State women’s golf program,” said Ewing. “This university, Starkville and the state of Mississippi have treated me so well during the last three and a half years, and my wife much longer than that. Ally and I are very excited to be making a long-term commitment to a place we are very proud to call home. We can’t express enough gratitude toward John Cohen, Dusty Smith, this entire athletic department and the Mississippi State community for believing in me several years back and expressing that belief in me yet again with this great opportunity. I can’t wait to work with the group of young women we have and begin the recruiting process to add many more future Bulldogs to represent Mississippi State University! Hail State!”
Since Ewing joined Smith and MSU men’s golf, the program has experienced growth and improvement on the course every season. The Bulldogs claimed two team titles during the last two years, snapping a winless skid going back to 2014.
In March 2019, State won the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate title, while Garrett Johnson claimed his first-career individual win and became the first Bulldog to medal in an event since 2017. Ewing’s time with the men’s program finished with an individual win by current Bulldog Ford Clegg at the 2020 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in November. Clegg tied a school-record 54-hole total 198 (15-under par) for his second-career win.
Clegg, Johnson and former Bulldog Peng Pichaikool, who now plays professionally on the Asian Tour, have all played under Smith and Ewing, and they all recorded single-season stroke averages that ranked inside the top 10 in program history. Johnson’s 70.81 score during the 2019-20 season placed second, while Pichaikool’s 71.40 career stroke average stands as the MSU record.
Mississippi State men’s golf also saw great success in the classroom during Ewing’s time with the program, earning five Golf Coaches Association of America Academic All-America selections over the three completed seasons as well as 10 SEC Academic Honor Roll picks following each of those campaigns.
Ewing, a Dallas, Texas native, was a four-year letterwinner at Vanderbilt under Smith from 2010-14. He was a four-year All-SEC Academic Honor Roll member, while playing 114 rounds and posting a 73.96 scoring average. During his time at Vanderbilt, Ewing claimed one individual title at the Arkansas State Red Wolf Intercollegiate in 2012, four top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes.
After graduation, Ewing spent the 2016 postseason as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater and helped the Commodores advance to the quarterfinals of the match play portion in the NCAA Championships.
In the 2016-17 season, Ewing served in the volunteer assistant role for Texas Tech men’s golf on its way to a No. 14 finish in the Golfstat rankings and an NCAA Regional appearance.
“Charlie has made an instant impact during his three and a half years in Starkville, and it became clear during our search he was the right fit to lead Mississippi State women’s golf,” said Cohen. “He is an excellent teacher, motivator and recruiter, who has been one of the most sought-after rising stars in the sport. Charlie embodies the Bulldog mentality and has a great vision for the future of our program. He brings tremendous experience both as a former student-athlete and as a coach, which will be a huge positive in developing our student-athletes to their greatest potential both on and off the course.”
Ewing's took over helm for the Spring portion of the 2020 season. Ewing's spring was highlighted by an incredible performance in the SEC Championship. The Bulldogs finished stroke play 15-under par to place fifth and earn a spot in match play. State's 15-under par marked the fourth-lowest team score in program history. In stroke play, Mississippi State caught fire, beating two top-5 teams (No. 4 LSU and No. 5 Ole Miss) to earn the program's first ever trip to the SEC Championship finals, where MSU finished second to ninth-ranked Auburn.
Heading into his first full season as the Bulldogs head coach after taking over the program in December of 2020, Ewing added Lauryn Whyte as an assistant coach on July 12, 2021. Whyte came to Starkville from Indiana where she spent two seasons as the Hoosier's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
Coach Ewing ushered in a new era of Bulldog golf in the 2021-2022 season in his full calendar year as head coach.
State competed in 12 events as a team, placing in the top five four times while earning three top 10 finishes, highlighted by a team championship at the Westbrook Invitational, as well as a trip to NCAA Championships. Mississippi State concluded the year ranked 31st by both Golf Stat and Golfweek.
The Bulldogs brought two trophies from the same event home for the first time since 2014 as they captured both the team and individual titles in the 2022 Westbrook Invitational.
Mississippi State opened up the spring portion of the 2021-22 season with a bang, stringing together top-four finishes in four straight events (The Ally, Paradise Invitational, Westbrook Invitational and The Gator). The spring portion of the calendar opened with the 2022 Paradise Invitational. As a team, State broke the record for the lowest first round in school history with 15-under par (273). State's 15-under par is also the second-lowest round in team history (18-under par in 2020). MSU finished third shooting 23-under par (841) for the tournament. (23-under par is the second-lowest team score after 54 holes in school history.)
Upon the completion of the regular season, the Bulldogs punched their ticket to the postseason for the 11th time when they were selected as one of 12 teams chosen to compete at the 2022 Tallahassee Regional as the sixth seed. Down the stretch of the Tallahassee Regional, State scored an even-par on the last six holes as a team to build a five-stroke cushion and secure the fourth-place finish needed to advance to the NCAA Championships.
With State's advancement to the NCAA Championships, Ewing became the first Mississippi State women's golf head coach to advance to the championship round in their first full season as head coach. Ewing is just the second coach in MSU history to make the NCAA Championship Round in their NCAA Tournament debut.
Previously, Ewing had served as the assistant coach for the Mississippi State men’s golf program under head coach Dusty Smith since the 2017-18 campaign, helping to build an active streak of back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances in the first two seasons of Smith’s tenure. He is husband of former MSU women’s golf All-American and current LPGA Tour player Ally McDonald.
“I am thrilled to be the new head coach of the Mississippi State women’s golf program,” said Ewing. “This university, Starkville and the state of Mississippi have treated me so well during the last three and a half years, and my wife much longer than that. Ally and I are very excited to be making a long-term commitment to a place we are very proud to call home. We can’t express enough gratitude toward John Cohen, Dusty Smith, this entire athletic department and the Mississippi State community for believing in me several years back and expressing that belief in me yet again with this great opportunity. I can’t wait to work with the group of young women we have and begin the recruiting process to add many more future Bulldogs to represent Mississippi State University! Hail State!”
Since Ewing joined Smith and MSU men’s golf, the program has experienced growth and improvement on the course every season. The Bulldogs claimed two team titles during the last two years, snapping a winless skid going back to 2014.
In March 2019, State won the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate title, while Garrett Johnson claimed his first-career individual win and became the first Bulldog to medal in an event since 2017. Ewing’s time with the men’s program finished with an individual win by current Bulldog Ford Clegg at the 2020 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in November. Clegg tied a school-record 54-hole total 198 (15-under par) for his second-career win.
Clegg, Johnson and former Bulldog Peng Pichaikool, who now plays professionally on the Asian Tour, have all played under Smith and Ewing, and they all recorded single-season stroke averages that ranked inside the top 10 in program history. Johnson’s 70.81 score during the 2019-20 season placed second, while Pichaikool’s 71.40 career stroke average stands as the MSU record.
Mississippi State men’s golf also saw great success in the classroom during Ewing’s time with the program, earning five Golf Coaches Association of America Academic All-America selections over the three completed seasons as well as 10 SEC Academic Honor Roll picks following each of those campaigns.
Ewing, a Dallas, Texas native, was a four-year letterwinner at Vanderbilt under Smith from 2010-14. He was a four-year All-SEC Academic Honor Roll member, while playing 114 rounds and posting a 73.96 scoring average. During his time at Vanderbilt, Ewing claimed one individual title at the Arkansas State Red Wolf Intercollegiate in 2012, four top-five finishes and 10 top-10 finishes.
After graduation, Ewing spent the 2016 postseason as a volunteer assistant at his alma mater and helped the Commodores advance to the quarterfinals of the match play portion in the NCAA Championships.
In the 2016-17 season, Ewing served in the volunteer assistant role for Texas Tech men’s golf on its way to a No. 14 finish in the Golfstat rankings and an NCAA Regional appearance.
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