THE EWING FILE

Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Alma Mater: Vanderbilt, 2015
(Bachelor of Arts)
High School: Highland Park
X: @ChEwing00
Birthday: July 5

COACHING EXPERIENCE

2020-present:
Mississippi State, Head Women's Golf Coach
2017-2019:
Mississippi State, Assistant Men's Golf Coach
2016-2017:
Texas Tech, Volunteer Assistant Coach
2016:
Vanderbilt, Volunteer Assistant Coach

EWING'S TEAM VICTORIES

SEC Championship (2023-24)
NCAA Westfield Regional (2022-23)
The Show (2022-23)
Blessings Collegiate Invitational (2022-23)
Mason Rudolph Championship (2022-23)
Westbrook Invitational (2021-22)

EWING'S GOLFERS BY THE NUMBERS

8 All-America Honors
2 SEC Golfer of the Year (2024, 23)
1 SEC Freshman of the Year (2022)
4 First Team All-SEC Selections
5 Freshmen All-SEC Selections
8 Individual Titles
2 SEC Individual Champions (2024, 23)
1 ANNIKA Award Finalist (2023)
12 Academic All-America Honors
21 SEC Academic Honor Roll Selections
7 SEC Golfer of the Week Awards
5 SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week Awards

MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHLIGHTS

3 NCAA Championship Appearances (2024, 23, 22)
1 NCAA Regional Championship Victory (2023) (First in school history)

4 NCAA Regional Appearances (2024, 23, 22, 21*)
2 SEC Tournament Runner-up Finishes (2023, 21)
3 SEC Match Play Appearances (2024, 23, 21)
4 SEC Championship Appearances (2024, 23, 22, 21)
6 Team Victories (Most program history)

*canceled due to inclement weather

Charlie Ewing, considered one of the top rising coaches in golf, was named Mississippi State’s seventh head women’s golf coach on Dec. 2, 2020.

The 2023-24 season saw a common theme of Ewing's first four seasons. The program continued to be break down barriers, as Ewing led the program to their first SEC Championship. The Bulldogs continued into the NCAA Championship for the third year in a row, the longest streak in program history.

In just his fourth season, Ewing has put himself at the top of every coaching record in program history. He led the team to his sixth victory while at Mississippi State, the most wins of any head coach of the Bulldogs.

Ewing led the Bulldogs to postseason play for the third time in as many seasons, which was the first time State had made regional play three years in a row since 2015. The Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row, marking just the fourth time in program history to do such.

Ewing saw Julia Lopez Ramirez have continued success on the course, as she took home the SEC Individual Championship and SEC Golfer of the Year honor, both for the second straight season. Lopez Ramirez is just the second golfer to win the individual title and be named the conference's best golfer in back-to-back seasons, and the fourth to win back-to-back individual titles. During the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional, Lopez Ramirez carded her 61st par or better round of her career, which put her in first among the program's ranks.

Freshmen have seen continued success during Ewing's time at Mississippi State, and the 2023-24 season was no different. Under Ewing, Avery Weed had a breakout season for the Bulldogs. She was named to the All-SEC Freshman team, the third year in a row State has had one representative on that list. Weed finished with a 73.11 stroke average, which ranks her third among freshman all time. Weed and fellow freshman Samantha Whateley both carded rounds in the 60s during the 2023-24 season, the first time two freshmen have carded rounds in the 60s in back to back seasons (Janthamunee and Pellot).

Throughout the 2022-23 season, Ewing elevated the program to heights it had not been before. Ewing led the team in winning four different events during the campaign. Alongside the team titles, Julia Lopez Ramirez picked up three individual victories on the campaign.

During the regular season, the Bulldogs saw multiple individual records set under Ewing. Julia Lopez Ramirez set the record for lowest stroke average (70.10), rounds in the 60s (13) and par or better rounds (25).

Ewing also saw two freshmen enter the freshman records list. Izzy Pellot ranked second for par or better rounds (17), third in rounds in the 60s (4), and fourth in scoring average (73.50). Surapa Janthamunee ranked fifth in stroke average (73.60), rounds in the 60s (2) and par or better rounds (8).

The 2021-22 season marked the first full season for head coach Charlie Ewing, following his Dec. 2020 hire. Entering his first full season as the Bulldog's head coach, Ewing added Lauryn Whyte, now Lauren Lapa, as an assistant coach on July 12, 2021. The two created a strong coaching staff that helped propel Mississippi State into the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2014.

During the 2021-22 campaign, Ewing guided the Bulldogs to four top five finishes and three additional top 10 finishes, highlighted by a team championship at the Westbrook Invitational, his first as a head coach and the programs first team title since 2020. State also concluded the year ranked 31^st nationally by both Golf Stat & Golfweek.

Under Ewing’s leadership, the 2021-22 season saw numerous team and individual records fall. As a team at the Paradise Invitational, 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.)

In the Spring of 2022, Ewing guided Julia Lopez Ramirez to the programs first-ever SEC Freshman of the Year honor. Under Ewing’s guidance, Lopez Ramirez was also named to the All-SEC First Team and was a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team. Lopez Ramirez shined in her first collegiate season, winning three individual titles that included an event championship in her collegiate debut at the Sam Golden Invitational.

In his first full season, Ewing led his team to just their third NCAA Championship appearance in program history. Ewing guided the Bulldogs through a strong field at the NCAA Regional in Tallahassee, Fla. where 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. in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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.

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.

Ewing took over the helm for the Spring portion of the 2020 season. Ewing's 2020 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.

Prior to being named the head women’s coach at Mississippi State, Ewing served as the assistant coach for the Mississippi State men’s golf program under head coach Dusty Smith, beginning in the 2017-18 season. While working as an assistant with the men’s program, Ewing helped to build an active streak of back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances in the first two seasons of Smith’s tenure.

While with the men’s program, the Bulldogs experienced growth and improvement on the course every season. The Bulldogs claimed two team titles during his final two years as an assistant, which snapped a winless skid that went back to the 2014 season.

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 of 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 letter winner 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.

Ewing is married to Ally McDonald, a former MSU women's golf All-American and current LPGA Tour member.