Arkansas State men’s golf head coach Mike Hagen announced ahead of the 2024-25 season the hiring of Michael Terblanche as assistant coach.
In his first season on staff, the Red Wolves set a program record with a 285.17 team stroke average, had two individuals—Thomas Schmidt and Jack Maxey—qualify for NCAA Regionals for the first time in school history, and saw Maxey win the Sun Belt individual championship, the program’s first since 1997. Three Red Wolves also earned Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar honors from the GCAA.
Terblanche began his collegiate coaching career in 2023-24 as an assistant coach at Mercer, where he helped the Bears match the program’s best finish at the Southern Conference Championship. That season, Tobias Jonsson advanced to NCAA Regionals as an individual and went on to compete in the 3M Open on the PGA Tour.
Terblanche finished out his collegiate career as a graduate transfer at Toledo, playing 11 rounds and compiling a 74.9 stroke average for the Rockets. He spent his junior and senior seasons (2020-22) at Missouri after playing his sophomore season at McNeese State. He began his collegiate career at Hofstra in 2018-19. He posted five career top-20 finishes throughout his collegiate career.
A native of Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Terblanche played golf, rugby, and cricket at Hilton College in South Africa. He earned Provincial honors in 2016 and 2017 and helped the team to a championship in 2016.
