Coaching Staff

Veteran assistant coach Mary Michael Witherell was named the University of Central Arkansas golf assistant coach for the 2023-2024 season under Head Coach Summar Roachell.

Witherell, a Conway Native has a deep knowledge the game through previous assistant coaching stops and operations roles (Houston, Baylor, Florida State, Texas A&M).

The Aggies posted a trio of top eight national finishes, including trips to match play at the NCAA Championships twice with Witherell. Since the 2017-18 s, the Aggies posted 10 team victories, including wins at the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Regionals.

Her experience as an assistant coach includes three seasons at Florida State and one-year stints at Baylor and Houston.

At Florida State, Witherell served as the assistant coach for both teams and helped the Seminoles post top 20 finishes at the NCAA Championships in 2016 and 2017. During her time at Florida State, she helped both programs ascend to a No. 1 national rankings and win 14 tournament team titles.

Witherell spent one year as an assistant women's golf coach at Baylor (2014-15), helping the Bears to a second-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Baylor won three tournaments,
including the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA San Antonio Regional.

At the University of Houston, Witherell helped launch the Cougars’ women's golf program. The Cougars had only three players in its inaugural season, but produced an All-American Athletic Conference performer in Raegan Bremer and saw the trio of golfers record 13 top 25 finishes.

As a collegiate player, Witherell. won two tournaments at A&M, taking home top honors at the 2012 Liz Murphey Fall Preview in addition to the 2012 Big 12 Championship.

Witherell enjoyed a stellar junior career before beginning her collegiate playing career. She earned All-American honors by AJGA. Witherell was a multiple time Arkansas state champion and earned All-State honors in each of her four seasons on the Conway High School varsity golf team. In 42 high school matches, she was a medalist 37 times and was the runner-up in the other five events.

A 2013 graduate of Texas A&M University Witherell is married to Scott Witherell, and they have a son Samuel (1).