Pete Gyscek Named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Coach of the Year Generals’ mentor garners top conference honor after leading W&L to three tournament wins.

By Brian Laubscher
May 16, 2025

Pete Gyscek, Thomas R. Wall IV Head Men’s Golf Coach at Washington and Lee University, was selected as the 2025 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Men’s Golf Coach of the Year in voting conducted by the league’s coaches.

Gyscek has led the Generals to one of the most successful seasons in the program’s history. W&L was ranked as the top team in Division III for a large part of the year, claiming three tournament victories across the fall and spring seasons.

The Blue & White finished second at the 2025 ODAC championship and received an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III championship, which will be held May 20-23 at the Midvale Country Club and Cobblestone Creek Golf Club in Rochester, New York. The now second-ranked Generals will be one of 43 teams competing for the team championship.

During the season, W&L tied the program record for tournament wins a season (3) and set new program-bests for lowest round to par (-16), lowest 54-hole score to par (-30), lowest 36-hole to par (-15) and total rounds under par, shooting 17 of its 22 rounds under par.

The Generals’ top five golfers all rank in the Top 70 of Division III led by Jonathan McEwen ’27, who has five individual tournament titles this year. The ODAC Golfer of the Year, McEwen is the top-ranked player in Division III with a 68.1 adjusted scoring average.

Gyscek is in his 10th season as a member of the W&L faculty, serving as the men’s golf coach for that entire time and leading the women’s golf team for seven years (2012-2019). He guided the W&L men’s team to a runner-up finish at the 2018 NCAA Division III Championship, with Brian Peccie ’20 claiming the individual national championship that season. He also led the women’s program to three ODAC titles and a tie for 11th place at the 2019 NCAA Division III championship.

Gyscek holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Niagara University.

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