NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt head men’s golf coach Scott Limbaugh announced Wednesday the hiring of Austin Cody as assistant coach.
Cody joins the Commodore program after serving as an assistant coach at Ole Miss the last three seasons, where he helped the Rebels to an NCAA Regional appearance each spring.
“We are thrilled to be bringing Austin into our Vandy golf family. He is one of the brightest coaches in the game, I know he will continue to help us grow in all areas including player development and recruiting,” Limbaugh said. “He has a passion for coaching that is infectious and is excited to work. He is an excellent communicator, I know he will invest in our players daily. Austin was a great junior golfer and played on an ACC Championship team and NCAA semifinal team at Duke. We can’t wait to continue to take Vandy golf to new levels together.”
This season, Cody’s efforts aided Ole Miss in winning the All-American Intercollegiate while recording a runner-up finish at the Cabo Collegiate as the Rebels would advance to match play at the SEC Championships and earn a berth in the field of the NCAA Norman Regional. Not only was it the first time since 2017 that Ole Miss moved on to match play at the SEC Championships, the Rebels set a program record for low round after posting a 268 total at the SEC Fall Match Play Championship.
In addition to ending the campaign among the top 25 in GolfStat’s final team ratings, he helped Huso Townsend earn a spot on the PING All-Southeast Region team while four different student-athletes earned SEC weekly honors.
Cody’s first season with the program saw Ole Miss record two of the top 10 rounds in the school’s record books on the way to a berth in the NCAA Stillwater Regional as Jackson Suber earned All-America and All-SEC honors after earning two individual victories. His efforts helped Suber pick up multiple All-America honors the following season as the Rebels finished 14th—the second-best result in program history—at the NCAA Championships after qualifying for the event for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign.
“I am extremely honored to join the Vanderbilt men’s golf program.” Cody said. “Vanderbilt University has the academics to attract the best student-athletes and the facilities to support its rich golf history. I am grateful to Coach Limbaugh for allowing me to be a part of the continued success of the Commodores’ status among the nation’s best teams.”
Prior to his arrival in Oxford, Cody was on the staff three seasons at UAB including serving as associate head coach in 2019-20. The Blazers placed first in stroke play and advanced to the final match at the Conference USA Championships his first season with the program, and would win two tournament titles the following campaign. Cody’s efforts helped UAB reach the top 25 in the national rankings for the first time in six years his final season at the school.
A four-year letterwinner at Duke from 2010-14, Cody recorded 14 top-20 results while shooting better than par on 22 occasions. As a freshman, he went 3-0-1 to help the Blue Devils claim the Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship as they would place second at the ACC Championships before advancing to the semifinals of match play at the NCAA Championships. Cody also was part of a Duke squad that won the title at the ACC Championships when he was a junior.
A member of the ACC All-Academic team on three occasions, Cody earned his sociology degree from Duke in 2014 while also minoring in markets and management studies. He was named Lowcountry Golf of the Year four times, selected the region player of the year five straight seasons and received all-state recognition on seven occasions while a member of the team at Pinewood Preparatory School, winning 18 tournaments as a junior golfer highlighted by a pair of South Carolina Golf Association championships.
Cody will be joining a program that has qualified for the NCAA Championships nine straight seasons and won six tournaments during the 2022-23 campaign.
