Adam Babb completed his third year as an assistant coach with the UTA men's golf program in 2021-22. He previously served as a volunteer assistant coach with the program from January of 2019 until his promotion in May of 2019.
In 2021-22, Babb helped oversee UTA achieve the following highlights:
- The Mavs posted an even 293.00 scoring average over 31 rounds, representing the 6th-best single-season mark in program history. UTA’s +5.90 score to par was the 4th-best in single-season program lore.
- UTA tied for the 2nd-most par-or-better rounds in single-season program history with 11, just one shy of matching the record of 12 set by the 2008-09 team in 33 rounds. Helping fuel those performances was a record 16 eagles – the most by a UTA team in a single year in program history.
- The 2021-22 team accounted for three of the top-8 54-hole totals in program history: 839 at the Grand Canyon Invitational (4th-lowest), 844 at the Trinity Forest Invitational (6th-lowest) and 845 at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (8th-lowest). The 845 was 19-under par, representing the 2nd-best score to par in program history (record: -41 at the 2007 Turtle Bay Resort Collegiate Invitational).
- UTA’s 4.83 par-5 scoring average was the 2nd-best in program history behind only the 2019-20 squad which averaged 4.73. The Mavs reached that mark thanks in part to 451 birdies – the most in a year since 2010-11, and also the 7th-most in program history. Additionally, the Mavs posted a 4.21 par-4 scoring average to check in as the 5th-best in single-season program history.
In the still-impacted COVID 2020-21 season, Babb helped the Mavs accomplish the following:
- UTA won Sam Houston’s Bearkat Invitational by seven shots with a 54-hole 13-under 851 total following a final-round 10-under 278. That 278 total was tied for the 11th-best round in program history. In comparison to par, the -10 round was tied for the 8th-best in program history.
- The team crown for the Mavs was their first since September of 2019 when they were co-champs of UTSA’s Lone Star Invitational. UTA’s last outright tournament triumph came in March of 2018 at Appalachian State’s Cape Fear National Intercollegiate.
- In addition to the team title, Kyle Cox claimed medalist honors by two shots at the Bearkat Invitational thanks to a final-round 69 as part of a 6-under 210 total. Cox became the first Maverick to win a tournament since Paul McConnell claimed the Western Athletic Conference Championship in 2013 during UTA’s lone year as a league member.
- UTA’s six par-or-better rounds in only 21 opportunities were the 10th-most in program history and the 2nd-most in 21 or fewer rounds (nine in 2019-20).
- The Mavs posted an 848 (-16) 54-hole score at the Little Rock Invitational – the 7th-best total in program history; the 16-under score to par was the 4th-lowest in program lore.
In his first full year with the Mavs in 2019-20, Babb helped lead UTA to the following accomplishments:
- UTA finished as co-champions of the Lone Star Invitational to begin the season. It was the Mavericks first team championship since March of 2018 when it claimed Appalachian State’s Cape Fear National Intercollegiate. However, that field featured several non-Division-I teams and many low-ranked D-I teams. The Lone Star Invitational featured four other Sun Belt Conference members and five of the 11 teams entered the year ranked in the Golfstat Top 100.
- The Mavs climbed as high as #45 in the official Golfstat Rankings in the fall.
- UTA posted an 846 total (-18) at the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational in October – the 6th-lowest 54-hole score in program history. The 18-under score relative to par was the 2nd-best in program history, bested by only a -41 mark at the 2007 Turtle Bay Resort Intercollegiate.
- As a team, UTA established the program single-season record for par-3 scoring at 3.11, besting the previous mark of 3.14 in 2017-18 and also finishing with the 19th-best average in the nation. The Mavs also set the par-5 scoring record at 4.78, shattering the score of 4.84 in 2004-05.
- The 2019-20 team secured the lowest scoring average relative to par in program history at +3.43, besting the previous number of +4.18 in 2008-09. The Mavs’ 291.43 scoring average in 21 rounds is the 2nd-best in single-season program history, finishing just behind the 2008-09 squad’s record of 291.09.
- Despite playing just 21 rounds, UTA had nine par-or-less rounds – tied for the 5th-most in single-season history (record: 12 in 33 rounds in 2008-09).
A 2000 UTA graduate, Babb was the medalist at the 2000 Southland Championship (71-70-72: 213) en route to being named to the SLC First Team that same year.
Babb transferred to UTA for his final two seasons, and made a significant improvement from his junior year to his senior campaign.
After posting a 75.87 scoring average as a junior and just three par-or-better rounds, Babb secured a 72.69 average as a senior – tied for the 4th-best in single-season program history. He signed for 15 par-or-better rounds, and his national ranking rose more than 450 spots, culminating at #68 – the 2nd-highest in program history.
His 84-percent finish rate in 1999-00 is still the highest in single-season program history, and in 66 rounds with the Mavs, Babb finished with a 74.18 scoring average. Finally, his 117 birdies during that impressive senior season are tied for the 3rd-most in single-season program history.
Babb has won multiple times on the All Pro Tour and Northern Texas PGA, and has also qualified for several Web.com Tour events between 2002-08– including a top-25 finish.
