Hokie Club Dan Ruyle was hired as Virginia Tech's assistant men's golf coach in August 2022. Ruyle, who has been coaching at the collegiate level since 2000, will aide head coach Brian Sharp in player development, recruiting and logistical operations.
Ruyle spent the spring 2022 season as an assistant coach at Elon. The Phoenix posted three top-five finishes in the spring, culminating with a fourth-place showing at the CAA Championship.
Ruyle came to Elon from Winthrop University, where he was the interim head coach for the Eagles' women's golf team. Prior to his time in Rock Hill, S.C., he was the assistant men's golf coach at East Carolina University from 2017-2021. He saw the Pirates be named to the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-Academic Team in 2018 and 2019. They also had three players earn All-AAC honors during that stretch.
Before joining the ECU staff, he was in Chapel Hill, N.C. from 2016-17 working as a volunteer assistant with the University of North Carolina men's team. The Tar Heels earned a berth to the NCAA Division I Regionals both years and reached the DI Championship in 2017.
His other coaching stop was as the head men's and women's golf coach at Southwestern University, an NCAA DIII school in Georgetown, Texas, from 2000-2015. While leading both Pirates programs, he was named the 2008 WGCA Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year and was selected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Coach of the Year four times.
Ruyle’s men's and women's teams reached a combined nine DIII Championships, with the women capturing four SCAC Championship titles and the men named SCAC co-champions in 2010. During his tenure at Southwestern, he had 11 golfers selected to All-Region teams, eight golfers named All-American and three First-Team All-Americans, 14 honored as Academic All-Americans, 43 SCAC All-Conference selections and numerous SCAC Academic Honor Roll recipients.
Additionally, Ruyle worked as a football game day operations staff member and as a facilities monitor at Duke University from 2015-2017. He was an assistant golf professional at Wildflower Country Club in Temple, Texas from 1997-2000.
Ruyle played for West Texas A&M University in 1996-1997 and competed professionally in Northern Texas PGA section events and the Assistants Winter Tour in 1998 and 1999. He has been a member of multiple NCAA, GCAA and WGCA Division III committees, to include serving as the GCAA DIII Director from 2008-2013, and was the SCAC All-Conference Chair from 2002-2015. He is an active member of both the GCAA and the AJGA and is CPR and First Aid certified.
Ruyle and his wife, Erin, have two rescue dogs, Linus and Jeanie.
Ruyle spent the spring 2022 season as an assistant coach at Elon. The Phoenix posted three top-five finishes in the spring, culminating with a fourth-place showing at the CAA Championship.
Ruyle came to Elon from Winthrop University, where he was the interim head coach for the Eagles' women's golf team. Prior to his time in Rock Hill, S.C., he was the assistant men's golf coach at East Carolina University from 2017-2021. He saw the Pirates be named to the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-Academic Team in 2018 and 2019. They also had three players earn All-AAC honors during that stretch.
Before joining the ECU staff, he was in Chapel Hill, N.C. from 2016-17 working as a volunteer assistant with the University of North Carolina men's team. The Tar Heels earned a berth to the NCAA Division I Regionals both years and reached the DI Championship in 2017.
His other coaching stop was as the head men's and women's golf coach at Southwestern University, an NCAA DIII school in Georgetown, Texas, from 2000-2015. While leading both Pirates programs, he was named the 2008 WGCA Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year and was selected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Coach of the Year four times.
Ruyle’s men's and women's teams reached a combined nine DIII Championships, with the women capturing four SCAC Championship titles and the men named SCAC co-champions in 2010. During his tenure at Southwestern, he had 11 golfers selected to All-Region teams, eight golfers named All-American and three First-Team All-Americans, 14 honored as Academic All-Americans, 43 SCAC All-Conference selections and numerous SCAC Academic Honor Roll recipients.
Additionally, Ruyle worked as a football game day operations staff member and as a facilities monitor at Duke University from 2015-2017. He was an assistant golf professional at Wildflower Country Club in Temple, Texas from 1997-2000.
Ruyle played for West Texas A&M University in 1996-1997 and competed professionally in Northern Texas PGA section events and the Assistants Winter Tour in 1998 and 1999. He has been a member of multiple NCAA, GCAA and WGCA Division III committees, to include serving as the GCAA DIII Director from 2008-2013, and was the SCAC All-Conference Chair from 2002-2015. He is an active member of both the GCAA and the AJGA and is CPR and First Aid certified.
Ruyle and his wife, Erin, have two rescue dogs, Linus and Jeanie.