Ray, a member of Stanford’s 1996
championship squad and coach of the 2007 championship team, helps his players in this way, but he also takes a broad view of his job. Soon after he returned to his alma mater 12 years ago, Ray sought guidance from other coaches on campus, including Dick Gould (tennis) and Tara VanDerveer (women’s basketball). They helped him learn how to create the team culture he sought. That framework can help golfers
develop during their college years. It doesn’t always work, but McNealy illustrates the possibilities—he soared from unheralded recruit to struggling freshman to dominant sophomore. Across the bay at Cal, players such as Max Homa and Michael Kim improved markedly on
their way to eventually reaching the PGA Tour. And then there’s the fund-raising
component. Desimone’s program at Cal is fully self-funded, and Kennaday is immersed in an ambitious project at San Jose State, trying to build a new practice facility on campus. He spent last sum- mer preparing to submit plans to the California State University system. Kennaday also can spot a swing
fl aw—he was an All-American for the Spartans in 1987—but that’s only one piece of a college golf coach’s job. “I’ve got my hands in a lot of
different things,” he said. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
RON KROICHICK covers golf for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Maverick McNealy Stanford’s
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