Dianne Dailey (2021) - Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame

Dianne Dailey

Induction:
2021
Class:
2021

Dianne Dailey spent 30 years as Wake Forest's women's golf coach before retiring following the 2018 season. During her tenure, she led the Demon Deacons to 30 team titles and 38 individual titles. She won four ACC Championships and led the Deacons to 15 NCAA Championships while being recognized with four ACC Coach of the Year honors. During her tenure, Dailey coached 27 All-Americans, 39 All-ACC selections, five ACC Players of the Year and four ACC Freshmen of the Year including 2018 NCAA Champion Jennifer Kupcho. Dailey led the Deacons to ACC titles in 1994, 1995, 2009 and 2010 while taking the club to an NCAA regional berth every year from 1993 to 2018. A member of the National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Dailey was the LPGA Coach of the Year in 2001 and is a past president of the NGCA. A 1971 graduate of Salem College, Dailey played professionally on the LPGA Tour following her graduation before becoming Wake Forest's head coach in 1988. Her 30-year tenure as a head coach is the second-longest in school history behind only Jesse Haddock's 32 seasons.