Malloy Named Coach of the Year, Two Rebels Earn All-Conference Honors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Release) – Ole Miss men’s golf head coach Chris Malloy was named SEC Coach of the Year and a pair of Rebels earned all-conference honors, the SEC announced on Thursday. Tom Fischer was tabbed first team All-SEC and his senior running mate Cameron Tankersley was named to the second team.
Malloy becomes just the second coach in program history, joining Ernest Ross (1982, ’84) to earn SEC Coach of the Year honors. In 2025-26, Malloy has guided the Rebels to a No. 10 national ranking and the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional.
The Rebels have finished inside the top five nine times which includes three team titles, highlighted by the program’s second-ever SEC Championship and first since 1984. Five players have at least one top-10 finish with four tallying at least one top five.
Malloy has orchestrated a senior trio of Fischer, Tankersley and Cohen Trolio, who all rank inside the top 55 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings and the top 20 of PGA TOUR U.
Fischer becomes the 15th first-team All-SEC selection in program history. The Birmingham, Alabama native has had an elite year which includes an individual win, four top-10 finishes and 10 top 20s.
He leads the team in scoring average (69.80), rounds even/below par (24), round under-par (21) and is tied for the most rounds in the 60s (11). It is the second All-SEC nod for Fischer after earning second-team honors a season ago.
Tankersley also boasts an impressive senior resume, securing his first win on the collegiate circuit this past fall at the inaugural playing of the Invitational at the Honors Course. Tankersley is second among the Rebels in scoring average (70.63), rounds even/below par (20), rounds under-par (16) and is tied with Fischer for a team best 11 rounds in the 60s.
It is the first All-SEC nod for Tankersley since being named to the All-Freshman team in 2023.
Malloy, Fischer and Tankersley look to guide the Rebels in the upcoming NCAA Regionals beginning on May 18, where Ole Miss will be the No. 2 seed in the Bermuda Run Regional set to be played at Bermuda Run Country Club.
It will be the ninth straight NCAA Tournament appearance for Ole Miss and the third straight regional in which the Rebels have earned a No. 2 seed or better.
-Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports
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