Missy Farr-Kaye

Missy Farr-Kaye Links: Glory & Grit from ASU Thrive Magazine (Vol 20, No. 4 - Fall '17) "Standing Tall" - Golf Digest (Oct. 19, 2009) VIDEO: Coach Missy Farr-Kaye Earns 2018 ASU Alumni Achievement Award Sun Devil Women's Golf Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye will begin her ninth season at the helm in Tempe at the start of the 2023-24 season. The former standout golfer for Arizona State was named the 10th head coach of the eight-time NCAA Champion Arizona State women’s golf team on June 26th, 2015.  Over the course of five seasons in charge of the Sun Devil Women's Golf program, Farr-Kaye has maintained the standard of excellence that the program has become recognized nationally for. She has led Arizona State to 11 Team Championships with 10 Sun Devils capturing Individual Titles during her tenure. Farr-Kaye has already mentored seven All-Americans, two Pac-12 Individual Medalist, and an Individual NCAA Champion since taking over as head coach prior to the 2015-16 season. She has managed to consistently bring in some of the top talent all over the World, with her 2019-20 team featuring all European players who are each highly-ranked amateurs. Several Sun Devils have enjoyed extremely successful careers at the International and Professional level both while competing for Farr-Kaye at Arizona State as well as after the conclusion of their collegiate careers. Farr-Kaye and her coaching staff have always prepared individuals for life after college, both on and off the course. Missy Farr-Kaye completed a trifecta in 2017, winning her third NCAA national championship as a Sun Devil - first as a player (1990), then as an assistant coach (2009), and now as a head coach (2017). Behind First Team All-Americans Linnea Strom and Monica Vaughn (also the individual medalist, sixth in Sun Devil history) and Honorable Mention All-American Olivia Mehaffey, Farr-Kaye led ASU to a nation-leading eighth NCAA championship in 2017. In March 2018, Farr-Kaye earned the ASU Alumni Achievement award at ASU's annual Founders' Day event. For the team's performance in 2016-17, Farr-Kaye was named Golf Pride Grips WGCA National Coach of the Year, Golfweek National Coach of the Year, West Region Coach of the Year, and Pac-12 Coach of the Year. Farr-Kaye, arguably one of the most respected coaches in the country, spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach and then associate head coach of the Sun Devil women’s golf program with Melissa Luellen before being promoted to head coach. Under the partnership of Farr-Kaye and Luellen, ASU won the school’s seventh NCAA Title in 2009, golfer Azahara Munoz took home an individual NCAA title in 2008, and the duo coached 14 student-athletes to a total of 24 All-American teams, and saw three players win Pac-12 Golfer of the Year. Prior to being named head coach, Farr-Kaye served as an assistant and associate head coach for 13 years. In the past 18 years since Farr-Kaye joined the program as a coach, the Sun Devils have accomplished the following: NCAA Team Championship in 2009 and 2017 15 NCAA Championship Appearances Two Pac-10 Team Titles (2007 & 2009) NCAA Individual Champion in 2008 (Azahara Munoz) and 2017 (Monica Vaughn) 36 Team Tournamnet Titles & 32 Individual Tournament Titles 16 Golfers named to a total of 32 All-American teams 47 All-Conference honorees, including 26 First Teamers Four Pac-12 Golfers of the Year 51 WGCA/NGCA Academic All-Americans Three NGCA/WGCA Freshmen of the Year “This is my dream job in every sense of the word,” said Farr-Kaye. “I grew up playing junior golf at Papago Golf Course. I graduated from Arizona State and won a NCAA Title under Linda Vollstedt. To become the head women’s golf coach of my alma mater is the pinnacle of my career and I have a personal, vested interest in the success of our program. Our goal is to continue to bring home the national title, year in, year out. Arizona State has championship expectations and I intend to deliver.” Also committed to the academic success of ASU’s student-athletes, Farr-Kaye’s golfers have won the prestigious Edith Cummings Munson Award – the award for the top female golfer who is both an All-American and Academic All-American – with Azahara Munoz named the first two-time award winner in 2008-09. In addition to recording the top grade-point average of 3.65 within Sun Devil Athletics in 2015, women’s golf also leads the conference with four ASU golfers named Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year – most recently awarded to Sun Devil All-American Noemi Jimenez in 2015. During the 2008-09 season, Farr-Kaye, a two-time breast cancer survivor, battled a reoccurrence of breast cancer only to make it to the NCAA Championships and help ASU bring home its seventh NCAA Title. For her courage and strength, the Women’s Golf Coach Association awarded Farr-Kaye with the Kim Moore Spirit Award, the first and only coach to receive the honor typically reserved for student-athletes. An accomplished golfer in her own right, Farr-Kaye was a member of the Sun Devil golf team under Hall of Fame head coach Linda Vollstedt and helped Arizona State bring home its first of seven NCAA Titles as a senior in 1990. Farr-Kaye graduated from Arizona State in 1990 with a degree in Organizational Communications. Farr-Kaye, a Phoenix native, joined sister Heather Farr in the decision to attend school and play golf at Arizona State. Heather, a member of the Arizona Hall of Fame and the Sun Devil Hall of Fame, competed successfully as an LPGA golfer until she was diagnosed with and ultimately passed away from breast cancer at the age of 28. Farr-Kaye is an outspoken advocate for breast cancer awareness. A 1985 graduate of Xavier High School in Phoenix, Farr-Kaye resides in Arcadia and has three children, Dalton, Riley, and Cameron.