Greensboro, Ga. (April 26, 2022) – A field of 22 current and former college football coaches is set to compete in the 15th annual
Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament on May 1-3 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside Atlanta. The coaches will be competing for a share of the $330,000 charity purse.
The nation's premier collegiate coach golf event will be played in Two Man Scramble format with Stableford scoring in an 18-hole tournament. This year's event will also feature a Skills Challenge that includes Long Drive and Closest to the Pin competitions.
Proceeds from the event benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $8.73 million in scholarship and charity, helping make the Peach Bowl college football's most charitable bowl organization.
"This unique event consistently brings together some of college football's biggest names each year, all for charity," Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and President Gary Stokan said. "These coaches are true competitors, both on and off of the football field, but it's all for a great cause as each of their charities will be the true winners at the end of the day."
This year's field includes an impressive roster of college football greats that features three former Dodd Trophy winners, and a collective group of coaches who have won two national championships, 33 FBS conference championships and boasts 2,423 career wins.
The current field of competitors for this year's Peach Bowl Challenge is projected to include:
| COACH |
CURRENT OR FORMER
FBS SCHOOL(S) |
CHARITY |
| Dino Babers |
Syracuse |
Dick Tomey Legacy Fund- Positive Coaching Alliance |
| Frank Beamer |
Virginia Tech |
American Cancer Society |
| Shane Beamer |
South Carolina |
The Beamer Family Foundation |
| Mike Cavan |
SMU |
Cornerstone Church Athens |
| Mark Dantonio |
Cincinnati, Michigan State |
George Webster Scholarship |
| Dave Doeren |
NC State |
GiGi's Playhouse |
| Randy Edsall |
Maryland, UConn |
Edsall Family Foundation |
| Chan Gailey |
Georgia Tech |
Fellowship of Christian Athletes- Georgia Region |
| Jim Grobe |
Ohio, Wake Forest, Baylor |
Fisher DeBerry Foundation |
| Bobby Johnson |
Vanderbilt |
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity |
| Paul Johnson |
Navy, Georgia Tech |
Paul and Susan Johnson Family Foundation |
| Gus Malzahn |
UCF |
A Level Up |
| Jeff Monken |
Army |
Mission 22 |
| Dan Mullen |
Mississippi State, Florida |
Mullen Family 36 Foundation |
| Pat Narduzzi |
Pitt |
Stanley M. Marks Blood Cancer Research Fund |
| Rick Neuheisel |
Colorado, Washington, UCLA |
Wedgewood Charity |
| Houston Nutt |
Boise State, Arkansas, Ole Miss |
Chickasaw Foundation |
| Tom O' Brien |
Boston College, NC State |
National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center |
| Scott Satterfield |
Louisville |
USA Cares (Kentucky Chapter) |
| Kirby Smart |
Georgia |
The Kirby Smart Family Foundation |
| Steve Spurrier |
Duke, Florida, South Carolina |
HBC Foundation |
| Tommy Tuberville |
Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech, Cincinnati |
Tommy Tuberville Foundation |
The 2022 field also features 20 coaches who have previously competed in the Peach Bowl Challenge, while Syracuse Head Coach Dino Babers and former Cincinnati and Michigan State Head Coach Mark Dantonio will make their first-ever appearance in the event.
Pairings for the 2022 Peach Bowl Challenge will be announced prior to the event.
