Courtney Gunter

Biography

Courtney Gunter joined the NC State women’s golf program as an assistant coach in June 2024 prior to the 2024-25 season. She is going into her second season with the program in 2025-26. In her first season with the Wolfpack, NC State earned five top five finishes, the most since 2013-14, and nine top 10 showings in its 11 tournaments. NC State also won its first tournament since 2017 with a victory at the Daniel Island Invitational. The Pack had an all-conference honoree in Marie Eline Madsen, who won two tournaments, including the NCAA Charlottesville Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship. The Pack capped off the season as a team at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional for the program’s 20th NCAA Regional appearance. Gunter joined the Wolfpack after serving as the head coach of the women’s golf program at Western Carolina from 2018-24. Under Gunter’s guidance for six seasons, the Catamount program reached new heights, highlighted by a return to the postseason in the spring 2023. WCU won seven tournament titles since 2018, including a program record four team wins during the 2022-23 season. Following a remarkable 2022-23 season, Gunter earned the 2023 Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors. Three Catamount players – Brie Mapanao (73.63), Elizabeth Lohbauer (73.70) and Madison Isaacson (74.37) – broke the program’s single-season scoring record, as well as earned All-Southern Conference Team honors. Mapanao was also named the league’s Freshman of the Year. That squad