Mark Leon

Biography

Former Nittany Lion standout Mark Leon will enter his third season as the head coach of the Penn State men’s golf team in 2025-26. A Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-American, GCAA All-Region and All-Big Ten selection as a Penn State student-athlete from 2001-05, Leon was announced as the head coach at his alma mater on June 9, 2023. Leon has mentored four GCAA All-Region picks during his first two season as the head coach of the Nittany Lions. He guided Penn State to its ninth-straight Rutherford Intercollegiate title in the spring of 2024. Leon returned to Happy Valley after serving as the head coach at Florida Atlantic for the previous two seasons. In addition to his time as the head coach of the Owls, Leon’s coaching career has also seen him make assistant coaching stops at Florida (2017-21) and Penn State (2011-17). Leon was named the head men’s golf coach at Florida Atlantic in August 2021. He mentored five All-Conference USA selections during his two seasons with the Owls. Leon’s 2021-22 FAU team won the stroke play portion of the Conference USA Championship, in addition to the Bayou City Collegiate tournament title. Leon spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Florida prior to his appointment as head coach at FAU. While with the Gators, Leon helped guide Florida to three-straight NCAA Regional appearances (2020 NCAA Championship events were canceled due to COVID-19) and a berth in the 2021 NCAA Finals. Leon helped mentor five GCAA All-Americans, the