John O'Connor

Biography

O’Connor enters his 17th season as Quinnipiac’s women’s golf head coach in 2025-26. O’Connor guided Quinnipiac to six Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships, including two back-to-back reigns in 2016 and 2017, and three straight from 2021-2023. The Bobcats returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2025, capturing the MAAC Title for the sixth time. O’Connor has been at the helm of the Bobcats’ women’s golf program from its inception after previously coaching the Quinnipiac men’s golf team for three years. O'Connor has received four conference coach of the year awards, most recently in 2025. Since joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in 2013, O'Connor has recruited five MAAC Rookies of the Year in Nicole Scola (2014), Luciana Tobia-Palza (2016), Alexandra Sazhin (2017), Samantha Galantini (2024), and Sophia Fujita (2025), as well as the five MAAC Players of the Year in Tobia-Palza, Sazhin, Leeyen Peralta, Fuge Zhang, and Sophia Fujita. Most recently, the Bobcats saw four golfers named to the All-MAAC Teams in Sophia Fujita, Samantha Galantini, Vaidehi Shah, and Marisa Flores. In the classroom, the team earned APR Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA, has featured more than 60 MAAC Academic Honor Roll selections in four seasons, and has committed hundreds of hours to community service. Prior to two-straight MAAC Championships, O’Connor’s 2013-14 campaign saw the Bobcats finish second in their first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship in program