Diana Cantú

Biography

in Chinese After seven outstanding seasons as the women’s golf head coach at Maryland, former All-SEC Lady Vol golf standout and 2021 Big Ten Coach of the Year Diana Cantú (pronounced: dee-YON-uh kahn-TOO) returned to Tennessee to take the reins at her alma mater. Cantú was named the program’s fourth all-time head coach on June 8, 2021, and enters her fifth season leading UT's program in 2025-26. Tennessee’s 13th-place finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships marked the program’s best postseason result since 2015. Cantú' and her team also surpassed 100 head-to-head wins for the first time since 2019. The Lady Vols used a strong showing at NCAA Lubbock Regional to reach the NCAA Championships for the 15th time in program history during the 2024-25 season and for the first time since 2019. During the 2023-24 season, Tennessee notched a 289.40 team-round average, the lowest in program history. They also set a program record with 74 rounds of par or better and the best win percentage since the 2011-2012 season at .590. Additionally, UT advanced to its 30th NCAA Regional in program history. At NCAA Regionals, Bailey Davis notched a third-place finish, which was her best of the season and the second-best of her collegiate career. The trajectory of the Lady Vols' program showed significant uptick in 2022-23, as Tennessee nearly tripled its team rounds of par or better from the previous year. The Lady Vols were selected to the 2023 NCAA Westfield Regional. Cantú was a student-athlete at