A coaching veteran for more than a decade in the high school and collegiate ranks, Joey Ashley is in his third season as assistant coach for the UTSA men's golf program.
In his first year with the Roadrunners, he helped guide the program to an appearance in the Conference USA Championship Match. UTSA dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 decision to Charlotte to finish as the league's runner-up, one of four top-five showings for the Roadrunners in 2021-22. They captured the Lone Star Invitational crown, finished second at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and tied for fourth at the Bentwater Intercollegiate.
Individually, Michael Rome earned third-team all-conference accolades, while Rome and Hunter Bott were named to the C-USA All-Tournament Team for placing in the top-five at the championship.
In 2022-23, UTSA logged eight top-10 team finishes, including sixth at The Clerico. The Roadrunners posted a 7-under-par 857 to finish seventh at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate and ended up 5-under par (859) at the Trinity Forest Invitational for seventh place.
Individually, Bott and Christian Fanfelle were named to the All-Conference USA Third Team, while Brayden Bare landed on the C-USA All-Freshman Team. Bott, Fanfelle and David Harrison all were named Golf Coaches Association of America All-America Scholars, while the Roadrunners were named an GCAA All-Academic Team. Additionally, Fanfelle earned a spot on the C-USA All-Academic Team and Harrison was tabbed Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators and a 2023 C-USA Spring Spirit of Service Award recipient.
Ashley came to the Roadrunners from Texas State, where he was an assistant coach for four seasons. During his time on the staff, he assisted in coaching two all-conference players, the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer and Freshman of the Year and six All-America scholars.
While in San Marcos, he helped Texas State break numerous school records including five of the top eight player career scoring averages, four of the top six team season scoring marks, 10 of the top 13 player season scoring averages, three of the top four low team rounds and six of the top 10 low tournament totals in program history.
Texas State set a single-season record for the lowest scoring average in 2018-19. The Bobcats also registered the lowest team scores for a single round at the 2019 Big Texan Tournament and two lowest 54-hole totals at the 2019 Big Texan and Lake Charles Invitational. The Bobcats also have turned in the top four individual averages in a single season and two best career averages since his arrival.
Prior to his tenure at Texas State, Ashley was a high school coach for 13 years in the state of Texas. He served as the head coach for four seasons at both San Antonio MacArthur High School and Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville and. He also was an assistant coach for five years at San Antonio Reagan High School.
As a high school coach, Ashley led his teams to 12 district championships and 12 UIL State Tournament appearances in both the Class 5A and 6A ranks. In 2010, he was named the San Antonio Express-News Golf Coach of the Year after leading MacArthur to the District 26-5A crown and a runner-up finish in the Region IV-5A Tournament.
Ashley also produced two individual runner-up finishes at the UIL State Championships and coached 30 players who went on to compete at the collegiate level. He also staffed and directed the Texas Junior Golf Tour for 11 years in the Austin/San Antonio area.
Ashley earned a master’s degree in education administration and a bachelor’s degree in multidisciplinary studies at Concordia University in Austin.
A native of Port Aransas, Texas, he was a two-sport athlete for the Tornados, competing for four years on the golf team and three seasons with the basketball squad.
Ashley is married to U.S. Olympian and softball star Cat Osterman.