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Coyotes Elevate Vining

Coyotes Elevate Vining

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The South Dakota men’s golf team has turned to a familiar face in John Vining to be the head coach athletics director David Herbster announced.

Vining has spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach for the Coyote men’s and women’s golf programs.

Vining, a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has been an integral part of the Coyotes’ success including the 2015 Summit League Championship and coaching the 2018 Summit League Golfer of the Year.

He also oversaw several school records broken in the 2017-18 season including team scoring average (294.5), low team tournament round (271), low team tournament score (840) and low individual performance (-7, 64).

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