Ryan Donovan is San Diego State men's golf head coach and one of the program's defining figures, entering his 23rd season in 2025-26. A San Diego State alumnus, he has guided the Aztecs to hundreds of top-10 and top-five tournament finishes, dozens of team titles and seven NCAA Championship appearances, including a fifth-place national finish in 2012.
Under Donovan, SDSU has been a consistent NCAA regional qualifier and a Mountain West contender, winning conference titles in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. His players have earned all-Mountain West, all-region and All-America honors, and he has coached multiple Mountain West players and freshmen of the year. The 2024-25 season included a fourth straight Mountain West title and Donovan's fifth MW Coach of the Year award.
