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James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
6/18/2019 1:51:00 PM | Men's Golf
HARRISONBURG, Va. - Former assistant coach Carter Cheves has returned to the James Madison men's golf program as Associate Head Coach for the 2019-20 season, as announced by Head Coach Jeff Forbes on Tuesday afternoon.
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This will mark Cheves' second stint on the coaching staff at JMU, having served as an assistant coach in Harrisonburg from 2013-18. In his five seasons here, the Dukes earned 13 All-Colonial Athletic Association honors as he served as the program's recruiting coordinator.
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"I am very excited to have Carter return to our program this season," Forbes said. "He has been an incredibly important part of building the strong team we have today and I'm looking forward to his hard work in continuing that growth here in Harrisonburg."
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In all, JMU racked up eight team wins across Cheves' five seasons as an assistant coach, breaking nearly all of the program's scoring records along the way. The Dukes racked up 52 rounds of par-or-better across his tenure after tallying only 46 such rounds in the 15 years prior.
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"I am thrilled to be back at James Madison University," Cheves said. "I'm very grateful to Coach Forbes and the administration here for allowing me the opportunity to continue working with JMU Golf and I'm very excited to continue building this great program."
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This past season, Cheves served as the head coach at Ohio, leading a young Bobcats squad to a trio of top-five finishes and a t-6th performance at the 2019 MAC Championship. Cheves was also the head coach at Western Carolina for three seasons prior to his first stint at JMU, guiding J.T. Poston, his first signee at WCU, to individual qualification to NCAA Regionals.
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Cheves graduated from UNCW in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Prior to UNCW, he played for two years at NC State under legendary Wolfpack head coach Richard Sykes.
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The Dukes, who announced their 2019-20 schedule early last week, lose just one player from the 2018-19 squad to graduation heading into this season, adding Neal Shipley in the early signing period and Yuvraj Joshi earlier this summer to a team that finished third at the 2019 CAA Championship to close out this year's campaign.
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This will mark Cheves' second stint on the coaching staff at JMU, having served as an assistant coach in Harrisonburg from 2013-18. In his five seasons here, the Dukes earned 13 All-Colonial Athletic Association honors as he served as the program's recruiting coordinator.
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"I am very excited to have Carter return to our program this season," Forbes said. "He has been an incredibly important part of building the strong team we have today and I'm looking forward to his hard work in continuing that growth here in Harrisonburg."
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In all, JMU racked up eight team wins across Cheves' five seasons as an assistant coach, breaking nearly all of the program's scoring records along the way. The Dukes racked up 52 rounds of par-or-better across his tenure after tallying only 46 such rounds in the 15 years prior.
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"I am thrilled to be back at James Madison University," Cheves said. "I'm very grateful to Coach Forbes and the administration here for allowing me the opportunity to continue working with JMU Golf and I'm very excited to continue building this great program."
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This past season, Cheves served as the head coach at Ohio, leading a young Bobcats squad to a trio of top-five finishes and a t-6th performance at the 2019 MAC Championship. Cheves was also the head coach at Western Carolina for three seasons prior to his first stint at JMU, guiding J.T. Poston, his first signee at WCU, to individual qualification to NCAA Regionals.
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Cheves graduated from UNCW in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Prior to UNCW, he played for two years at NC State under legendary Wolfpack head coach Richard Sykes.
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The Dukes, who announced their 2019-20 schedule early last week, lose just one player from the 2018-19 squad to graduation heading into this season, adding Neal Shipley in the early signing period and Yuvraj Joshi earlier this summer to a team that finished third at the 2019 CAA Championship to close out this year's campaign.
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