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A celebrated NCAA Division II student-athlete, as well as a mentor who served five seasons on the coaching staffs of fellow NCAA Southeast Region programs prior to trekking to Pembroke, Hannah Luckett was named head coach of the UNC Pembroke golf program in May 2021.
 
Luckett made the short trip to Pembroke from South Carolina where she served as head coach of Newberry during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. She joined the coaching staff for the Wolves as an associate head coach prior to the 2017-18 campaign.

During her first season with the Black & Gold, Luckett was named as the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year after helping lead the team to the Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship title. The earned the automatic qualifying berth to the NCAA Southeast Region Tournament. She has had four all-conference selections, five Conference Carolinas all-tournament team selections, one Golfer of the Year and one Elite 23 recipient.

In Luckett's second year at the helm of the program, Luckett was named as the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season, while the team picked up its second Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship title. The team earned the automatic qualifying berth to the NCAA Southeast Region Tournament. She had four all-conference selections, two Conference Carolinas all-tournament team selections, one Golfer of the Year and one Elite 23 recipient. 
 
Luckett helped lead the Wolves to 13 top-5 finishes over her last four seasons in central South Carolina, including victories at a trio of events. The 2018-19 campaign was especially noteworthy as Newberry registered its second-best campaign in program history with a .723 win-loss percentage and a 313.6 stroke average. The program captured two wins that season as well, while also finishing sixth among the 11-team field at the South Atlantic Conference Championships. Nabila Inak, who finished in a tie for seventh at that event, would eventually earn the program’s first all-America crown in three seasons as well.
 
Prior to her stint at Newberry, Luckett served as an assistant coach during the 2016-17 season for both the men’s and women’s programs at Limestone where she mentored six All-Conference Carolinas selections, while also welcoming a freshman class that was ranked as the No. 1 Freshman Impact Women’s Class by GolfStat.com. The Limestone men’s program rattled off seven top-5 finishes in 2016-17, while the women registered a quartet of top-5 finishes, including a runner-up spot at the Conference Carolinas Championships.
 
A four-time all-conference, three-time Conference Carolinas all-tournament team member and three-time captain for Limestone from 2012-16, Luckett compiled a 78.62 stroke average across 35 events and 79 rounds of golf over her impressive collegiate career, while also logging 17 finishes inside the top 10 (7 top-5 finishes). Luckett led the Saints to a trio of Conference Carolinas championships, including the program’s first-ever league title in 2014, while also pacing the club to a team appearance in the 2016 NCAA postseason as well. She finished second on the individual leaderboard at both the 2014 and 2015 Conference Carolinas Championships as well.
 
A native of Hillsboro, Ill., Luckett earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management from Limestone in 2016.

 

THE LUCKETT FILE
Coaching Experience
2016-17	Limestone, Assistant Coach (Men & Women)
2017-19	Newberry, Associate Head Coach
2019-21	Newberry, Head Coach
2021-Present	UNC Pembroke, Head Coach
Playing Experience
Played four seasons (2012-16) at Limestone. Earned four all-conference awards, and was named to the Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team three times. Led Limestone to three-straight conference championships, while also logging 17 career top-10 finishes, including a pair of runner-up finishes at the conference championships.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in sport management (Limestone, 2016)

Updated: July 2024