Rob Retzlaff resigned from the position of head men's golf coach in June 2020. He spent 9 seasons as the head men's golf coach.
Rob Retzlaff was named Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach at Carroll University on August 17, 2011. Coach Retzlaff focused his energies when he moved to Head Men's Golf Coach effective July 1, 2017 with the return of Dave Andrews as Head Women’s Golf Coach.
Since Coach Retzlaff joined Carroll, the Pioneers golf programs have enjoyed many successful seasons with accolades that include Midwest Conference Championships, NCAA Tournament appearances and national rankings.
Among Retzlaff’s Carroll coaching accomplishments are women’s league titles in 2011 and 2012, a MWC Women’s Golf Coach of the year honor in 2015, and men’s titles in 2012 and 2016. League titles also earned the Pioneers the MWC’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Carroll’s 2011-2012 women’s team ranked as high as No. 16 in the national ranking by Golfstat.
Retzlaff joined Carroll after more than 20 years of post-college golf experience, most recently as the assistant boys golf coach at Brookfield Academy High School.
Following a college golf career with the University of Wisconsin men's golf program Retzlaff spent the next 6 years in the Professional Golf Association's Apprenticeship Program earning his PGA Membership in 1996. As a golf professional from 1991-2004 Retzlaff worked as 1st Assistant and Teaching Golf Professional at Ozaukee Country Club and Milwaukee Country Club. His professional playing achievements include 5 Royal Cup teams, and the 1997 WPGA Nelthorpe Cup team.
In 2007 Retzlaff regained his amateur status and still plays competitively in amateur and club events. His amateur achievements include 3 Legend Clubs club championship titles in 2008, 2013 and 2017 as well as qualifying for the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship in 2015.
