Black Hills State athletics has announced the hiring of Craig Marsh as its new women's golf head coach.

Coming from Hastings College in Hastings, Neb., Marsh will take over head coaching duties after Kelly Welker stepped down in October.

In three years at Hastings College, Marsh had success recruiting student-athletes and fundraising to improve the school's golf program. That success allowed the program to add substantial indoor practice improvements, including an indoor flight monitor.

The PGA Professional coached at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyo. Prior to Hastings. There, he led each the boys (2012, 2017, 2018) and girls (2016, 2017, 2018) to three state championships. Marsh was also named Boys Coach of the Year three times (2012, 2017, 2018) and Girls Coach of the Year five times (2006, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018).

Marsh in a member of both the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and Women's Golf Coach Association (WGCA), as well as the PGA of America, where he was elected to Class A Membership in 2005.

Competitively, he was a State Runner-Up in Wyoming in high school, as well as a member of the Ping Junior Tour (1992-1996) and the AJGA (1993-1996). He was the Wyoming Open Champion in 1997, shooting a 6-under (67-71-66).

Professionally, he golfed the Heart of Texas Tour from 2000-2002 as well as the Dakotas Professional Golf Tour.

Marsh was a member of the Methodist University golf team where he earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Professional Golf Management in 2000.