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  Adam Kwiatkoski

Adam Kwiatkoski

Player Profile

Position:
Head Coach

Alma Mater:
Loyola (1994)

After building up the Loyola women's golf team into a contender, Adam Kwiatkoski has turned the Rambler men's program into a force in the Horizon League in only three seasons. A solid recruiter, Kwiatkoski has brought in highly touted classes the last few years and those individuals have helped make the Ramblers a contender in the League.

Kwiatkoski enters his fourth season as the head men's golf coach at Loyola but he is no stranger to the Rambler golf programs. From 1999-2003, Kwiatkoski was the head women's golf coach at Loyola, helping build the Ramblers into a power in the Horizon League. In 2003, he guided the Loyola women to a second-place finish at the inaugural Horizon League Women's Golf Championship.

The 2006-07 Ramblers placed fourth at the Horizon League Championship, but were a mere four strokes out of second place. Armando Favela captured All-Horizon League honors and turned in the lowest single-season scoring average in Loyola history (73.6). In addition, Thomas Greene burst onto the scene and finished fourth at the Horizon League Championship. Loyola carded six rounds below 70 during the course of the season and Greene's 67 at the IPFW Fall Classic checked in as the second-lowest score in school history.

In 2004-05, his first year as the head men's coach, Kwiatkoski helped four Ramblers post scoring averages below their career average and four of his pupils fired rounds of 70 or lower in 2004-05. His presence in the local golf community helped him to recruit three top local prospects for the 2005-06 season.

Those prospects, and others, paid huge dividends for Kwiatkoski in 2005-06, as the rookies were ranked among Golfstat's Top 25 Freshman Class Impact Rankings in October. Under Kwiatkoski's tutelage, Sean Bidzinski earned Horizon League Newcomer of the Year honors and also captured All-Horizon League accolades. Both he and Frank Linquist placed among the top six finishers at the Horizon League Championships to earn All-Tournament Team accolades. Those two helped Loyola improve its showing at the Horizon League Championships by four spots to tie for third place, the best showing in school history.

The Ramblers also claimed their first-ever Division I tournament title by winning the IPFW Fall Classic in October as Bidzinski established school records for rounds of 18 holes (65) and 54 holes (205). Last year's talented recruiting class featured the individual state champions from both Illinois and Michigan and was also recognized as one of the Top 25 Freshman Impact Classes by Golfstat in October 2006.

Off the course, the Ramblers have been just as successful, posting the highest grade-point average of any men's team at Loyola in each of the past two seasons.

A 1994 Loyola graduate, Kwiatkoski works for Kemper Sports Management as the Assistant General Manager of the Chicago Park District Golf Facilities. He and his wife Tammy (also a 1994 Loyola graduate) have two daughters, Abbey and Mia.

 

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