WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Former PGA Tour golfer and PGA professional Bill Britton has been named as the Head Men's Golf Coach at Monmouth University, Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Marilyn McNeil announced Tuesday.

"Monmouth is privileged to have the expertise and experience of PGA professional Bill Britton join our department," said McNeil. "Our student-athletes will certainly benefit from his wisdom and knowledge of the game and we will all enjoy the quiet leadership of this gentleman."

Britton comes to Monmouth after spending the last 10 years as the Director of Instruction at Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck, and previously spent 15 years playing on the PGA Tour between 1980-1996.

"I'm thrilled to be the Head Men's Golf coach here at Monmouth University," said Britton. "I'm really looking forward to getting to know the players and working with them. I'm excited for the opportunity and to build upon what Dennis Shea has done here."

While at Trump National, Britton developed year-round teaching programs and taught students of all levels of skill, utilizing video analysis for over 900 lessons per year. A PGA professional, Britton was the co-owner of the Bill Britton Golf School for over three years, where he developed both a women's group program and a junior program that welcomed over 500 combined players per year. Overall, Britton has spent 18 years as a golf professional, including time as a teaching pro at both Eagle Oaks Golf Club and Shore Oaks Golf Club.

During his time on Tour, Britton won the 1989 Centel Classic at Killearn Golf and Country Club with a 54-hole score of 16-under par, shooting 63 on Saturday. He also placed fourth in the 1990 PGA Championship and seventh in that year's Masters Tournament on a leaderboard that featured winner Nick Faldo as well as Fred Couples, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson. Britton notched four runner-up finishes in his time on the PGA Tour and posted 23 top-10 marks, as well as being included on the 'Top 60 PGA Tour Money List' four times.

Britton won the 1979 Metropolitan Open as well as the 1986 Westchester Open, and is a two-time champion of the New Jersey PGA Championship (2005 and 2006). Britton also racked up four wins as an amateur, winning back-to-back Metropolitan Amateurs in 1975 and 1976. He won the 1975 National Junior College Championship both individually and as a team while at Miami Dade North, in addition to the 1979 Azalea Invitational at the Country Club of Charleston in South Carolina.

Britton has been elected to four terms on the PGA Tour Advisory Council, as chosen by PGA Tour players, and was named the New Jersey PGA Player of the Year in 2002 before earning NJPGA Senior Player of the Year honors in 2006. Two years later, Britton earned NJPGA Teacher of the Year in 2008. Golf Digest ranked Britton as one of the 'Best Teachers in the State of New Jersey' twice, in 2015-16 and 2017-18, while Golf Range Magazine listed him as one of the 'Top 50 Instructors in North America' in both 2007 and 2008.

Other accomplishments across Britton's career include being a Titleist scholarship recipient for excellence at Level II and III of Golf Professional Training program, as well as being a master instructor at Jim McLean's Golf School at Doral. Britton has had golf instructional articles published in Met Golf, The New Jersey Golf News, and Sports Illustrated and is a member of the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame and the New Jersey PGA Hall of Fame.

Britton is a 1979 graduate of the University of Florida, where he was a member of the men's golf team, after spending time at Miami Dade College. Britton is one of 23 Gators to earn a PGA Tour victory all time.