She didn’t end her college coaching career with a Super Bowl ring, but retiring Women’s Golf Head Coach Pat Clouse ‘64 still got a ceremonial ice bath at the conclusion of her last coaching appearance in which five Tigers broke the 100-stroke plateau.

Such success helped to send Clouse, a certified health education specialist, out on a high note – not that she needed such a performance to secure her place in the Wittenberg history books. After playing a variety of sports during her undergraduate days at Wittenberg, Clouse was the first coach in the history of three different varsity programs – women’s swimming and diving (started in 1970), women’s lacrosse (1972) and women’s golf (2003) – and she taught thousands of students in a wide range of classes as a professor of health, fitness and sport.

A native of Aurora, Ohio, Clouse chose Wittenberg in large part because of Betty Dillahunt ’46, who had a reputation for offering women’s athletics at Wittenberg. Hired by her alma mater four years after graduation, Clouse taught physical education classes and served as adviser of the Spray Misses, a synchronized swimming club on campus, which evolved into the successful varsity swimming & diving program of today.

In 23 years as head coach, Clouse never had a losing dual meet record, and four individuals earned All-America awards. The program now stands as one of the best in the North Coast Athletic Conference.

- Ryan Maurer