Staff Directory

Tony Blake

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
Phone:
393-7831

Tony Blake is in his fourth season at Kansas after being named the associate head coach in July 2023.

Blake has helped Kansas reach the NCAA Regionals in each of his first three seasons with KU, assistant as the Jayhawks extended a program-record to 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. Kansas has won two team titles during Blake's tenure, with KU topping the field at the 2025 Hawkeye Invitational and the 2026 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational.

Kansas has had several great individual performances as well, including a school record 54-hole score of 199 by Will King at the Ka'anapali Classic in November 2025. KU has also had two PING All-Region selections in Gunnar Broin (2025) and Cecil Belisle (2024. Broin finished the 2024-25 season with a stroke average of 70.83, which was the lowest single-season mark at KU since at least 1986-87. Belisle won two individual events and carried a 71.91 scoring average during his senior season.

In his first season at Kansas, Blake helped the Jayhawks produce three individual medalists, three Top-5 team finishes and appeared in their eighth-consecutive NCAA Regional. Under Blake's efforts, senior Gunnar Broin became the first active Jayhawk since 1992 to compete in a PGA TOUR major championship event, qualifying for the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Of 9,522 local qualifiers, Broin was the only golfer to make the cut at the major championship thanks to a round of 68 on Friday's second round.

Prior to Kansas
After spending the last two years as the program director of First Tee Greater Kansas City, Blake served as Head Coach of the men’s and women’s golf program at Park University in Missouri. During his three-year tenure at Park, Blake earned six tournament wins and a No. 19 national ranking for the men’s team in his first two seasons, with one player who was awarded the 2018 Men’s Golf Championship and qualified for the 2018 NAIA National Championship. In 2019, the men’s team won twice more and the program also produced the Golfer of the Year and the Freshman of the Year, while a member of the women’s team earned all-conference honors.

Before his time at Park University, Blake served as assistant coach of the Wichita State Men’s Golf program. In just five years with the Shockers, Blake produced 20 All-Missouri Valley Conference performers, three MVC Newcomer of the Year players, four MVC Championship medalists, and five MVC Player of the Year awards. The Shockers won 14 tournaments in Blake’s five seasons, as he helped elevate the Shockers to four-straight MVC titles as well as five NCAA appearances.

As a student-athlete, Blake was a member of the Wichita State golf team (1994-96) and was a two-year letterman. Prior to WSU, Blake was a member of the Butler County Community College golf team where he was the 1993 Region IV Champion.

Following his career after Wichita State, Blake played on multiple mini-tours as a professional. In 2003, Blake regained his amateur status. In 2004, Blake was crowned the Kansas State Mid-Amateur Champion.

The Wichita, Kansas native graduated from Wichita State in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education-Sports Business. Blake and his wife, Cara, have two children, Crandall and Carlin.

THE BLAKE FILE
Alma Mater: Butler County CC (1993), Wichita State (1996)
Hometown: Wichita, Kan.
Wife: Cara
Children: Crandall and Carlin

COACHING EXPERIENCE
2024-Present, Kansas (Associate HC)
2017-20, Park University (HC men & women)
2011-16, Wichita State (Assistant)

COACHING ACCOLADES
3 NCAA Regional Appearances (KU)
1 Big 12 Golfer of the Month (KU)
3 Individual Medalists (KU)
14 Team Titles (WSU)
20 All-MVC performers (WSU)
3 MVC Newcomer of the Year players (WSU)
4 MVC Championship medalists (WSU)
5 MVC Player of the Year awards (WSU)
6 Team Titles (Park U.)
2019 Golfer of the Year (Park U.)
2019 Freshman of the Year (Park U.)
Ranked No. 19 nationally (Park U.)