A proven winner with a long history of leading his teams to national championship level performances, Brett Balak was named the 14th head coach in the history of the Nebraska men’s golf program by Husker Athletic Director Bill Moos on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
Balak, who has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the Husker program, previously spent 18 seasons as the head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan (1995-2013). He led the Prairie Wolves to eight top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Championship from 1999 to 2013, including the 2006 NCAA title. It was the first national championship for any team in Nebraska Wesleyan history. For his performance, Balak was named the 2006 Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Dave Williams National Coach of the Year.
In his time as the head coach across town at Nebraska Wesleyan, Balak coached 24 All-Americans and was a 14-time conference (NIAC or GPAC) coach of the year. His Prairie Wolves won 74 tournament titles in his 18 seasons, an average of better than four tournament victories each year. Balak was also the 2006 Omaha World-Herald State College Coach of the Year across all men’s sports.
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