Amy Bond
	Position: Head Coach

Amy Bond is in her second season as Florida State's head coach as she returned to her alma mater in 2010 to continue the proud Seminole women's golf tradition which includes the 1981 A.I.A.W national championship and 18 appearances in the last 21 years in the NCAA Championship tournament. Bond not only helped the Seminoles return to the NCAA Tournament in her first season but she continued the tradition of individual success as senior Maria Salinas earned All-American and All-ACC honors. For the Seminole program it marked the 11th consecutive season at least one Florida State women's golfer has earned All-ACC honors.

RETURNING HOME Amy Bond joined the long and illustrious list of Florida State alumni who have returned to their alma mater when she was named the Seminoles' head coach on June 25, 2010. She returned to her Seminole roots after an outstanding playing career at Florida State (1995-99) during which she finished in 30th place in the 1999 NCAA Championship Finals and a five-year career as an assistant coach (2002-06) when she helped lead the Seminoles to the NCAA Championships three times. Bond is one of three Florida State alumni who are current head coaches at Florida State joining Jennifer Hyde (women's tennis) and Mike Martin (baseball). She is only the fifth coach in the illustrious and successful history of the program.

SUCCESS AT PRINCETON Bond was successful in her first head coaching position at Princeton (2007-10) as she guided the Tigers to eight tournament victories and four top four finishes in four Ivy League championship tournaments. The Tigers finished in second place in the Ivy league championship in 2007. Bond coached Susannah Aboff to consecutive Ivy League individual championships in 2008 and 2009 to mark only the third time in league history that a player had won consecutive individual conference championships. Aboff earned All-Ivy League honors three times during her career becoming just the second player in school history to be named to the all-league team three times in her career. During her four seasons at Princeton, only the Tigers and Harvard performed consistently in the conference championship by finishing in the top four of the team championship from 2007-10.

RECRUITING SUCCESS During her four seasons at Princeton, Bond coached two players (Susannah Aboff and Kelly Shon) who qualified to play in an NCAA Regional Championship and five players who earned All-Ivy League honors a total of 10 times. Aboff won eight individual tournament championships during her career and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the NCAA East Regional Championship in 2009 - the third highest NCAA regional finish in school history. Shon played in the 2011 US Women's Open. Shon was ranked No. 4 nationally among junior golfers and is the highest ranked junior recruit to ever attend an Ivy League institution. In five years as an assistant coach at Florida State, Bond helped recruit four players who earned All-ACC honors a total of eight times and the nucleus of two top 20 ranked teams. The Seminoles finished in a tie for 16th nationally in 2006 and in a tie for 19th nationally in 2004. She was also instrumental in recruiting Caroline Westrup - the only four time All-American and four time All-ACC selection in school history.

PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS Bond has recruited and coached seven players who have played, or who are currently playing professional golf. She recruited and coached Kristin Tamulis (Florida State) who is currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She also recruited and coached four-time All-American Caroline Westrup (Florida State) who is currently playing on the European Futures Tour, three players (Macarena Silva, Whitney Wright, Marlow Boukis) who are currently playing on the Futures Tour and two players (Susannah Aboff and Michelle Grilli) who began their professional career on the Furures Tour.

TOP 50 PLAYER IN ACC HISTORY Bond was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary team in 2002 along with Seminole greats Karen Stupples and Louise Wright. Bond was a 1998 All-ACC selection and the Seminoles' top player from 1996-99. She earned ten top-10 finishes during her career and was named the Seminoles' Most Valuable Player each year during her career. Bond competed in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1999 and played in three NCAA regional tournaments while finishing in the top 20 in four consecutive ACC Championship tournaments. She was the n All Region selection in 1999 and was the medalist at the 1998 Ryder/Florida State Championship tournament.

BOND ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Bond is a member of the National Golf Coaches Association Board of Directors as the treasurer of the organization. The NGCA was formed in 1983 as an organization to promote participation in women's collegiate golf. The vision of NGCA since its inception has been to encourage the playing of intercollegiate golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition.

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES Bond has made it part of her coaching philosophy to demand outstanding academic achievement by every one of her players. She began developing that philosophy as a player at Florida State as she was named an Academic All-American in 1998 and 1999 and earned ACC Academic Honor Roll accolades three times during her playing career (1996, 98, 99). A total of 32 players were named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll during her career as a Seminole assistant and two players (Maria Salinas and Macarena Silva) earned the honor in her first season as Florida State's head coach. She has also seen nine different players named to the All-America Scholar Team and five players named to the ACC Academic team during her short coaching career.

COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAMPIONS The Seminoles women's golf team won its 10th consecutive Athletic Director's Cup for Service at the annual Golden Nole Banquet 2011. The Athletic Director's Cup for Service is the most prestigious award and is presented annually to the Seminole student-athletes. It goes to the team that contributes the most service hours to the community over the course of the entire year. The Seminoles won the Athletic Director's Cup for Service in each of Bond's five years as an assistant coach and in her first season as the Seminoles' head coach.

PERSONAL An Ocala, Fla., native, Bond earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from Florida State in 1997 before earning her master's degree in sport administration from Florida State in 1999.

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