University of Central Arkansas Athletics

Honors and Awards:
2015 Southland Conference Coach of the Year

Entering into her 10th season at Central Arkansas, Natasha Vincent has put together one of the top programs in the Southland Conference and one of the most consistent programs across the country.

Vincent has led the Bears to six consecutive runner-up finishes at the Southland Conference Tournament, with the 2019 season being the most impressive with four freshmen in the lineup.

Since winning the 2015 Southland Conference Coach of the Year, Vincent has produced one Southland Conference Golfer of the Year, a Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year, two Southland Conference Freshmen of the Year, eight Southland All-Academic Selections, 10 Southland Golfer of the Month awards and 17 All-Southland selections.

Under the guidance of Vincent, UCA has posted 12 tournament victories and 17 runner-up finishes while taking home 17 medalist honors and posting an incredible 109 top-10 finishes.

The three lowest individual rounds and the lowest tournament in program history have all come during Vincent's tenure, and the program has sent a pair of players to NCAA Regionals including a Top 10 finish for Julia Roth in 2013.



Vincent, who was the 2000 Arkansas State Golf Association Junior Player of the Year and high school state champion out of Jacksonville, went on to a four-year career at Southern Miss where she was twice named all-conference and recorded one win, a pair of top-five finishes and seven top-10 finishes.
Following her collegiate career, she acquired two years of status with the Duramed FUTURES Tour. In 2007, she turned her focus to golf instruction – serving as a PGA apprentice from 2008-2010 and taking over as program coordinator of The First Tee of Central Arkansas in 2008. Coordinating more than 1,000 members and 30 volunteers, Vincent stayed with First Tee for more than three years before returning to Southern Miss as a graduate assistant while she earned her master’s degree in sports administration.

Vincent was selected as the Team USA Junior Girls Coach at the 2018 Toyota World Team Junior Championships. In addition to her time with the Bears, Vincent has been privately instructing for the past several years across Central Arkansas as a certified AimPoint and BioSwing Dynamics Instructor.