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ISU Men's Coach Andrew Tank

Andrew Tank, a native of Des Moines who assisted the University of Minnesota men's golf program to a pair of top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championships, was named Iowa State's men's golf coach in July of 2010.

In his first season leading the Cyclones, Tank helped mentor Nate McCoy, who claimed medalist honors at the VCU Shootout in 2010, the first Cyclone to win a tournament title since 2004.  In addition, the Cyclones tallied a school-record 838 at the Desert Shootout, four strokes better than the previous mark. Two of the best 18-hole team scores in school history were also recorded in Tank's first season.

Now halfway through his second year, Tank's squad has shown marked improvement. In October, Iowa State won the Bridgestone Collegiate, ending a streak of 50 tournament starts (six or more teams) dating back to September of 2007 without a win.  The Cyclones finished in the top-four in the last four fall meets and had two individual medalists in Scott Fernandez and Nate McCoy. In addition, the team made a swift rise in the national rankings, ending the first half of the year ranked 42nd nationally by Golfstat and rated #1 nationally in its Freshman Impact Rankings.

Tank was the captain of Minnesota's 2002 NCAA Championship team and spent eight seasons as an assistant to Brad James on the Gophers men's golf staff, including the last three as an associate head coach. During his time in Minneapolis, Tank helped mentor 10 All-America selections and 16 All-Big Ten picks.

UM solidified itself as a northern golf power in Tank's eight years with the program, winning Big Ten titles in 2003 and 2007, and finishing runner-up at the conference meet in 2006, 2008 and 2009. The Gophers made six NCAA Regional berths and advanced to the NCAA Championships three times, finishing third in 2006 and ninth in 2007.

Tank has proved to be an outstanding instructor and considered by many to be one of the top young coaches in the country. He worked as an instructor at the University of Minnesota Golf Institute, where he conducted group and private instruction with Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor Gerald McCullagh. He has also had the opportunity to work with a number of top amateurs and professionals, many of whom compete on the PGA, Nationwide, European, Australian, Asian and Canadian Tours.

A 2002 graduate of Minnesota, Tank continued his academic career by pursuing graduate work at Minnesota in sports psychology and motor learning. He has studied the links between physical body and the golf swing, and in November of 2007, he became the first golf professional in Minnesota to earn Level II TPI Golf Fitness Certification.

Tank's collegiate golf career began in 1997 where he was a letterwinner and scholar athlete award winner as a member of the Gopher golf team. The 2002 team won the school's first conference title in 30 years and is the only northern program to win a NCAA title since 1979.

Tank prepped at Dowling High School in West Des Moines, helping the Maroons to four state tournament appearances, including two Class 4A state titles in 1994 and 1995. A former Des Moines City Junior champion, Tank has played in numerous Iowa amateur events and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournaments.

Tank is married to the former Kristie Maruyama.