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Sean Carlon Named Men’s Golf Assistant Coach

by Steve Kirkland

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico men’s golf program announced Monday the hiring of Sean Carlon as assistant coach. Carlon, an All-Mountain West performer for the Lobos and an Albuquerque native, returns to his alma mater to begin his coaching career.

Carlon was a standout for New Mexico from 2016-19, earning All-Mountain West and All-West Region honors as a senior. In 2019, he was the individual runner-up at the Mountain West Championship, one of two top-5 finishes, five top-10s and nine top-25she posted that season. He was the Lobos’ top finisher at the NCAA Louisville Regional with a T-6th finish in his final collegiate tournament.

“I am really excited to have Sean join our coaching staff,” said head coach Glen Millican. “He brings a lot of experience from playing both collegiately and professionally that our players can learn from. His personality and work ethic will be great assets for our program, not just in terms of coaching our players, but in terms of recruiting and fundraising. There have been a lot of former Lobos coach at UNM over the years, and he is sixth of my former players to coach here, but he is the first coach to be from Albuquerque in almost 40 years. There are few people I have ever met that have his passion for UNM and that will certainly make Sean successful in this role.”

Over the past three years, Carlon has played as a professional on various tours. He graduated in 2019 from New Mexico with a degree in communication, while minoring in criminology. The native of Albuquerque played at Hope Christian High School, where he was a three-time state individual champion.

“Growing up in Albuquerque, I was a big Lobo fan,” said Carlon. “The fact I got to play here and play for the Lobos, that was an amazing experience. To now be able to come back and coach my alma mater, I can’t explain how special this opportunity is. I am excited to get started.”