Sarah Yost enters her sixth season as head women's golf coach and fifth as head men's golf coach at Fairmont State University.
In her time at Fairmont State, Yost recruited and helped freshman Sydney Brill to first team All-MEC and MEC Freshman of the Year honors during the 2017-18 season.
On the men's side, Yost helped Fairmont State to a pair of top-5 finishes in the spring or 2018, including a second-place finish at the Mister Bee Intercollegiate and a fifth-place finish at the Battle at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Bailey Mohr earned MEC honorable mention following the 2017-18 season.
During the 2018-19 season, Yost helped Fairmont State climb into the Atlantic Region Rankings during the spring, ranking as high as No. 9. Fairmont State turned in three top-5 finishes during the season. In addition, a trio of Falcons earned All-MEC golf honors following the 2018-19 season, including first-team selection Ben Knight. Marco Oliverio was also a second-team selection, and freshman Nicky Moroose earned MEC honorable mention accolades.
In addition to his second team All-MEC honors, Oliverio also qualified for the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional and placed 68th at the event.
The 2019-20 season also started off strong for the Falcons with three top-5 finishes during the fall portion of the schedule. The spring schedule was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not before a trio of Falcons garnered MEC honors, including second-team selections Ben Knight and Matthew Barrish, and MEC honorable mention selection Marco Oliverio.
During the spring of 2021, the men's golf team ranked as high as No. 7 in the Atlantic Region rankings before coming up just short of the NCAA bid. However, Oliverio made his second appearance at the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional after qualifying as an individual in 2021. Oliverio finished in a tie for 26th place at the event.
In addition, Matthew Barrish, Sydney Brill and Sydney McLaughlin all earned All-MEC golf honors following the 2021 campaign.
Yost is a PGA Professional and former golf standout at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.
Following a highly successful amateur career, Yost was a three-year captain on the women’s golf team at Arkansas-Little Rock. Yost also began her coaching career at her alma mater, serving as an assistant coach for one year following her playing career, while completing class work on her degree.
“We are very fortunate to have Sarah leading our men's and women’s golf program here at Fairmont State,” said former FSU Athletics Director Tim McNeely. “Sarah has a very extensive background teaching the game of golf and I am very excited to see the immediate impact that she will have on the program and our student-athletes, on and off the course.”
After graduation, Yost played on several mini-tours throughout central Florida and began working towards her Class A PGA Membership while at the Walt Disney World Resort. She became a Class A PGA Member in 2001 and opened the Faldo Golf School of Marco Island where she taught until 2006.
In 2006, Yost and her family relocated to West Virginia, where she has continued to serve as a teaching professional at Bel Meadow, White Hall Driving Range and most recently Green Hills Country Club and Paradise Lake Golf Course. Yost has also been a First Tee Certified Instructor since 2015.
“I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of these players’ journey towards success at Fairmont State University,” said Yost.
Teaching has been her passion as a golf professional and she has been fortunate enough to work under a number of Top 100 Instructors, including Peter Krause and Keith Lyford. With a strong background in junior golf she has created a number of successful leagues, clinics, camps and family golf nights in the area.
Yost received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education at the University of Little Rock-Arkansas in 1998.
