Cindy Bodmer - Women's Golf Coach - Southern Illinois University Athletics

Cindy Bodmer

Title:
Head Women's Golf Coach
Email:
cynthia.bodmer@siu.edu

Cindy Bodmer was named the head women's golf coach at SIU in Sept. 2022.

Bodmer, who completed her graduate work at SIU, comes back to Carbondale from Pensacola, Florida, where she was an instructor at the Pensacola Golf Center.

Bodmer, a Destin, Florida, native, isn't a stranger to southern Illinois as she started the women's golf program at Rend Lake College in 1999 and spent 28 total years at RLC as a coach and professor until she retired in 2017.

"After retiring five years ago from Rend Lake College, I moved back to Florida and I had been working at Pensacola Golf Center by Bubba Watson teaching and working his driving range," she said. "I had the opportunity to work under two professionals that had different teaching philosophies so I learned so much more about the golf swing."

In 17 seasons at the helm, Bodmer helped lead the Warriors to 11 regional titles, including 15 NJCAA National Championship appearances where Rend Lake finished as high as fourth and posted multiple fifth-place finishes. The Warriors also made nine NJCAA All-Academic Teams during Bodmer's tenure as she won five Region XXIV Coach of the Year awards.

"When the call came from Coach Fetcho I wasn't thinking about going back into coaching but after several phone calls my husband and I decided this would be a great opportunity," she said."I love winning and competition and SIUC Women's Golf has been very successfully and I want to continue with the success built by former coaches."

Bodmer taught health, physical education, nutrition and coaching classes, and was an assistant women's basketball coach early in her Warrior tenure.

Bodmer received her B.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham ('88) and her M.S. from SIU ('95).

Bodmer's mother, Mary O'Neal, was the first LPGA professional from the state of Mississippi.

Coaching Career
Rend Lake College
1999-2000

Region XXIV Champion (6th, NJCAA Championships)

Cindy Corn / Region XXIV "Coach of the Year"

2000-2001

Region XXIV Champion (7th, NJCAA Championships)

Cindy Corn / Region XXIV "Coach of the Year"

2001-2002

Region XXIV Champion (10th, NJCAA Championships)

2003-2004

Region XXIV Champion (5th, NJCAA Championships)