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Men's Golf Assistant Coach
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6th Season
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A well-respected teacher of the game and former All-American, Mickey Yokoi is in his sixth season as an assistant coach for the Sun Devil men's golf program.
Yokoi (pronounced YO-koy) spent the 2001-02 season as the head coach of the ASU women's golf program where he led the Sun Devils to top 10 finishes in all 12 tournaments and a ninth-place showing at the 2002 NCAA Championships. He returned to the men's program in July of 2002 where he had spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach under head coach Randy Lein.
During his five years as a Sun Devil assistant, ASU won four Pac-10 Conference titles and produced 2000 U.S. Amateur Champion Jeff Quinney, 2001 U.S. Pub Links Champion Chez Reavie and three-time Pac-10 Champion and two-time English Amateur Champion Paul Casey.
Prior to coming to Arizona State, Yokoi oversaw all golf operations as a head golf professional at the Country Club of the North in Dayton, Ohio, from 1994-95 and assisted the head professional from 1993-94. He also served as the vice chairman of the Children’s Medical Center LPGA Tour Event in 1995.
Yokoi played collegiate golf at UCLA from 1977-82 before beginning a professional career. At UCLA, he earned All-America and All-Pac-10 honors. He also played on the 1982 Pac-10 Championship team which included Corey Pavin and Steve Pate.
After leaving UCLA, Yokoi went on to play on the Asian Tour, the Canadian and Australian PGA Tours and the PGA Hogan Tour. He has been a member of the PGA Tour since 1994. After ending his professional career, Yokoi went back to UCLA to complete his studies and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1997.
Yokoi lives in Ahwatukee with his wife, Carole, son, Justing (10) and daughter, Alyssa (8).
