Walter Chun Position: Associate Head Coach Experience: 10th Season at Cal Alma Mater (Year): Cal (2001)

A former Cal golf standout, Walter Chun is in his 10th season on the Golden Bears' coaching staff in 2013-14 and his fifth as associate head coach, with the Bears making the NCAA Championship in each of his first four campaigns in his current role after a previous five-year absence. Chun was promoted to the position he now holds in September 2009 after five seasons as an assistant coach. He was also as an administrative assistant when Cal won the NCAA title in 2003-04.

Cal set a modern-era NCAA win record in 2012-13 with 12 victories in its 14 stroke-play tournaments, eclipsing the record previously held by the 1985-86 Oklahoma State team. The Golden Bears have won 18 of 26 stroke-play events since the 2011-12 season started and have been in the top five in all 26, as well as four match-play events during the period. Despite falling in the NCAA match-play semifinals to Illinois after a quarterfinal win against Arizona State, Cal remained No. 1 in all three final national polls with both the Golfweek and Golfstat rankings released following the NCAA Championship and the Golf World/Nike Golf poll prior to the NCAA Championship following the NCAA Pullman Regional. Cal was in the top spot for nearly the entire 2012-13 season since shortly after sharing the PING/Golfweek Preview title in its second tournament of the campaign in late September of 2012.

The Bears also had several firsts in 2011-12, including an NCAA match-play victory over San Diego State in the quarterfinals, a trip to match play at the NCAA Championship, NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles, a then-school-record six victories to double the previous record but that has since been doubled, and top-five finishes in all 12 stroke-play events and all 15 tournaments overall.

Chun has been recognized nationally for his coaching exploits. He was honored with the Jan Strickland Award as the nation's top assistant coach for his work during the 2007-08 season. In June of 2009, he served as a Team USA assistant coach for the Palmer Cup pitting the top eight American collegiate golfers against their European counterparts for an event that is considered the collegiate version of the Ryder Cup.

Chun is in his 17th season associated with the Cal men's golf program since he began his playing career for the Bears in 1997. He was a two-time team captain while competing on three occasions at the NCAA West Regional (2000-02) and once at the NCAA Championship (2000). Chun has also qualified for two U.S. Amateur Championships, the first in 1999 at Pebble Beach and the second in 2002 at Oakland Hills Country Club.

Chun received his bachelor's degree from the Haas School of Business at Cal in 2001, and his master's from Cal's Graduate School of Education in 2003. He was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection (2000, '01, '02) and a two-time All-America Scholar (2001, '02).

He and his wife, Grace, live in Hayward along with their son, William.

LAST UPDATED: June 6, 2013