Head Coach Joe Sparhawk
(513) 244-4876 Joe_Sparhawk@mail.msj.edu
Joe Sparhawk begins his fourth season as the Men’s golf coach. He led the program to a Mount
school-best sixth place finish at the 2006 HCAC Championships, and has directed team’s to seventh (2007) and eighth (2005) place conference finishes. Coach Sparhawk is a member of the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America), USGA (United States Golf Association) and is a two-time winner on the Golf Channel Amateur Tour. He is also the Mount’s co-Director of Intramurals.
In addition to his duties as head golf coach, he also coached for six seasons with the College’s football team. Sparhawk held a graduate assistant position with the Mount for three years, assisting the team’s offense. He was the team’s quarterback coach in 2003 and the wide receiver coach in 2004 and 2005. In 2005 and 2006 as offensive coordinator, Sparhawk helped direct the Lions football team to back-to-back 9-2 records and HCAC championships.
Sparhawk graduated from the Mount in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree and obtained his master’s degree in sports administration from Xavier University in 2003.
Coach Sparhawk’s 2007 Mount golf team broke many individual and team records during the season. The Lions also claimed their first-ever invitational title in men’s golf with a first place finish at the College of Mount St. Joseph Invitational I.
Sparhawk played quarterback for the Mount for four seasons. He is a member of the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He and his fiancée, Tiffany, reside in Cheviot, Ohio.
Assistant Coach A.J. Hoffmann
A.J. Hoffmann joins the Mount’s coaching staff for his first season. Hoffmann, a December of 2007 graduate of the Mount, who graduated with an accounting degree, played golf for Mount Head Coach Joe Sparhawk in 2007, finishing with the team’s third-best 18-hole average. He also played three years of baseball for the Lions.
Hoffmann is a LaSalle High School graduate. He plays semi-pro baseball for the Cincinnati Chiefs and also coaches fifth grade boys’ basketball.
Hoffmann works at Kendle International in Cincinnati, Ohio as an accounting associate. He also resides in Cincinnati.