Larry Romjue

Larry Romjue coached men’s and women’s teams during a 31-year career at the University of Nebraska. His 1976 women’s team was Big Eight champion. Four of his men’s teams qualified for NCAA Championships, with a 14th-place finish in 1999 their best.

A native of Marshalltown, Iowa, he graduated from Nebraska City High School and lettered from 1958 to 1960 in golf at NU. He coached the NU men from 1970 to 2001 and the Husker women from 1975, their first season, to 1979. He was the 1996 Big Eight Coach of the Year in men’s golf.

He won numerous amateur tournaments, including the 1969 and 1970 Lincoln city championship, and was named Nebraska Section PGA Professional Player of the Year in 1980 and Professional of the Year in 1984.

Larry Romjue passed away on April 16, 2019.