Sept. 5, 2007

WACO, Texas - The Baylor men's golf team has added assistant Jeff Loyd to the coaching staff, head coach Greg Priest announced on Wednesday.

Loyd joins the Baylor coaching staff following a 17-year career in the high school ranks as the men's head golf coach at Highland Park High School in Dallas. Loyd, who taught physical education for 18 years, served as an assistant football and basketball coach before assuming the head men's golf coaching duties in 1990.

While at Highland Park, Loyd guided his teams to 13 district and 12 regional championships. His teams made 15 state tournament appearances, winning 10 state titles. He was a four-time Dallas Morning News coach of the year, and won the National Coaches Association coach of the year award on two different occasions. His teams hold three Texas records, including most consecutive wins, most state wins and the scoring record at the state tournament.

Loyd is a 1989 graduate from Baylor with a bachelor of sciences degree in physical education/health. He earned a masters degree in physical education from East Texas State-Commerce. He and his wife Terry have been married for 21 years, and have one daughter Jessica, a senior at Lake Highlands High School.