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- Email:
- fgallant@scspk12.org
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- Title:
- Head Coach
Bio
Frank Gallant is a graduate of Ozark High School in Ozark, Missouri. He continued his educating at the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri where he also played baseball. Gallant brings 39 years of coaching experience to Springfield Catholic.
Sports Coached:
- Fordland High School (2) 1983-85
- Basketball- Junior High and Assistant Basketball (2 years)
- Baseball- Assistant Baseball (2 years)
- Ozark High School (25) 1985-2010 (retired)
- Football- Ozark 7th, 8th & 9th (4 years)
- Wrestling- Assistant Coach (1 year)
- Basketball- Ozark- 7th & 8th Grade, JV & Varsity Boys (15 years)
- Golf- JV & Varsity Boys and Girls (25 years)
- Springfield Catholic High School (10) 2011,2012 2016 - present
- Basketball- Assistant (Boys and Girls) (2 years)
- Golf- JV & Varsity (Boys 5 years) (Girls 9 years)
Golf Coach Accolades:
Gallant was named the 2021-220 Missouri Girls Golf Coach of the Year as well as the 2021-2022 Sectional Girls Golf Coach of the Year. That same year he was named the National Federation of High School Girls Golf Coach of the Year.
As a golf coach, Gallant's players have earned: 18 Overall Conference Titles, 17 District Titles, 8 State Final 4's including 3 State Championships, 3 Runners-Up and 2 3rd Place finishes. Additionally, Gallant has coached 5 Individual State Champions (4 Girls and 1 Boy) and had over 40 All-State Golfers (Girls and Boys)
Three consecutive MSHSAA Girls Golf State championships in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
One runner-up team in the MSHSAA Girls Golf championships in 2018.
3 MSHSAA Individual State Runners-Ups.
Four consecutive MSHSAA Individual State Champions in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
7 District titles from 2017 - 2022.
7 consecutive Conference Titles 2018 - 2024
I had the great honor of coaching five Division 1 (2 Power 5 Level players) college golfers on the same team at once. (all 5 players started as freshmen and competed through their senior year.)
2023 MSHSAA Class 2 Boys Golf State Championship - 3rd Place Team
Coached Ozark High School boys and girls golf teams for 27 years. (1985 to 2010) Public
2 teams runners-up in the MSHSAA Boys Golf championships.
1 3rd Place in the MSHSAA Boys Golf State Championships.
1 MSHSAA Boys State Individual Champion
9 COC Conference Titles
8 District Titles
Additional Accolades:
Attended over 30 years of MSHSAA High School Golf Championships tournaments with individuals and teams competing
Served on several District and Sectional managers, coordinators, and rules committees during tournaments on championship levels.
Helped the Head Pro at Fremont Hills CC with coaching the Jr. PGA League Program
Work with the FHCC members on golf fundamentals
Served on several FHCC Tournament Committees
Served on the Board of Directors at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa, Mo.
Coaching Girls and Boys Golf at Springfield Catholic
Coaching Girls and Boys Basketball at Springfield Catholic
School supervision at school sporting events
CDL driving school and sporting events
Supervision of Springfield Catholic sporting events
Support all SCHS extracurricular activities
Taught Drivers Education at Ozark and Springfield Catholic for 30 years
Member of the National Federation of State High School Associations
Member of SW Missouri Golf Coaches Association
Coaching Philosophy:
My philosophy is to put my student-athletes in the best possible position for success in sports and life situations and continue to motivate them in any endeavor in life that they might venture into. I feel that every one of my students who move on in life has to know that they are competing in work and life to be successful. Having that motivation, drive, and direction is critical to the growing process for all young adults.