News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M women’s golf and Head Coach Gerrod Chadwell announced the hiring of Ryan Sirman as an Assistant Coach Wednesday.
Sirman comes to Texas A&M from his alma mater of Oklahoma where he spent the past nine seasons on the coaching staff. He started with the Sooners as an assistant coach in 2015 and was then elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2022-23 campaign.
“I am very excited to add Ryan to our staff,” Chadwell said. “I have had the opportunity to watch him grow as a player when I was a coach and now as he has forged his own coaching career. I also had the chance to coach his wife, Kaitlyn, at Oklahoma so I can’t wait to welcome them both to Aggieland. It’s easy to see what he means to the young ladies that he coaches. He is high energy and a great recruiter. I am pumped to see how he impacts our program moving forward.”
At Oklahoma, Sirman and the Sooners were represented at an NCAA Regional every year and had four golfers record the top four individual season stroke average spots in the OU record book.
“I’m beyond grateful to be joining the Texas A&M family and the 12th Man,” Sirman said. “G has always been a mentor of mine, so having the chance to work with him and these ladies is an opportunity I couldn’t say no to. I’m ready to pour my heart into this program, and more importantly, our student-athletes and serve them however I can.”
Sirman competed for the Sooners from 2007-11 and was named a captain his senior year. He aided in the Sooners’ top-20 finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships and was named to the Golf Coaches Association of America All-Region Team.
Following his playing career, Sirman worked as a graduate assistant for the Oklahoma men’s and women’s golf programs from 2011-13. The women’s golf team produced ties for sixth (2012) and ninth place (2013) at the NCAA Championships and featured Individual National Champion Chirapat Jao-Javanil. The men’s team finished 11th nationally both years.
Sirman graduated from OU in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in business communication and in 2013 with a master’s degree in higher education with an emphasis in intercollegiate athletics administration.