GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman women's golf head coach Jeff Hull announced today that Mackenzie Raim has been promoted to associate head coach.

"Since her arrival two and a half years ago, Mackenzie has had a very positive impact on this team," said Hull.  "Her talent as a player has enabled her to help players improve, especially around the greens, and she has amazing organizational skills, which have helped us in so many ways.  Most important is how well we get along and share a vision for what this program should be.  I am proud of Mackenzie and her new role as associate head coach." 

Raim has served as Furman's assistant coach since January of 2021.  During her time on staff, the Paladins have won two Southern Conference championships and Furman's Anna Morgan has been twice named both the SoCon Player of the Year and the Furman Edna Hartness Female Athlete of the Year. 

Most recently, the Paladins captured the 2023 Southern Conference Championship, Furman's 20th overall title, and advanced to the NCAA Athens Regional.  Morgan was honored as the SoCon Player of the year for the second-consecutive season and competed in her second-straight Augusta National Women's Amateur.  Furman won the team title at the Lady Paladin Invitational for the second year in a row, and Morgan finished as the individual champion at the SoCon Championship and at the UNF Collegiate.  Morgan earned her third All-SoCon team citation and was joined on the All-SoCon team by Chloe Johnson.  Both Chloe and Faith Johnson were voted to the SoCon All-Freshman Team.

The previous year, Furman won the 2022 Southern Conference Championship and achieved a 36th-place national ranking.  Morgan, the 2021-22 SoCon Female Athlete of the Year, achieved a national ranking of 16th and was honored with a WGCA All-America second team citation.  Morgan, who was named to the U.S. team for the Arnold Palmer Cup, competed at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, where she tied for 21st among a field of the world's top 72 amateur players.  Furman captured the team title at the Lady Paladin Invitational, where the Paladins won the tournament by 32 strokes with a three-day total of 841, shattering the previous tournament record.  Morgan captured individual medalist honors at both the Lady Paladin and the UNF Collegiate during the 2022 season.  She was named to the All-SoCon team, along with Sophia Burnett and Sarah-Eve Rhéaume.

In Raim's first season at Furman, the 2021 season was shortened, with the Paladins playing only in the spring.  Furman had an unprecedented three players qualify as individuals for the NCAA Simpsonville Regional, where Morgan, the 2021 SoCon Freshman of the Year, led the team with a 16th-place finish.  Rhéaume won individual medalist honors at the SoCon Championships, and the Paladins finished as runners-up.  Morgan, Rhéaume, and Madison Moosa represented Furman on the All-SoCon team.

Prior to her time at Furman, Raim spent two seasons as the assistant coach at Long Beach State, where she helped the Beach to the 2019 Big West team and individual titles and an appearance at the NCAA regionals.  During her time at Long Beach State, Raim assisted with player development, team travel, recruiting, and hosting events.

A four-year letter winner at UNLV, Raim led the Rebels to three-consecutive Mountain West titles and finished as individual runner up at the 2018 league championship.  A two-time first team All-Mountain West selection, she claimed individual medalist honors on three different occasions and earned Mountain West Academic All-Conference accolades each of her four seasons. 

A native of Palm Desert, Calif., Raim earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies with a minor in journalism from UNLV in 2018.