Barb Odale enters her third season in charge of the Rambelles Golf program for the 2025-26 season.
In the 2024-25 season, Odale led the Rambelles to the NCAA West Regional for only the second time in program history and the first time since 2010. The Rambelles also had five WGCA All-American Scholars and were tenth in Division II in overall team GPA.
In her first season in charge in 2023-24, Odale helped Rambelles senior Ozlyan Juarez compete at the PGA Works Collegiate Championship.
Previously as a collegiate coach, Odale served as the head coach of UT Pan American (now UT Rio Grande Valley) from 1999-2007, during which Odale led the program to a gradual rise in the Golfstat rankings, bringing them from the bottom five percent to the top 30 percent in the rankings.
Odale led the Broncs to four team championships and had six golfers named to the All-Independent Team; her teams were named an NGCA All-American Scholar Team five times and she had nine individuals named Academic All-Independent.
Prior to her time at UTPA, Odale served as the assistant coach at Sam Houston State. From 1995-98, Odale also served as an assistant golf pro at Cypresswood Golf Club in Spring, Texas, where she worked under 2019 PGA Teacher of the Year Kevin Kirk.
Odale has a decorated playing career on the golf course, as she was a two-time NGCA All-American during her playing days at SMU. Odale won seven tournaments in her collegiate career, including winning two Southwest Conference Championships.
She was a three-time All-SWC selection and was named to the SWC All-Decade First Team. A two-time participant in the US Women's Open in 1991 and 1992, Odale was named to the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020.
