Greensboro, Ga. – The Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge today announced the official pairings for its 18th annual charity golf tournament. A 12-team field of current and former college football coaches will compete for a share of the $300,000 charity purse April 29 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside Atlanta.
Pairings were determined by balancing handicaps between teams. The nation’s premier collegiate coach golf event will be played in Two Man Scramble format with Stableford scoring in an 18-hole tournament.
Official pairings for this year’s Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge are set to include:
| COACH | CURRENT OR FORMER FBS SCHOOL(S) | CHARITY |
| Team 1 | ||
| Shane Beamer | South Carolina | Beamer Family Foundation |
| Houston Nutt | Boise State, Arkansas, Ole Miss | Chickasaw Foundation |
| Team 2 | ||
| Manny Diaz | Duke | Durham Public Schools Foundation |
| Paul Johnson | Navy, Georgia Tech | Paul and Susan Johnson Family Foundation |
| Team 3 | ||
| P.J. Fleck | Minnesota | Row the Boat – Fleck Family Fund |
| Tom O’Brien | Boston College, NC State | National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center |
| Team 4 | ||
| Hugh Freeze | Auburn | Global Orphan Project |
| Steve Spurrier | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | HBC Foundation |
| Team 5 | ||
| Brent Key | Georgia Tech | Key Family Foundation |
| Chan Gailey | Georgia Tech | Fellowship of Christian Athletes – Georgia Region |
| Team 6 | ||
| Dan Lanning | Oregon | OHSU Foundation – Knight Cancer Institute |
| Randy Edsall | Maryland, UConn | Edsall Family Foundation |
| Team 7 | ||
| Jeff Monken | Army | Mission 22 |
| Derek Dooley | Louisiana Tech, Tennessee | Champions Place |
| Team 8 | ||
| Dan Mullen | UNLV | Mullen Family 36 Foundation |
| Scott Satterfield | Cincinnati | Back2Back Cincinnati |
| Team 9 | ||
| Pat Narduzzi | Pitt | UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation |
| Rick Neuheisel | Colorado, Washington, UCLA | Lord Wedgwood Charity |
| Team 10 | ||
| Mike Norvell | Florida State | Keep Climbing Family Foundation |
| Urban Meyer | Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State | Urban And Shelley Meyer Family Foundation |
| Team 11 | ||
| Kirby Smart | Georgia | Kirby Smart Family Foundation |
| Gus Malzahn | Florida State (OC), Ark. State, Auburn, UCF | Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs |
| Team 12 | ||
| Kyle Whittingham | Utah | Guadalupe Center |
| Jim Grobe | Ohio, Wake Forest, Baylor | Fisher DeBerry Foundation |
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart will play in the upcoming Southern Company Peach Bowel Challenge. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
This year’s parings will feature both the first and second-place teams from last year’s tournament, including the defending champion duo of Florida State head coach Mike Norvell and Urban Meyer. South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer will also once again partner with teammate Houston Nutt after finishing second in 2024. Norvell and Meyer defeated Beamer and Nutt in a tournament-record, four-hole playoff to win last year’s Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge.
Proceeds from the event benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. The first-place duo will split $65,000 between the two winning coaches’ charities, while the remainder of the purse will be divided based on the finish of the other teams.
Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $9.7 million in scholarship and charity, helping make the Peach Bowl college football’s most charitable bowl organization.
Final results and charity payouts will be revealed Tuesday, April 29 at the conclusion of the tournament.
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