Greensboro, Ga. (April 16, 2026) – A field of 26 current and former college football coaches is set to compete in the 19th annual Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament April 26 – 28 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside Atlanta. The coaches will be competing for a share of the $300,000 charity purse.
 
The nation's premier collegiate coach golf event will be played in two-man scramble format with Stableford scoring in an 18-hole tournament. Pairings were determined by balancing handicaps between teams and will feature 12 two-man teams that pair an active coach with a former coach (Legend). One pairing will include two active head coaches (Rhett Lashlee and Jeff Monken).
 
The current field of competitors and official pairings for this year's Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge is projected to include:
 

COACH	SCHOOL	PARTNER
Shane Beamer	South Carolina	Houston Nutt (Legend)
Manny Diaz	Duke	Ted Roof (Legend)
Dave Doeren	NC State	Steve Spurrier (Legend)
P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Gus Malzahn (Legend)
Brent Key	Georgia Tech	Hugh Freeze (Legend)
Dan Lanning	Oregon	Randy Edsall (Legend)
Rhett Lashlee	SMU	Jeff Monken (Army)
Jeff Monken	Army	Rhett Lashlee (SMU)
Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	Chan Gailey (Legend)
Mike Norvell	Florida State	Urban Meyer (Legend)
Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Mack Brown (Legend)
Kirby Smart	Georgia	Tommy Tuberville (Legend)
Dabo Swinney	Clemson	Jim Grobe (Legend)
Kyle Whittingham	Michigan	Paul Johnson (Legend)

 
This year's field includes an impressive roster of college football greats that features six former Dodd Trophy winners, and a collective group of coaches who have won nine FBS national championships, 64 conference championships and boast 2,925 career wins.
 
The 2026 field also features 24 coaches who have previously competed in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, while Rhett Lashlee and Ted Roof are set to make their first-ever appearances in the event.
 
Proceeds from the event benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. To date, 61 head coaches have participated in the tournament during its 19-year history, raising a total of $3.5 million for 78 different charities and foundations. Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $10 million in scholarship and charity, helping make Peach Bowl, Inc. college football's most charitable bowl organization.
 
"We've now raised $10 million in charitable funds from this event and look forward to adding to that total thanks to this year's impressive field of coaches," Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and President Gary Stokan said. "This annual tradition has grown to become the premier collegiate coach golf event and we're thankful so many of college football's biggest names have participated over the years in order to give back to various causes that have personal meaning to them."
 
ALL-TIME WINNINGS LEADERBOARD                        
1            Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech): $905,000                          
 2           Steve Spurrier (S. Carolina / Florida): $662,000                          
 3           Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech): $435,000                          
 4           Dave Doeren (NC State): $380,800                          
 5           Nick Saban (Alabama): $363,333                          
 6           Dan Mullen (UNLV): $354,967                          
 7           Kirby Smart (Georgia): $353,750                          
 8           Hugh Freeze (Ole Miss/Auburn): $340,417                          
 9           Dabo Swinney (Clemson): $310,000                          
10          Gus Malzahn (Auburn/UCF/FSU): $251,667                         
11          Jim Grobe (Wake Forest): $247,000                          
12          Randy Edsall (Maryland / UConn): $228,300                          
13          Urban Meyer (OSU): $225,000                          
14          Matt Luke (Ole Miss): $215,000                          
15          Tommy Tuberville (Auburn/Cincinnati): $206,250                          
16          Jimbo Fisher (FSU / Texas A&M): $175,000                          
17          Al Golden (Miami): $170,000                          
18          Pat Narduzzi (Pitt): $170,000                          
19          Larry Fedora: $152,500           
20          Houston Nutt (Ole Miss): $142,500
 
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell and partner Urban Meyer will look to win their third consecutive Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge after winning back-to-back titles at the 2024 and 2025 tournaments. Paul Johnson leads all other coaches with four wins in the event, followed by Mike Norvell, Urban Meyer, Randy Edsall, Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke and Steve Spurrier, who each have two tournament victories.
 
PAST WINNERS
2025      Mike Norvell / Urban Meyer
2024      Mike Norvell / Urban Meyer
2023      Pat Narduzzi / Chan Gailey
2022      Randy Edsall / Houston Nutt
2021      Randy Edsall / Tom O'Brien
2020      [ Not played -- COVID ]
2019      Matt Luke / Wesley Walls
2018      Matt Luke / Wesley Walls
2017      Hugh Freeze / Wesley Walls
2016      Hugh Freeze / Wesley Walls
2015      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2014      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2013      Al Golden / Gino Torretta
2012      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2011      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2010      Jimbo Fisher / Terrell Buckley
2009      Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe
2008      Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe
2007      Frank Beamer / Dell Curry