Bob Bass took over the Louisiana-Lafayette golf program just prior to the 1991 spring season, and the Cajuns didn't miss a beat in rolling to a third straight American South Conference crown that year against a stronger league field while coming very close to a third straight NCAA national tournament appearance. For his efforts, he was named Coach of the Year in the final year of the American South.

In 1992, Louisiana-Lafayette made its first appearance in the Sun Belt Tournament and finished second while earning yet another NCAA tourney trip, and his squad used that second-place league effort as motivation for reclaiming its league title the next year by a 25-stroke margin -- the second biggest margin in the history of the league and the largest since 1980. Louisiana-Lafayette had the top three individual finishes in the Sun Belt, and Bass earned his second Coach of the Year honor.

Since then, the Cajuns have claimed four more NCAA trips along with winning back-to-back titles in 1993 and 1994 in their own prestigious Louisiana Classics meet.

He should, since not only was he a standout player at USL, but his father Bill Bass served in two different terms as coach of the Cajun golf squad while also serving the university as alumni director during his career.

Bass was a 1965 graduate of USL and was a four-year golf letterman along with serving as captain during his senior year. He was also a two-year member of the Cajun football squad. During that time, he helped set the foundation for the Cajun squad that went on to win the NAIA national championship in 1967 and captured several Gulf States Conference titles during the mid- and late 1960s.

Bass is a past president of the Louisiana Golf Association and presently serves on the board of directors of that group. He also serves on the board of directors of Oakbourne Country Club, is a past president of Acadian Hills Country Club and was a member of the advisory board of governors for LeTriomphe Golf Club.

A lifelong amateur competitor, Bass won several club titles as a player and helped found two tournaments that have become mainstays of the area's golf calendar. He helped found what is now the Bill Bass Alumni Open, which honors his late father and is held annually during Louisiana-Lafayette's Homecoming activities, and aided with the organization of the prestigious Louisiana Classics, the Cajuns' spring tournament which has become one of the top collegiate events in the nation.

Bass and his wife Linda have five children -- Scott, Robin, Robert, Carrie and Amy.

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