Entering his sixth season at the helm of Santa Clara men's golf, Andrew Larkin has established himself as one of the most successful coaches in program history. 

Under his leadership, Santa Clara has produced three of the top four team averages in program history, has won two team titles and four individual medalist honors, has shattered multiple program records, and produced some of the top players in its history including current PGA Tour member Matt McCarty and rising junior J.P. Odland, who has already established himself as one of the all-time Santa Clara greats. 

Hired in May 2020, Larkin has coached a total of six All-WCC performers and guided the Broncos to just their third NCAA Regional in program history. 

The 2024-25 campaign was one for the record books with the Broncos shattering the previous scoring average of 285.06 strokes (2017-18) with a fantastic average of 283.72 strokes over 39 rounds of work. Behind All-WCC performers Odland, Matt Robles and Alvaro Muller, Santa Clara finished the year with eight top-five finishes, including a victory in the season-opening Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate and a runner-up finish at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational. Also of note was the Broncos' sensational 37-under 815 performance at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational, which is the third-best team score in program history. Santa Clara ended the regular season by shattering their WCC Championship 54-hole record with a 26-under 838 total to finish in third and advance to match play for the first time in program history. Odland and Robles were both named to the conference's 10-man All-WCC team while Muller was an honorable mention selection. It was SCU's most All-WCC honorees since 2018. Robles also walked away with WCC Freshman of the Year honors, becoming SCU's first such winner since Hayden Shieh in 2015. The cherry on top of the 2024-25 season was an invitation to the 2025 NCAA Reno Regional - just the third NCAA Regional appearance in the program's history. 

Individually-speaking, Odland's 2024-25 season was certainly one to remember. The sophomore turned in the fourth-lowest scoring average in program history (70.92), became the first player in the program's history to win multiple tournaments, tied the program record for rounds in the 60s (15) and had the second-most rounds under par (20). Odland earned WCC Golfer of the Month honors in March to become the second-such winner since McCarty in 2018. 

Larkin's Broncos had a successful 2023-24 season, winning their first team event title since 2017-18 by dominating the competition at the White Sands Bahamas Invite. The Broncos shattered the school record at the event with a 54-hole tally of 45-under 273-277-269--819. Graduate student Muzzy Donohue earned All-WCC honors and became the first Bronco since McCarty in 2018 to earn WCC Golfer of the Month, doing so for the month of January. Santa Clara finished the season with a sixth-place finish at the WCC Championship and tallied the third-best scoring average in program history with 285.30 strokes. 

In 2022-23, Larkin's Broncos tied for fifth at the WCC Championship and qualified for the postseason by accepting an invitation to the National Golf Invitational. Graduate student Julien Paltrinieri had an incredible individual campaign, earning All-WCC honors and qualifying for the 2023 NCAA National Championship. He finished in the top-25 at the NCAA Morgan Hill Regional. 

In his second season at the helm in 2021-22, Larkin helped guide the Broncos to a fifth-place finish at the WCC Championship with senior Berk Harvey tying for seventh individually for the best finish by a Bronco since 2017. 

Larkin's first season in 2020-21 was hampered due to the Covid-19 pandemic that caused the entire fall portion of the year to be canceled. The Broncos opened the year in late February and played in eight total events with a season-best finish of fourth at the Sacramento State Invitational. A major highlight of the year came in the form of McCarty, who earned his third All-WCC honor and became the first Bronco since Shieh to earn PING All-West Region honors. The future Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year finished the year with the third-best scoring average in program history (70.88) and capped his career with the third-best career scoring average at 71.50 strokes. 

Prior to Santa Clara, Larkin spent the previous five seasons as an assistant coach with UCLA where he helped direct the Bruins to three NCAA Regional appearances, including a championship berth in 2018, under coach Derek Freeman. UCLA was ranked No. 25 nationally by Golfstat.com when the 2019-20 season was canceled. 

A professional player since 2012, Larkin was a finalist for the 2019 Jan Strickland Outstanding Assistant Coach Award. 

Prior to his time at the Pac-12 Conference school, Larkin spent three seasons as the head men's and women's golf coach at Occidental College, his alma mater. 

During his time at UCLA, the program produced eight individual medalists, a Ben Hogan Award final 25 selection, nine all-conference selections and four All-Pac 12 Freshman choices.

He has demonstrated success in recruiting, helping sign the Nos. 3 and 5-ranked players in the country in 2016, two top 20 players in 2017, three top 35 recruits in 2018, and the 14th-ranked American and No. 11-ranked amateur in the world in the class of 2020.

Larkin, who replaces longtime and recently retired head coach Rob Miller, has posted 12 professional tournament wins. He has played events on a number of pro tours and mostly recently competed in both the 2017 and 2019 PGA Professional Championship. 

As a collegiate player, Larkin was a four-time All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Golf Team Selection and was the Olin Browne Most Valuable Player during 2012. 

He also served as caddie for former UCLA golfer Devon Bling at both the 2019 Master’s and 2019 U.S. Open and caddied UCLA players to the round of 32 at the 2017 United States Amateur, the finals of the 2018 United State Amateur, round of 64 at the 2019 United States Amateur

A native of Los Angles, Larkin was a four-time All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference selection and two-time (2011 and 2012) Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar while at Occidental. 

During his time as head coach of the Tigers, he produced seven All-SCIAC selections and led the women’s program from 150th nationally in 2013 to No. 35 the following year.

In addition, he designed and fundraised for a 2,500-square-foot on-campus practice area for the Division III program.