Barry Doty joined the athletic staff in August of 2002. Coach Doty is a PGA Golf Professional and serves as the Owls' Men and Women's Head Golf Coach. Coach Doty led the Owls to the 2005 and 2006 NAIA Women's Region V Championship titles and to the NAIA National Championship Tournament in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 as well as being ranked in the top twenty for four straight years. The Owls' finished 8th at the 2007 NAIA Women's Golf National Championship in San Diego, California. Coach Doty was named NAIA Women's Golf Region V Coach of the Year in both 2005 and 2006, as well being named 2007 American Midwest Conference Coach of the Year for both Men and Women's Golf.  Doty led the Owls' Men's team to their first ever American Midwest Conference Championship in 2004.  In five seasons Coach Doty has had seven players from each of the Men and Women's teams named NAIA All-Region V, and has had six players named

as NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Doty spent six years at the Moberly Country Club where he was the General Manager/CEO and the PGA Head Golf Professional. From 1990 to 1996, Coach Doty was the Assistant PGA Professional at the Country Club of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. and at Sedalia, Mo. Country Club.

"It is my desire to lead the golf programs at William Woods University to compete for the National Championship each year. I feel that we are starting to gain traction in becoming one of the better programs in the country. Our student-athletes are working very hard both on the golf course and in the classroom."

Doty is a graduate of Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Mo., and the PGA of America Business School.

Some of Coach Doty's accomplishments include; being a member of the PGA of America, becoming a Chrysler National Long Drive Qualifier for two years,  free agent tryouts with the Washington Redskins and the Kansas City Chiefs, and shooting his career best round of 63 at the Boonville Country Club in 1989.

Barry and his wife Diana reside in Columbia, Mo. Along with golf, Coach Doty enjoys sports, music and family.

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Chad Barnes begins his first season as an assistant golf coach at William Woods University.

Barnes played golf at William Woods for four years. He graduated from William Woods with a degree in Business Administration-Economics and Finance.

Coach Barnes is currently attending graduate school at William Woods. He is pursuing a Masters degree in Business Administration.