Chan Metts joined the Eagle coaching staff as a graduate assistant coach prior to the 2016-17 season and is in his third season with the Eagles.
Georgia Southern finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in 2017 and 2018 and made its 24th appearance in the NCAA Championship in 2017. Six Eagles have earned all-conference honors, while Steven Fisk and Jake Storey have been named the league's Golfer of the Year during Mett's tenure.
Metts returned to Georgia from South Dakota, where he spent the 2016 season as a graduate assistant for the men's and women's golf programs at the University of Sioux Falls, a Division II school that competes in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
A native of Dublin, Ga., Metts walked on the Georgia College and State University men's golf team in 2005 and earned a scholarship in his senior year. As a junior, Metts played in five tournaments, placing in a tie for 20th at the conference tournament and seventh at the regional. On the back of his top-10 region finish, Metts nearly led the Bobcats to a national tournament appearance, missing a bid by one stroke.
After graduating from GCSU, Metts worked for the Department of Juvenile Justice in Georgia as a juvenile probation officer for seven years. While serving in this position, Metts continued to compete as an amateur throughout Georgia. In 2014, he won the Bob "Boo" White Invitational at the Lavida Country Club in Savannah and took third in the Savannah City Tournament. He qualified for the Georgia State Mid-Am Tournament at the Marietta Country Club in Kennesaw in 2015, where he finished tied for 33rd.
