Central College Athletics

Tim Wilkinson serves as Graphic Edge/Under Armour apparel coordinator. 

He previously served as head women's golf coach from 2010-20 and also as assistant athletics director for operations from 2018-20 after serving assistant athletics director for event management forom 2015-18.

Central was a two-time NCAA Division III Championships qualifier under Wilkinson, earning its second berth in three years for the 2019 tourney in Houston, Texas. 

The Dutch won conference team titles in 2016 and 2018 and Wilkinson was a three-time league coach of the year winner.

In 2016, Wilkinson guided Central to its first Iowa Conference championship since 1990. That team also advanced to the NCAA Division III Championships, where it tied for 16th after missing the cut following the third day of play.

The Dutch won a playoff to capture the 2018 title in the newly renamed American Rivers Conference, and Wilkinson was again cited as coach of the year.

Also the league coach of the year in 2014, Wilkinson's team have five second-place league finishes. In his time as coach, 13 Central golfers have earned all-league honors 21 times and two received the league MVP award. Wilkinson also took one golfer to the national meet in 2012, where she captured all-America honors after tying for second place. 
    
Wilkinson launched the men’s and women’s golf programs at the Univ. of Great Falls (Mont.), where he served on a staff that included current Central wrestling coach and athletics director Eric Van Kley. Wilkinson was head coach at Great Falls for two years (2004-05) and was also assistant men’s basketball coach.

Immediately before coming to Central, Wilkinson was an assistant men's and women's golf coach at Central High School in Fresno, California. He was also a teacher at Central and a girls' basketball coach at El Capitan Middle School in Fresno.
 

Honors

Central College

• (3) conference coach of the year awards - 2014, 2016, 2018

Achievements

Central College

• (2) NCAA Division III Championships team berths - 2016, 2019
• (1) NCAA Division III Championships individual berth - 2012 (Sarah Paulson)
• (2) conference championships - 2016, 2018
• (2) conference Most Valuable Performer Awards - 2012 (Sarah Paulson), 2018 (Brittany Coppess)
• (22) all-conference performances by 13 different golfers 

Women's golf year-by-year results