Augusta University

Steven Paine was named head men's golf coach and director of golf at Augusta University on June 2, 2022. With his appointment, Paine became the seventh full-time head coach of Augusta University's storied golf program.

In 2024, Paine led the Jaguars to a repeat performance as the Southland Conference Champions, winning by 18 strokes. Graduate student Cole Stevens took home the individual title and was named the SLC Men's Golf Player of the Year. Four Jaguars were named to the All-Conference team and Paine was named the SLC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. The Jags wrapped the season at the NCAA Southeast Regional. 

During his first year at the helm, Paine was named the 2023 Southland Conference Coach of the Year. The Jaguars won their first Southland Conference Championship by a huge 14-stroke margin. Freshman Stefan Jacobs took home the individual championship by 6 strokes and was named the 2023 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year. Jacobs and fellow freshman Behn Heyns were both voted to the Southland All-Conference First Team. Augusta men's golf would go on to make an appearance at the NCAA Auburn Regional. 

The former head coach for Point University and most recently the assistant men's coach at Mississippi State University, Paine has seen success both coaching and playing.
 
Paine joined the staff at Mississippi State as an assistant coach in January 2020. During his time with the Bulldogs, he helped lead the Bulldogs to their 12^th NCAA Regional Appearance.

Paine was a head coach with six-plus seasons at Point University. Most recently, he was a finalist to lead the United States team at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup and was a finalist for the NAIA's Dave Williams Award the same year.

Under the tutelage of Coach Paine, the Point Skyhawks garnered 23 tournament championships and won 9 consecutive tournaments prior to his departure. As individuals, his teams had 20 medalists.

Coach Paine also led Point to its first Appalachian Athletic Conference team title in 2017, followed with titles in the following consecutive seasons. He was named the conference's Coach of the Year in all three campaigns. In 2020, he led the Skyhawks to a No. 1 national ranking and took the program to three NAIA National Championship tournaments during his tenure.

Paine coached 2017 AAC Player of the Year and NAIA All-American Francisco de Oliviera and 2018 AAC Player of the Year and NAIA All-American Joao Magalhaes. De Oliviera also was of 30 semifinalists from the NAIA for the prestigious Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award in 2017; Maddux Lytle was a semifinalist in 2018 and earned All-Conference first team honors; and Magalhaes and Eric Wowor were semifinalists and All-Conference first team selections in 2019.
 
In the classroom, Paine has coached six NAIA Academic All-Americans and 21 Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Scholars. His student-athletes have collected seven NAIA All-American honors and 13 all-conference honors.
 
Prior to his tenure at Point, he spent a year as a golf graduate assistant at Columbus State University, where he captained the program as a student-athlete from 2010-12. The Cougars' 2013 team went on to a top-10 ranking and made the NCAA DII National Championship Tournament.
 
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Paine was a member of the South African Junior National Team before coming to the United States to play at CSU in 2008. In his first year stateside, he earned NCAA All-Freshman Team honors along with NCAA DII All-American Honorable Mention. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance in 2012. He earned his master's degree in business administration in 2014.
 
Paine is joined in Augusta by his wife, Britney, his son, Liam, and his daughters, Adaline and Asher. He is a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America's (GCAA) Executive Committee and has served as a caddy on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour.