North Carolina Central University alumnus and certified golf teaching professional David Hinton III was announced as the university’s new men’s golf head coach in August 2012.
Hinton is a Certified Golf Teaching Professional by the United States Golf Teachers Federation and a Certified Golf Instructor and Coach with The First Tee Organization. He is also a proud 1991 graduate of North Carolina Central University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration.
Since 2005, Hinton has worked as a Golf Coach and the Community Outreach Coordinator with The First Tee of the Triangle (N.C.). During that time he also served as the Program Director, Golf Swing Instructor and Coach at Next Level Sports Management Company in Raleigh, N.C., and as the Junior Golf Program Director with Saint Augustine’s College at Meadowbrook Country Club in Garner, N.C.
During the 2011-12 season, Hinton was the head golf coach at Southeast Raleigh High School.
Hinton was born and raised in Raleigh, N.C., and graduated in the class of 1983 from Athens Drive High School.
