Not even two full seasons into her assistant coaching gig with USC women’s golf, Tiffany Joh can be read like an open book among her Trojans team. Earlier this spring, Joh had to break the news to her players that she’d be leaving at the end of the season to become an assistant coach with the U.S. Golf Association’s National Development Program. Joh, a Philadelphia native who moved to San Diego as a girl and grew up in California, will relocate to Pinehurst, North Carolina. This brought some confusion.
“I expected a couple people to be upset,” Joh said. “They’re like, ‘Where are you going to get tacos? Where are you going to get your burritos?’
“I’m, like, ‘Guys, I appreciate your concern.’”
Her enormous personality and quick sense of humor have made Joh a natural fit in the coaching world. After competing on the LPGA Tour for 11 years, Joh retired in 2021 and took a job as the assistant women’s golf coach at Cal State San Marcos. A year later, the UCLA alumna joined the coaching staff at crosstown rival US…
