St. John's University Athletics
Women's Golf
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- bishopa@stjohns.edu
- Phone:
- 2558
Ambry Bishop-Santillo enters her 20th season as head coach of the women's golf team at St. John's in 2023-24. Over the past 19 seasons as head coach, Bishop led St. John's to its first BIG EAST Championship title, 25 team championships and 38 individual championships. In 2005, she earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year Honors.
In 2005, Bishop brought home the first BIG EAST Championship ever for the Red Storm women's golf team, and the first for a St. John's women's squad since the women's soccer team took the league title in 1994.
In 2012, Bishop was named the Metropolitan PGA Player Development Award Winner. This award is designed to recognize a PGA Professional for extraordinary and exemplary contributions and achievements in the area of player development.
Not only has Bishop excelled as a coach, she posted an exceptional amateur career at Indiana University. She was an All-Big Ten Academic Athlete and four-year letterwinner for the Hoosiers. She placed first at the Indiana State Match Play Championship (2002) and Indianapolis Women's City Championship (2002). Bishop was also the runner-up at the Indiana Women's Open (2002), the Wolverine Invitational (2002) and the Big Ten Team Championship (2001, 2004).
Along with her experience at the collegiate level, Bishop has been a crucial part of many golf programs throughout the U.S. She taught at the Indiana Gongaware Golf Academy and the Williams College Nike Golf Camp in Williams, Mass. Currently, she is also an assistant at the Saint Andrew's Golf Club, which is the oldest golf club in America. In 2010, Bishop earned her PGA of America membership.
Bishop currently resides in Boonton, N.J., with her husband Tony Santillo.
