Joe Elliott completed his 14th season as head men's golf coach in 2021-22 after being named to the position in August 2008.
Elliott, a Professional Golf Association Professional for more than 20 years, has been the assistant golf professional at the Garden City Country Club since June 1996 and has been involved with the Metropolitan PGA and Junior PGA programs for more than 15 years.
In 2021-22, the Pride competed in 10 events with mid-year transfer Dino Capazario collecting three top 10 and two top-five showings in five tournaments.
Hofstra played just 11 rounds in 2020-21 with Alec Aronson posting two top 10 finishes. In a shortened 2019-20 season, Hofstra golfers had four top five and six top 10 finishes. Aronson placed in the top five in three events and became the first Hofstra men's golfer to earn a World Amateur Golf ranking.
Pride golfers had three top five and three top 10 finishes in 2017-18 and senior Kyle Ritchie's 67 birdies on the year were three shy of a program record. Hofstra won a pair of tournaments in 2016-17 with Sean Cavanaugh and Johnson Ko each taking home an individual medalist honor. Cavanaugh won the Fr. George Hill Intercollegiate, while Ko placed first at the Hofstra Quad. In addition, Hofstra Golfers recorded eight top five and 12 top 10 finishes.
In 2015-16 the Pride won two tournaments and finished in the top 10 in five others. Junior David Won and freshman Eric Shelly were individual champions at the Jasper Shootout and the Saint Peter's Invitational, respectively. In 2014-15 the Pride posted seven top-five finishes including a win at the Jasper Shootout, which Won also came in first at.
In 2013-14 The Pride shot a then program-best 285 during the second round of the 2013 Rutgers Invitational and had five top-five finishes. In 2012-13 Elliott saw his team post seven top-5 finishes including a win at the La Salle Invitational. He also coached Brandon Shin to two first-place showings and five top-10 finishes in 2012-13. Shin became the first All-CAA Championship selection in Hofstra history and also the first golfer to place in the top 10 since the Pride joined the CAA in 2002. In 2011-12 the Pride posted two top five finishes with a win at the Lafayette Invitational, marking the team's first tournament win under Elliott.
In his role as assistant golf professional at Garden City CC, Elliott is responsible for individual, group and junior golf instruction, as well as the coordination of tournaments conducted at the club. As a volunteer with the MET Junior PGA, he has taught at clinics and golf schools run by the organization. Elliott has volunteered his teaching expertise at Police Athletic League clinics as well. In addition he serves as a starter, rules official and pace of play monitor at various MET Junior PGA events.
His experience with junior golfers extends into his duties at the Garden City Country Club, where he is involved in the organization end management of the club's Junior Golf Camp during the summer months.
As a player, Elliott was chosen by the Metropolitan PGA board of elected officials to represent the assistant golf professionals in the 2001 and 2002 Squire Cup. The Squire Cup is similar to the Ryder Cup in that 12 assistant professionals and 12 head professionals are picked to play against each other in a head-to-head competition. In 2002 Elliott won the Jack Mallon Pro-Am Championship at the Garden City Country Club and in 2007 he won the Pinehurst Team Pro-Am Championship in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Elliott has completed advanced career enhancement programs at the PGA Learning Centers in Florida, covering a variety of subjects, including: Teaching with Technology, Teaching a Sound Putting Stroke, Fitness for a Sound Golf Swing and The Mental Side of Golf.
Elliott and his wife, Valerie, reside in Levittown, New York.
