Northern Kentucky University Athletics

As the Head Golf Coach, David Shearer brings a unique perspective of Norse golf as a former standout student-athlete and a former assistant coach. The two-time PING Golf Coaches Association of America All-American has been an assistant for six years under longtime head coach Daryl Landrum.

In 2024, Shearer enters his third season as the head coach of both the men's and women's golf programs. In his first season (2022-23) Northern Kentucky's men's golf team placed sixth at the Horizon League Championship, while the women finished seventh. 

In 2023-24, both the men's and women's teams finished fifth at the Horizon League Championships. 

Shearer, a 2019 NKU David Lee Holt Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, was the three-time Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year and individual GLVC champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. He still holds records for the lowest single-season scoring average (72.46, set in 2007) and most career individual wins (seven, set in 2007).

Shearer returned to NKU golf as an assistant coach from 2012 to 2017, and from 2021 to 2022. His duties include assessing players' strengths and weaknesses, creating individual development plans, skill instruction, golf course management techniques and recruiting.

"I am excited that David, a member of the Norse Hall of Fame, will become the leader of the Norse men's golf program upon Coach Landrum's retirement. His experiences as an NKU student-athlete and assistant coach provide him with the knowledge and skills that are necessary to build a competitive golf program," said Dan McIver, NKU's Deputy Athletic Director.
 
"David understands what it takes to win, having won the individual GLVC Championship three times.  He also has a passion for helping student-athletes succeed off the course and create an environment that ensures student-athletes have a positive experience at NKU. I am confident that the men's golf program will reach new heights under David's guidance."
 
Shearer is the General Manager and Director of Golf at Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia, where he oversees a staff of 50 and handles administrative, budgetary and marketing endeavors.

Shearer graduated from Northern Kentucky University in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Business. He now lives in Villa Hills, Ky. with his wife Natalie and their daughters, Ava and Olivia.