Heather Fegley, a mainstay in Chico State women’s golf for well over a decade, is in her ninth year as the Wildcats’ head coach.
During the 2024–25 season, Fegley guided the Wildcats through a competitive slate of nine tournaments, highlighted by a third-place team finish at the Sonoma State Fall Invitational. Chico State earned a sixth-place result at the CCAA Championships, with standout performances from Kaylie Parola and Trinity Hernandez, who each tied for sixth individually at Sonoma.
In 2022–23, Fegley led the Wildcats to top-five team finishes at the Bay Area Invitational and the Sonoma State Spring Invitational. Taylor Stewart earned medalist honors at the Sonoma event and wrapped up her career with All-CCAA recognition.
The 2021–22 season saw the ’Cats make 11 tournament appearances and place third at the Bay Area Invitational. The team also earned national academic distinction, with four players named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team.
In her first six years as head coach, Fegley produced multiple All-CCAA honorees, directed the team to several top-10 finishes, and helped Chico State consistently rank among the top programs in the West Region. She assumed the head coaching role in August 2017 after serving as an assistant from 2014–17 under Nick Green. During her assistant tenure, the Wildcats recorded 17 top-five finishes and made two NCAA Championship appearances.
A former Wildcat herself, Fegley competed from 2010–14, playing in 35 events and earning nine top-20 finishes. As team captain her senior year, she helped lead Chico State to its first NCAA Super Regional berth in eight seasons. Off the course, she was a two-time Dean’s List honoree and a Department of Sociology representative in the Dean’s Cup Academic Competition.
Fegley graduated from Chico’s Pleasant Valley High School, where she won back-to-back Eastern Athletic League individual titles and led the Vikings to three section championships. She remains deeply engaged in the community, co-founding the Chico Area Junior Golf Association in 2016 and volunteering with the Butte County Special Olympics Golf Program. She previously worked at Butte Creek Country Club in pro shop operations and marketing.
Fegley earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Chico State in 2014.
