Men's Golf
Calcatera, Luke
Luke Calcatera
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- Luke.Calcatera@unt.edu
- Phone:
- 479-857-9824
- Alma Mater:
- ATU, 2007
Luke Calcatera was hired as the men's golf coach on June 7, 2023, after he led North Alabama to a resurgent season in the 2022-23 season and spent the previous decade building Arkansas Tech into a perennial national powerhouse.
The 2024-25 season was Calcatera’s second at the helm in Denton. He led the program to its highest finish at a conference championship since 2021 with a third-place finish at the American Conference Championships. The Mean Green vaulted up the leaderboard on the final day with a round of 277, which marked the UNT’s best round at a conference tournament in program history.
Calcatera coached true freshman Blake Keen to All-American Conference accolades following a fourth-place finish at the conference championship. Keen and fellow freshman Alex Huang combined for nine top-20 placements and four top-10 showings showcasing major potential for the coming years.
In his first season, Calcatera led his squad to some new program records, including low 18-hole score (268) and low 54-hole score (823) at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational. He guided UNT to a fifth-place finish at the American Conference Championship, where Tucker Allen earned runner-up honors in his final collegiate event. The team also won its host event, the North Texas Intercollegiate at Maridoe Golf Club, marking the Mean Green's first tournament win since 2018.
Prior to UNT, the Keller, Texas, native took over a UNA program making the transition to Division I, and in his lone season led the Lions to a 75-spot improvement in the Golfstat rankings, a conference-best three tournament wins and the program’s first victory over a top-20 opponent.
Calcatera's success at his alma mater, Arkansas Tech, included 10 straight NCAA Regional appearances, six trips to the NCAA Championship Tournament, five teams advancing to NCAA finals match play, and the 2021 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf National Championship.
The 2021 Division II National Coach of the Year, two-time Arnold Palmer Cup Head Coach Finalist, six-time Great American Conference Coach of the Year and three-time Central Region Coach of the Year, Calcatera is also known as a relentless recruiter. He previously signed Texas natives that earned four All-America awards, an Arnold Palmer Cup finalist honor and back-to-back conference individual champions.
Under Calcatera, Arkansas Tech is the only Division II institution in history to reach the match-play rounds at five straight NCAA Championships (2017-19, 21-22). He led his teams to two conference titles and 32 total tournament wins in his final 10 seasons. The individual honors earned by his players during that time include more than 30 all-conference selections, six conference Freshman of the Year honorees, four Conference Player of the Year award winners, along with seven All-Americans in the last four seasons.
Calcatera was promoted to Director of Golf at Arkansas Tech in 2020 and he also became the head coach of the ATU women's golf team. He led the ATU women to an NCAA Regional title and they advanced to NCAA match play. His first female recruit also won GAC Freshman of the Year honors.
As a player, Calcatera played at Arkansas Tech and was on the 2004 team that won the Gulf South Conference Championship and played in that year’s NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament.
A 2007 and 2013 graduate of ATU, Calcatera is married to the former Ashley Duvall of Russellville, Arkansas. They have three children, Josephine, Luke Jr., and Dean.
COACHING HISTORY
2011-19: Arkansas Tech, Head Men’s Golf Coach
2020-22: Arkansas Tech, Director of Golf
2022-23: North Alabama, Head Men’s Golf Coach
2023-present: UNT, Head Men's Golf Coach
The 2024-25 season was Calcatera’s second at the helm in Denton. He led the program to its highest finish at a conference championship since 2021 with a third-place finish at the American Conference Championships. The Mean Green vaulted up the leaderboard on the final day with a round of 277, which marked the UNT’s best round at a conference tournament in program history.
Calcatera coached true freshman Blake Keen to All-American Conference accolades following a fourth-place finish at the conference championship. Keen and fellow freshman Alex Huang combined for nine top-20 placements and four top-10 showings showcasing major potential for the coming years.
In his first season, Calcatera led his squad to some new program records, including low 18-hole score (268) and low 54-hole score (823) at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational. He guided UNT to a fifth-place finish at the American Conference Championship, where Tucker Allen earned runner-up honors in his final collegiate event. The team also won its host event, the North Texas Intercollegiate at Maridoe Golf Club, marking the Mean Green's first tournament win since 2018.
Prior to UNT, the Keller, Texas, native took over a UNA program making the transition to Division I, and in his lone season led the Lions to a 75-spot improvement in the Golfstat rankings, a conference-best three tournament wins and the program’s first victory over a top-20 opponent.
Calcatera's success at his alma mater, Arkansas Tech, included 10 straight NCAA Regional appearances, six trips to the NCAA Championship Tournament, five teams advancing to NCAA finals match play, and the 2021 NCAA Division II Men’s Golf National Championship.
The 2021 Division II National Coach of the Year, two-time Arnold Palmer Cup Head Coach Finalist, six-time Great American Conference Coach of the Year and three-time Central Region Coach of the Year, Calcatera is also known as a relentless recruiter. He previously signed Texas natives that earned four All-America awards, an Arnold Palmer Cup finalist honor and back-to-back conference individual champions.
Under Calcatera, Arkansas Tech is the only Division II institution in history to reach the match-play rounds at five straight NCAA Championships (2017-19, 21-22). He led his teams to two conference titles and 32 total tournament wins in his final 10 seasons. The individual honors earned by his players during that time include more than 30 all-conference selections, six conference Freshman of the Year honorees, four Conference Player of the Year award winners, along with seven All-Americans in the last four seasons.
Calcatera was promoted to Director of Golf at Arkansas Tech in 2020 and he also became the head coach of the ATU women's golf team. He led the ATU women to an NCAA Regional title and they advanced to NCAA match play. His first female recruit also won GAC Freshman of the Year honors.
As a player, Calcatera played at Arkansas Tech and was on the 2004 team that won the Gulf South Conference Championship and played in that year’s NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament.
A 2007 and 2013 graduate of ATU, Calcatera is married to the former Ashley Duvall of Russellville, Arkansas. They have three children, Josephine, Luke Jr., and Dean.
COACHING HISTORY
2011-19: Arkansas Tech, Head Men’s Golf Coach
2020-22: Arkansas Tech, Director of Golf
2022-23: North Alabama, Head Men’s Golf Coach
2023-present: UNT, Head Men's Golf Coach
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