MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The Alabama State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced the hiring of Quincy Heard to lead the golf programs Thursday morning.

Heard comes back to Montgomery after serving on the West Coast, teaching the game of golf after being lead to the west coast by the US Navy. His first station was in San Diego, but his ship was stationed in the dry docks at Swan Island in Portland where he returned after his service was complete.

He started his golf career in Player Services at Langdon Farms GC in Aurora (Ore.), and with the encouragement of PGA Professional Robert M. Clark, he was working as an Assistant Golf Professional within three months. He entered the PGA of America in 1998 as a Novice with no experience in golf and after years of hard work and dedication, he passed the PAT in 2001 and entered the Golf Professional Training Program (now the PGA Professional Golf Management Program) the following year.

Heard was elected to PGA membership in 2006, and promoted to Executive Director for PYGA, which was also designated as a First Tee program. In 2011, he, along with Kelly Hartley and Denise Shorthouse, created Summit Golf Foundation (SGF) that is designed to equip and challenge young people, particularly youth in the foster care system, to excel in life. The directors and volunteers at SGF teach positive character traits along with golf skills and course etiquette to youth in the greater Vancouver/Portland metro area.

In 2012, Quincy took on the added the responsibilities of the Men's and Women's Head Golf Coach at Warner Pacific College. At the end of 2016, Quincy was selected for the PGA LEAD Class of 2017-18, along with Robyn Lorain.

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