COGA Championship
Tour Staff
RYAN SNIVLEY- COGA Tour Director
Ryan is the Varsity Golf Coach at Olentangy Liberty High School in Powell Ohio, as well as a teacher at Olentangy Liberty High School. He has coached his team to 9 OCC Championships, 4 team appearances at the state tournament and 2 individual appearances. In 2017, the Patriots earned team state runners-up. Ryan has been on the COGA staff since 2011 before taking over in 2022.
IAN MILLER, PGA - COGA Head Rules Official
Ian is the Head Men's Golf Coach and Director of Golf Operations at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. He has been a Class A PGA member since 2004, competing in PGA Professional National Championship events in 2007 and 2009. Ian is a 1999 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan and was an All-America selection in golf in both of his years as a Battling Bishop. His junior year, he reeled off a string of 5 straight top-10 finishes and won first-team All-NCAC honors. He finished 21st at the NCAA Division III tournament and received honorable mention All-America laurels. As a senior, he tied a school record by shooting a 67 at Penn State, becoming the first Ohio Wesleyan player to hit that score in more than 40 years, and went on to finish fourth at the NCAA Division III tournament and earn first-team All-America honors as Ohio Wesleyan tied for eighth place in the national team standings. He began his college career at Kent State University, then transferred to Ohio Wesleyan after 2 years.
JOEL GLASSBURN - COGA Staff
Joel spent the last 11 years as the director of the COGA Tour as well as coaching Olentangy High School's Boys Varsity golf team for 20years before retiring. Joel was a member of the Ohio Wesleyan Golf Team where he had one individual tournament win and multiple top 5 and top 10 finishes in his four years. He played in 3 Division III National Championships helping the Bishops to an 8th place finish in 1999. Joel received All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in 1999 and 2000. He was the Dick Gordon Award for Player of the Year in the NCAC in 2000 while leading OWU to it's first North Coast Athletic Conference Championship in 6 years.
"The COGA tour has truly benefitted the young men on my golf team because it provides a great tournament format for them to sharpen their skills against good competition. In addition, a lot of the events that they put on are held at golf courses that our team plays throughout the year in sectionals, districts, etc...so not only do the strong fields provide them with good competition, but they get to play extra rounds on these important courses that can only help them become more familiar with those sites. We have had a very positive experience with our young men playing on the COGA Tour and it is run very well."
Anthony Mampieri - Coach St. Charles - 2 time OHSAA State Champions 2009 & 2010
"I highly encourage all of our players to participate in the COGA summer tournaments. They are extremely well run, affordable and the fields are filled with outstanding players. The courses are some of the best public courses in Ohio, and they are also tremendously important because of the role they play as tournament sites during the high school golf season."
David Woodmansee - Coach Dublin Coffman 4th Place OHSAA State Tournament 2009 & 2010
