Howe is in his third season as head golf coach at SJU in 2025-26. He replaced athletic director Bob Alpers ’82, who completed his 29th season in 2022-23.
2024-25 Season
• The Johnnie golf team tied for second at the MIAC Championships and recorded its fourth-best scoring average in program history – a 296.0 in 24 rounds – in 2024-25. Andrew Boemer '25 became the second Johnnie to qualify as an individual to the NCAA Division III Championships and the first since 2015 (Ryan Gallagher '17) in May. Junior Tim Fultz (fourth) and freshman Gavin Grahek (ninth) achieved All-MIAC distinction by placing in the top 10 at the MIAC Championship held Oct. 5-7, while Boemer and junior Ethan Kress were voted All-MIAC by the league's head coaches last week.
2023-24 Season
• SJU finished second out of nine teams at the 2023 MIAC Championships and wrapped the fall schedule tied for sixth (out of 25 teams) at Golfweek’s October Classic in Destin, Fla., and in 13th out of 18 teams at the Division III Preview in Boulder City, Nev. The Johnnies placed 12th out of 43 teams at the NCAA Division III Championship in Boulder City, Nev. The finish was the 17th in the top 15 at nationals for SJU, which made its seventh-consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship and 21st in the last 24 seasons (since 2000). The Johnnies shattered their scoring-average record for the third-consecutive season in 2023-24 with a mark of 291.6 in 27 rounds. SJU averaged a 293.1 in 24 rounds last season (2022-23) and posted a 295.6 in 20.5 rounds in 2021-22. Individually, Nate Loxtercamp ’24 tied SJU’s single-season record of 72.8 set by Joe Schoolmeesters '09 in 2007-08 and ended his career second in SJU history with a 74.1 average in 84.5 rounds. Andrew Boemer ’25 and Mark Longhenry ’24 joined Loxtercamp on the PING All-Region 6 team. The program received Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-Academic team recognition for the 16th-straight season, while Longhenry and Loxtercamp earned Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar recognition. Loxtercamp was also named to the CSC Academic All-America at-large second team.
Past Experience
Howe was an assistant golf coach at Concordia-Moorhead for nine seasons (2011-20) and took over as head coach at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the Cobbers to a third-place finish at the 2021 (spring) MIAC Championships and a fourth-place finish that fall. Two Cobbers earned Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-Region distinction and 13 were All-MIAC during his tenure on staff. Howe also served as the men’s hockey coach at Concordia from 2008-21. He totaled a 132-148-38 record (83-81-28 in MIAC play) and the Cobbers reached the MIAC Playoffs eight-straight seasons, including a second-place finish in 2020. Howe was named the 2011 MIAC Coach of the Year and the program produced three All-Americans, three MIAC Player of the Year recipients and 34 All-MIAC honorees during the 13 seasons.
Since his time at Concordia, Howe has been a lead instructor at the Minnesota Advancement Program (MAP), which is the Elite division within FHIT Hockey, in the Twin Cities area. The MAP develops hockey players during the eight months of the off-season and mentors, scouts and recruits players during the four months of their season.
Personal
A native of nearby St. Cloud, Minn., Howe received his bachelor's degree in social studies and secondary education from SJU in 1999. He played hockey for the Johnnies from 1995-99, totaling eight points (4g/4a) in 39 career games as a defenseman, and was part of a group that went 73-38-7 overall (47-11-6 in MIAC play) and reached the NCAA Division III semifinals in 1997. Following his playing career, Howe returned to SJU and was the head junior varsity coach in 1999-00. He then served as an assistant boy's hockey coach at St. Cloud Apollo High School, his alma mater, from 2000-02 and a volunteer assistant coach at Division I St. Cloud State in 2002-03.
During his five seasons as an assistant hockey coach at Saint John's from 2003-08, the Johnnies won two MIAC regular-season championships and qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2005. SJU compiled an 83-40-10 record during his tenure and reached the MIAC Playoffs four times.
