Doug Kaiser is in his 9th year as the men's coach, while entering his 11th year as the women's coach.

For the fourth straight season the Cougars finished in the top five of the competitive KJCCC, finishing runner-up at the Championship for the highest conference placing under Coach Kaiser as three Cougars were in the top seven.

The 15th ranked Cougars’ season ended at the District Championships as Barton finished in 5th place behind a field loaded of nationally ranked opponents. Despite the disappointment for the team, freshman Adrien Bonnet placed 8th on the District leaderboard in earning a trip the National Championship and an eventual 26th place.

Academically, three Cougars achieved a 3.60 GPA or better in leading the squad to a 7th place national academic standing with a 3.33 cumulative GPA.

Sophomore Thitipong Homruen became Kaiser’s third consecutive player to earn a PING All-District III team award as the Academy of Art University signee and 1st team All-KJCCC player ranked 82nd in the country. The award is presented by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) recognizing players among the Division I ranks of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

For the third consecutive season, the 2016-17 version of the Cougars finished in the top five of the competitive Jayhawk Conference, placing third in Region VI and fifth in the nationally ranked packed District III Championships to wrap up the season ranked No. 21 in the final NJCAA poll.

Sophomore Jakkapat Horsangchai became Kaiser’s second consecutive player to earn a PING All-District III team award as The University of the Pacific signee ranked 36th in the country.

In 2015-16 the No. 23 ranked Cougars featured Natchapol “Putter” Srinoon who placed eighth in the conference championships while then-freshman Jakkapat Horsangchai went on to finish fourteenth in the District III Championships. Srinoon wrapped up his Barton career earning the PING All-District III team award becoming the first of Kaiser’s time leading the Cougars.

Srinoon captured the 2015-16 season conference championship while Landon Fox finished the KJCCC Tournament in fourth place before an eighth place District III Championship propelled him to his second straight trip to the national championships.

Barton finished 21st in the nation in the 2014-15 season at the NJCAA Division I Men's National Championship held at Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington, Iowa, as the Cougars qualified for the national championships for the first time since 2006.

It was also a season where the Cougars and Coach Kaiser saw the achievements of his first Region VI Men’s Champion and Barton’s first NJCAA All-American. After winning the Region VI Tournament two weeks prior and becoming the first Cougar to do so since 2002, sophomore Jeremie Eloy continued to make his mark on school history becoming the first men's golfer to earn the NJCAA All-American award finishing fourteenth at the Championships.

The Cougars’ solid season in the competitive Jayhawk Conference began by placing third in the season’s first meet and remained steady in fourth place throughout the season. Even though Barton slipped to fifth after the final week of conference play, the Cougars took fourth in the Region VI Championships to earn the NJCAA Championship berth.

Kaiser played for Great Bend High School before becoming a top-15 Region VI Cougar golfer in the early 1980's along with former Barton Coach Steve Gotsche.

Kaiser also coaches the women’s squad. After not fielding a complete women’s team in his first season, Coach Kaiser’s ten seasons has produced five region championships, four region runner-up finishes, nine national tournament appearances, five individual regional champions, and three NJCAA All-American honors.  More on Kaiser and the women's program