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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIA) - Monticello native, and former Parkland Community College head men's golf coach, Corbin Sebens is continuing to take steps forward in his career.
Sebens, who led the Cobras to a JUCO national title in 2021, joined the staff at College of Charleston, in South Carolina, in 2024. In the summer of 2026, he was promoted to associate head coach.
"It's amazing," he said of the honor of receiving the promotion. "It's been great, but it doesn't happen [without] the players that we have... It's something I'm continuing to strive for, I want to be a head coach again someday... But, yeah, it's special."
He says his former self, roaming the halls of Monticello High School, would've never expected this. A knee injury in high school derailed his hopes of playing baseball or basketball in college. He went on to play college golf for both Parkland and Eastern Illinois.
"I love coaching," he said. "I love being a part of the [player's] lives, making a difference in their lives. It's been great, it's been really special."
Sebens says his coaching style, naturally, has changed over the years after taking over Parkland's program at such a young age. Now, he has learned that relationships will always be more important than knowledge.
"Having that trust, those relationships with our guys, I think maybe it kind of helps ease the pressure on their game a little bit where they don't have to think that, 'Okay, I got to go out and play well or coach is going to be mad at me that I let the team down,'" he said. "So kind of forming those bonds, that's what I really tried to do when I first got down [to College of Charleston], it's a whole new group of guys, that was the first thing I did is I want to try to get to know my guys as well as I can."
He says support from his hometown, including several text messages when he recently got promoted, has been evident throughout his playing and coaching career.
He enters his third year on staff with the Cougars, having helped them to three regular season tournament wins and a NCAA at-large bid in 2025-26.
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