GREENSBORO, GA. (SMU/Peach Bowl) – SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee will make his first-ever appearance in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament held April 26 – 28 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside of Atlanta.

The nation's premier collegiate coach golf event will be played in Two Man Scramble format with Stableford scoring in an 18-hole tournament. Pairings were determined by balancing handicaps between teams and will feature 12 two-man teams that pair an active coach with a former coach (Legend). One pairing will include two active head coaches (Rhett Lashlee and Jeff Monken).
The current field of competitors and official pairings for this year's Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge is projected to include:
 

COACH	SCHOOL	PARTNER
Shane Beamer	South Carolina	Houston Nutt (Legend)
Manny Diaz	Duke	Ted Roof (Legend)
Dave Doeren	NC State	Steve Spurrier (Legend)
P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	Gus Malzahn (Legend)
Brent Key	Georgia Tech	Hugh Freeze (Legend)
Dan Lanning	Oregon	Randy Edsall (Legend)
Rhett Lashlee	SMU	Jeff Monken (Army)
Jeff Monken	Army	Rhett Lashlee (SMU)
Pat Narduzzi	Pitt	Chan Gailey (Legend)
Mike Norvell	Florida State	Urban Meyer (Legend)
Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	Mack Brown (Legend)
Kirby Smart	Georgia	Tommy Tuberville (Legend)
Dabo Swinney	Clemson	Jim Grobe (Legend)
Kyle Whittingham	Michigan	Paul Johnson (Legend)

 
This year's field includes an impressive roster of college football greats that features six former Dodd Trophy winners, and a collective group of coaches who have won nine FBS national championships, 64 conference championships and boast 2,925 career wins.

The 2026 field also features 24 coaches who have previously competed in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, while Rhett Lashlee and Ted Roof are set to make their first-ever appearances in the event.
Proceeds from the competition benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. Coach Lashlee's winnings will go to the ED29Foundation, which was founded by NFL Hall of Famer and SMU legend Eric Dickerson. The ED29Foundation empowers underserved youth by providing resources for education, health and personal development.

To date, 61 head coaches have participated in the tournament during its 19-year history, raising a total of $3.5 million for 78 different charities and foundations. Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $10 million in scholarship and charity, helping make Peach Bowl, Inc. college football's most charitable bowl organization.

"We've now raised $10 million in charitable funds from this event and look forward to adding to that total thanks to this year's impressive field of coaches," Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and President Gary Stokan said. "This annual tradition has grown to become the premier collegiate coach golf event and we're thankful so many of college football's biggest names have participated over the years in order to give back to various causes that have personal meaning to them."
 
ALL-TIME WINNINGS LEADERBOARD                                    
1             Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech)                       $905,000                           
 2            Steve Spurrier (S. Carolina / Florida)          $662,000                           
 3            Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)                      $435,000                           
 4            Dave Doeren (NC State)                                $380,800                           
 5            Nick Saban (Alabama)                                   $363,333                           
 6            Dan Mullen (UNLV)                                        $354,967                           
 7            Kirby Smart (Georgia)                                    $353,750                           
 8            Hugh Freeze (Auburn)                                    $340,417                           
 9            Dabo Swinney (Clemson)                              $310,000                           
10           Gus Malzahn (FSU)                                         $251,667                           
11           Jim Grobe (Wake Forest)                              $247,000                           
12           Randy Edsall (Maryland / UConn)              $228,300                           
13           Urban Meyer (OSU)                                       $225,000                           
14           Matt Luke (Ole Miss)                                     $215,000                           
15           Tommy Tuberville (Auburn/Cincinnati)      $206,250                           
16           Jimbo Fisher (FSU / Texas A&M)                 $175,000                           
17           Al Golden (Miami)                                          $170,000                           
18           Pat Narduzzi (Pitt)                                          $170,000                           
19           Larry Fedora (North Carolina)                     $152,500            
20           Houston Nutt (Ole Miss / Houston)            $142,500

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell and partner Urban Meyer will look to win their third consecutive Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge after winning back-to-back titles at the 2024 and 2025 tournaments. Paul Johnson leads all other coaches with four wins in the event, followed by Mike Norvell, Urban Meyer, Randy Edsall, Hugh Freeze, Matt Luke and Steve Spurrier, who each have two tournament victories to date.

PAST WINNERS
2025      Mike Norvell / Urban Meyer
2024      Mike Norvell / Urban Meyer
2023      Pat Narduzzi / Chan Gailey
2022      Randy Edsall / Houston Nutt
2021      Randy Edsall / Tom O'Brien
2020      [ Not played -- COVID ]
2019      Matt Luke / Wesley Walls
2018      Matt Luke / Wesley Walls
2017      Hugh Freeze / Wesley Walls
2016      Hugh Freeze / Wesley Walls
2015      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2014      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2013      Al Golden / Gino Torretta
2012      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2011      Paul Johnson / Jon Barry
2010      Jimbo Fisher / Terrell Buckley
2009      Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe
2008      Steve Spurrier / Sterling Sharpe
2007      Frank Beamer / Dell Curry

About Peach Bowl, Inc.:
Peach Bowl, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization that operates the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, the Aflac Kickoff Game, the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament, and manages and operates The Dodd Trophy Presented by PNC Bank national coach of the year award. It is the ninth-oldest bowl game in the country and is recognized as college football's most charitable bowl organization, having donated more than $70.9 million to organizations in need.

Peach Bowl, Inc Events:

Our Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is one of the New Year's Six bowls selected to host the College Football Playoff. Over its 58 years, the game has drawn 3.45 million fans in attendance, a total television audience of 275.1 million viewers on ESPN, delivered $273.2 million in team payouts, and has created $997.4 million in direct economic impact and $59.82 million in tax revenue for Atlanta and Georgia.

Our Aflac Kickoff Game is the nation's longest-running kickoff game and has reshaped the opening weekend in college football. With 23 games since 2008, the game has regularly hosted the nation's top teams and has drawn nearly 1.5 million fans, 116.4 million television viewers, distributed $143.6 million in team payouts and created an additional $641.8 million in economic impact and $45.1 million in tax revenue for Atlanta and Georgia.

The Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge is the nation's premier charity golf tournament featuring top current and former college football coaches. Hosted at the beautiful Reynolds Lake Oconee resort outside Atlanta each spring, the event has generated $10 million for the various foundations and charities supported by its coaches.

The Dodd Trophy Presented by PNC Bank is college football's most coveted national coaching award. Named for legendary Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd, The Dodd Trophy annually honors the FBS football coach whose program represents three pillars of success: scholarship, leadership and integrity.