Dr. Paul Bartlett re-joined the women's golf coaching staff as an assistant coach in 2024.
Bartlett retired from his full-time role at Northwestern in the spring of 2022 after 38 years on Northwestern’s faculty. In addition to teaching, he was head wrestling coach from 1984 to 2006 and women’s golf coach from 1985 to 1998. The chair of Northwestern’s kinesiology department for 14 years, he led several study-abroad classes and sports ministry trips to the Czech Republic and Latin America.
Bartlett began his coaching career at his alma mater, Iowa State University, as an assistant wrestling coach in 1976 and later took the head assistant coaching position at Drake University in 1979. In 1984, Bartlett took his first head coaching position at Northwestern College. During his 22-year coaching tenure at Northwestern, Bartlett served as president of the NAIA Wrestling Coaches Association (WCA) from 1995-1997, served on numerous committees within the WCA, and published several wrestling articles in national publications. Two of Bartlett’s squads took home the NAIA Sportsmanship Award (2004 and 2006). He coached 11 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, 18 NAIA All-Americans, and two Academic All-Americans.
In 2008, Bartlett was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame for meritorious service.
