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Head Coach Manny Diaz Set to Participate in Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge
4/21/2025 1:00:00 PM | Football
GREENSBORO, Ga. (Southern Company) – Duke head coach Manny Diaz will represent the Blue Devils in the 18th annual Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge charity golf tournament held April 27-29 at Reynolds Lake Oconee outside of Atlanta. This represents Diaz's third appearance in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge as he looks to add to the $30,000 in charitable winnings he's already won in previous events.
The nation's premier collegiate coach golf event will feature a field of 25 current and former college football coaches competing for a share of a $300,000 charity purse. This year's tournament will be played using a two-man scramble format in an 18-hole tournament with the Stableford scoring system to help balance handicaps and encourage aggressive play.
The current field of competitors for this year's Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge is projected to include:
This year's field includes an impressive roster of college football greats that features five former Dodd Trophy winners, and a collective group of coaches who have won six FBS national championships, 48 conference championships and boast 2,454 collegiate career wins.
The 2025 field also features 23 coaches who have previously competed in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, while Fred Goldsmith and Kyle Whittingham are set to make their first appearances.
Proceeds from the competition benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. Diaz's winnings will go to the Durham Public Schools Foundation, which focuses on providing resources to support the immediate needs and the big dreams of schools, students, educators and families in the Durham community.
To date, 59 head coaches have participated in the tournament during its 18-year history, raising a total of $3.2 million for 71 different charities and foundations. Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $9.7 million in scholarship and charity, helping make Peach Bowl, Inc. college football's most charitable bowl organization.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils football, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeFootball".
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The nation's premier collegiate coach golf event will feature a field of 25 current and former college football coaches competing for a share of a $300,000 charity purse. This year's tournament will be played using a two-man scramble format in an 18-hole tournament with the Stableford scoring system to help balance handicaps and encourage aggressive play.
The current field of competitors for this year's Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge is projected to include:
| COACH | CURRENT OR FORMER FBS SCHOOL(S) | CHARITY |
| Active Head Coaches | ||
| Shane Beamer | South Carolina | Beamer Family Foundation |
| Manny Diaz | Duke | Durham Public Schools Foundation |
| P.J. Fleck | Minnesota | Row the Boat - Fleck Family Fund |
| Hugh Freeze | Auburn | Global Orphan Project |
| Brent Key | Georgia Tech | Key Family Foundation |
| Dan Lanning | Oregon | OHSU Foundation- Knight Cancer Institute |
| Jeff Monken | Army | Mission 22 |
| Dan Mullen | UNLV | Mullen Family 36 Foundation |
| Pat Narduzzi | Pitt | UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation |
| Mike Norvell | Florida State | Keep Climbing Family Foundation |
| Scott Satterfield | Cincinnati | Back2Back Cincinnati |
| Kirby Smart | Georgia | Kirby Smart Family Foundation |
| Kyle Whittingham | Utah | Guadalupe Center |
| Legends | ||
| Derek Dooley | Louisiana Tech, Tennessee | Champions Place |
| Randy Edsall | Maryland, UConn | Edsall Family Foundation |
| Chan Gailey | Georgia Tech | Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Georgia Region |
| Fred Goldsmith | Rice, Duke | Operation Resolute |
| Jim Grobe | Ohio, Wake Forest, Baylor | Fisher DeBerry Foundation |
| Paul Johnson | Navy, Georgia Tech | Paul and Susan Johnson Family Foundation |
| Gus Malzahn | Florida State (OC), Ark. State, Auburn, UCF | Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs |
| Urban Meyer | Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State | Urban And Shelley Meyer Family Foundation |
| Rick Neuheisel | Colorado, Washington, UCLA | Lord Wedgwood Charity |
| Houston Nutt | Boise State, Arkansas, Ole Miss | Chickasaw Foundation |
| Tom O'Brien | Boston College, NC State | National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center |
| Steve Spurrier | Duke, Florida, South Carolina | HBC Foundation |
This year's field includes an impressive roster of college football greats that features five former Dodd Trophy winners, and a collective group of coaches who have won six FBS national championships, 48 conference championships and boast 2,454 collegiate career wins.
The 2025 field also features 23 coaches who have previously competed in the Southern Company Peach Bowl Challenge, while Fred Goldsmith and Kyle Whittingham are set to make their first appearances.
Proceeds from the competition benefit charitable foundations selected by the coaches. Diaz's winnings will go to the Durham Public Schools Foundation, which focuses on providing resources to support the immediate needs and the big dreams of schools, students, educators and families in the Durham community.
To date, 59 head coaches have participated in the tournament during its 18-year history, raising a total of $3.2 million for 71 different charities and foundations. Since its creation in 2007, the event has contributed a total of $9.7 million in scholarship and charity, helping make Peach Bowl, Inc. college football's most charitable bowl organization.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils football, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeFootball".
#GoDuke
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