Golf
Mee, Jimmy
Jimmy Mee
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- james.mee@mso.umt.edu
- Phone:
- 243-5348
Jimmy Mee was named head coach of the Montana women’s golf program in December 2023 after previously working as an assistant coach with the Grizzlies for two years.
He also works as a teaching professional at the Ranch Club in Missoula.
In his first spring season, in 2024, he led Montana to a seventh-place finish at the Big Sky Conference Championship, with Elle Higgins and Tricia Joyce recording top-20 finishes.
Raina Ports would finish the 2023-24 season with a season scoring average of 75.42, the best in program history.
In Mee’s first full year, in 2024-25, the Grizzlies again placed seventh at the Big Sky Championship. Ports, Higgins and Kate Bogenschutz all had top-25 finishes.
Ports had a season scoring average of 75.68, Higgins carded a 75.85. It marked the first time in program history two Griz golfers had season averages below 76.
Mee is a 2008 graduate of Libby (Mont.) High and a 2012 graduate of Carroll, where he earned a degree in civil engineering.
He was a four-time all-state golfer at Libby High, placing ninth, seventh, second and third at the Montana Class A state tournament in his career as a Logger.
Mee played both basketball and golf at Carroll for two years before only golfing his final two years. He helped the Saints win a Frontier Conference championship as a senior in 2012.
Mee was inducted into the Carroll Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.
He spent eight years playing on the mini tours in and around Arizona before returning to Montana. He supplemented his earnings by working as a caddy at the private Silverleaf Country Club in Scottsdale.
Over the years he caddied for former vice president Dan Quayle, three-time NBA champion Toni Kukoc, fellow Montanan and seven-year NFL veteran Brock Osweiler and Tom Brady Sr.
Mee, who is married to the former Janell Smittle. They have a son, Grayson.
He also works as a teaching professional at the Ranch Club in Missoula.
In his first spring season, in 2024, he led Montana to a seventh-place finish at the Big Sky Conference Championship, with Elle Higgins and Tricia Joyce recording top-20 finishes.
Raina Ports would finish the 2023-24 season with a season scoring average of 75.42, the best in program history.
In Mee’s first full year, in 2024-25, the Grizzlies again placed seventh at the Big Sky Championship. Ports, Higgins and Kate Bogenschutz all had top-25 finishes.
Ports had a season scoring average of 75.68, Higgins carded a 75.85. It marked the first time in program history two Griz golfers had season averages below 76.
Mee is a 2008 graduate of Libby (Mont.) High and a 2012 graduate of Carroll, where he earned a degree in civil engineering.
He was a four-time all-state golfer at Libby High, placing ninth, seventh, second and third at the Montana Class A state tournament in his career as a Logger.
Mee played both basketball and golf at Carroll for two years before only golfing his final two years. He helped the Saints win a Frontier Conference championship as a senior in 2012.
Mee was inducted into the Carroll Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023.
He spent eight years playing on the mini tours in and around Arizona before returning to Montana. He supplemented his earnings by working as a caddy at the private Silverleaf Country Club in Scottsdale.
Over the years he caddied for former vice president Dan Quayle, three-time NBA champion Toni Kukoc, fellow Montanan and seven-year NFL veteran Brock Osweiler and Tom Brady Sr.
Mee, who is married to the former Janell Smittle. They have a son, Grayson.
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