University of North Carolina Athletics
2026-27 Men's Golf Roster
Coltrane Mittag
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ashland, Neb.
2025-26 at Oklahoma: Played in seven tournaments for the Sooners • Averaged 73.78 in 18 rounds with a low of 68 in the final round of the Puerto Rico Classic • Best finish was T29 in the Maridoe Collegiate • Best 54-hole total was 5-under 211 in Puerto Rico.
Amateur: Won the 2026 Nebraska Amateur at Norfolk Country Club in Lincoln • Won by seven strokes at 21-under 267 and equaled the 18- and 72-hole scoring records • Shot 65-68-66-68 • Also won the 2026 Nebraska Match Play Championship, becoming the seventh individual and the youngest player to win both Nebraska titles in one year • Beat Ryan Rogers 3&1 in the final to become the second-youngest winner of the Match Play Championship • Competed in the 2026 U.S. Amateur at Merion and the Philadelphia Country Club • Shot 68-69 to tie for 17th in stroke play and advance to match play in the 2026 North & South Amateur • Low junior in the 2024 and 2025 Nebraska Am • Was third overall in the ‘25 Nebraska Am • Nebraska Junior Player of the Year in 2023 and 2025 • The 2023 champion in the North & South Junior in Pinehurst • In 2025, was third in the Byron Nelson Junior, eighth in the Western Junior, 10th in the Texas Junior, 11th in the Wyndham Junior and 15th in the Jones Cup Junior.
Personal: Born Coltrane Nicholas Mittag on Sept. 7, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa • Son of Nathan and Ashley Mittag • Was home schooled • Likes to play basketball and ping pong and work out • Favorite food is popcorn • Favorite vacation spot is Colorado • Listens to DMX • Favorite non-golf athlete is Steph Curry.
Top golf achievements are winning the 2023 North & South Junior and 2026 Nebraska Amateur • Low round is a 9-under 63 in the final round of the 2025 Calloway Junior at Canebrake Club in Athens, Ala. • Favorite course is Pinehurst No. 2 • Favorite player is Jordan Spieth • Go-to club under pressure is a knockdown pitching wedge • Best shot he ever hit was a punch through the trees at the Dustin Johnson Junior • Dream pairing includes his dad, Tiger Woods and Spieth.
