Leona Leist enters her 19th year of coaching in 2024-25, having spent the past two seasons assisting her daughter Katie O’Bryan with the Milford program. In 2005, Leist started the junior high program at Kings. She was a teacher all over the Greater Cincinnati area for 25 years, before retiring in 2019. A graduate of Purdue and Xavier Universities, Coach Leist also has over a decade of experience as a youth golf coach in the area. She spent nearly 10 years leading the St. Margaret of York (Loveland) golf team, before coaching two seasons with the Middletown Middle School program.

“I am looking forward to this next journey as the Varsity Girls Golf Coach in Milford,” Leist says. “I am excited to step into this new role having coached at the junior high level and recently at the high school level. It is amazing to see the growth of the girls and their skills as the season progresses. My goal is to work with these girls and build a highly competitive team for Milford while helping the girls to enjoy this lifelong sport. Coaching golf isn’t about the win/loss record. It is about honestly, integrity, and perseverance. I am proud to help instill these life long skills with the young ladies I am fortunate to coach.”