Georgia State added more curb appeal to its athletic program with the hiring of longtime PGA and Champions Tour member Joe Inman as its men's golf coach.

Inman, 60, takes over for Matt Clark, who resigned last month to take the head golf position at UNC-Wilmington. This will be the first coaching positing for Inman, whose brother John is the head coach at North Carolina.

"This is what I've wanted to do for a long time," said Inman. "I've wanted to coach for a long time and it just didn't work out. I knew there would come a day after I quit playing, when I still had the energy to do it."

The personable Inman, who spent a couple of hours at a yoga class on Monday night, has never lacked for energy. He played 25 years on the professional circuits before settling down for a job with PING. He won the PGA Tour's Kemper Open in 1976 and won three times on the Champions Tour. He was consistent enough to tally more than $5 million in winnings.

Inman was a three-time All-American at Wake Forest, where he teamed with Lanny Wadkins and Leonard Thompson to help the Demon Deacons win three consecutive ACC championships.

Over the last few years Inman and Larry Nelson have established a foundation to help support golf initiatives, like the program at the College Park Golf Course. The outgoing Inman is a perfect match for the more reserved Nelson.

"Joe Inman is the right person to take over the Georgia State golf program and take it to the next level," Georgia State athletics director Mary McElroy said in a prepared statement. "He is a perfect fit because of abilities as a teacher and recruiter, combined with his energy and passion for working with young people and promoting the game of golf."

Inman said the program would continue to search for the overlooked local golfer, the one not being recruited by the national programs.

"We have to find the diamonds in the rough," Inman said. "We have to sift through and pick the right ones."

He will also use his European connections to further the school's international pipeline. Last year Swede Joel Sjoholm was the team's best player; he's since become a professional. This year's team will be built around England's Tom Sherreard, whose stature has been elevated since his top-20 showing at last month's Open Championship.

"Atlanta is an international destination," he said. "We have to supplement what we have with international players."