Jay Christiansen is in his fourth season as the head men’s golf coach, recently retiring after a 34-year career as a high school educator, the last 32 at Mukwonago High School. Christiansen was a 1987 graduate of UW Stevens Point, where he was a four-year varsity baseball pitcher. He has spent his career coaching a variety of sports, including 32 years as a high school basketball coach, bringing home the silver ball from the WIAA Division 1 State Tournament in 95-96 as Mukwonago High School's head coach, and again in 12-13 as a varsity assistant. While at Mukwonago High School, Christiansen spent the last 12 years as the boy’s golf varsity co-head coach, and 19 seasons as the girl's head golf coach. Christiansen led two teams and four individuals to the WIAA state tournament for the men and four teams to the state tournament along with coaching four individuals as state qualifiers on the women's side.
A competitive amateur golfer, Christiansen was the membership league chairman at Rainbow Springs Golf Course, and co-directed the youth golf program from 1999 to 2009, working with hundreds of young golfers each summer. Christiansen has been part of the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin Board of Directors for the last 12 years and currently serves as the President of the Association.
He and his wife Bridget reside in Mukwonago, where she is a 4th-grade teacher, and they have three children: Katie, Alex, and Andy.
