E. Lee Coble’s lifetime golf achievements have earned national recognition.

The veteran Virginia Union University golf coach will receive the U.S. Golf Association’s Joe Dey Award on March 2 in Nashville.

The annual Dey Award is for “meritorious service to the game of golf as a volunteer,” and is named after the late Joe Dey, who served as USGA commissioner from 1934 to 1968.

Coble, a native of Mebane, N.C., also serves as VUU’s assistant athletic director for student athlete support.

Before coming to VUU as golf coach, he was the president of the Virginia State Golf Association.

He has been a member of the USGA’s Golf Committee since 1993 and has volunteered to work in more than 30 USGA championships.

Coble also has been actively involved over the years in introducing golf to children. His projects have included “Hook a Kid on Golf,” The First Tee of Richmond and Chesterfield, and a junior program at Independence Golf Club.