Harris was the second-leading scorer on his 1974 hockey team that went on to win the national championship.

[3] Harris played minor league hockey after college and then became a professional golfer in 1975.

Harris took over as director of golf at the University of Minnesota in July 2010 after the departure of Brad James.

In December 2010, the Minnesota Daily published a report that Harris kept associate women's head coach Katie Brenny from coaching, traveling with the team, or recruiting while letting his son-in-law and former caddy, Ernie Rose, perform those duties under a different title.

[7] In March 2014, Hennepin County Judge Thomas M. Sipkins awarded Katie Brenny $359,000 in a discrimination lawsuit related to her treatment by Harris and Rose while at the University of Minnesota.