Jeff Griebel - Head Coach

Jeff Griebel began his 30th season at St. Ambrose this fall. He has been named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Men’s Golf Coach of the Year 14 times, and the NAIA Midwest Region 7 Coach of the Year 19 times.

Coach Griebel was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in May of 2010 as part of the 2010 NAIA Men's Golf Championship hosted by St. Ambrose.

Griebel was also instrumental in helping St. Ambrose University host the 2009, 2010 and 2011 NAIA Men's Golf National Championships at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.

Since becoming the men’s golf coach in 1982, Griebel’s teams have qualified for the NAIA Men’s Golf National Tournament 23 times. His 2004 team finished third and his 2006 team finished fourth at the national championship. He has accumulated 195 tournament wins in his 29-year career, a winning percentage that ranks him as one of the top active coaches in any division nationally.

Griebel has coached eight NAIA First team All-Americans: Michael Crowley (1991), Skip Berkmeyer (1994), Bill Olson (1998), Kevin Pickerell (1999), Josh Nelson (2000), Joe Demory (2004, 2005), Drew Chuipek (2006, 2007) and Dusty Drenth (2009, 2010). He has had two NAIA Second team All-Americans: Adam White and Dusty Drenth (2008).

Coach Griebel is a past president of the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches Association and has served as men’s golf chair of the NAIA Region 7 and Midwest Collegiate Conference. He is the current NAIA at large representative on the board of the Golf Coaches Association of America. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Quad City Sports Commission.

Coach Griebel was inducted into the St. Ambrose Athletic Department Hall of Fame in 1994. He was honored as the recipient of the Bob Fry Award from the Iowa section PGA of America in 2000. He received The St. Ambrose University Distinguished Service Award in January 2004.

Coach Griebel also serves as Director of Athletic Recruitment at St. Ambrose.