Saint Ambrose University Men's Golf

Griebel's teams have qualified for the NAIA Mens Golf National Tournament 24 times. His 2004 team finished third and his 2006 team finished fourth at the national championship. He earned his 200th career tournament victory at St. Ambrose when the Bees won the Clarke Fall Early Bird on Sept. 1, 2015. He has accumulated 204 tournament wins in his 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 served as the NAIA At-Large Representative on the National Advisory Board of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) from 2009-13. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Quad City Sports Commission. Coach Griebel was instrumental in bringing the NAIA Men's Golf National Tournament to the Quad Cities at TPC Deere Run in 2009, 2010 and 2011. St. Ambrose will again host the national tournament at Deere Run in 2016 and 2107. Coach Griebel was selected by the NAIA as the men's team coach for the USA National Golf Team that competed in the World University Golf Championships in Malaga, Spain in July 2010. 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 and was inducted into the NAIA Coaches Hall of Fame in May 2010. Coach Griebel also serves as Director of Athletic Recruitment and assistant men's and women's bowling coach at St. Ambrose. Spencer Jones just recently finished his collegiate career at St. Ambrose in the spring of 2015. Jones has been around the game of golf since a very early age, and has been competing competitively for over 12 years. He played his high school golf at Davenport North where he was a four-year varsity award letter. Upon graduation he signed to play golf for Black Hawk College where he competed for a National Championship during his two years there. He then transferred to St. Ambrose University where he earned his Bachelor's in Sport Management and competed at the varsity level for Coach Griebel's Bees. Jones was a co-captain each of his two seasons at Ambrose and helped the team keep its competitive reputation. He has the leadership experience and golf expertise to help this already very successful program. Cody Brandau, a transfer dual-sport athlete, capped off his collegiate golf career at St. Ambrose in May 2016 by competing in the NAIA National Tournament with the Bees, and now joins Coach Jeff Griebel and Coach Spencer Jones and the rest of the Bees for one last semester before graduation in December 16. He also competed with the varsity bowling team for two seasons. Brandau started playing golf at the age of three, playing in many youth tournaments. He played high school golf and bowled at Mason City High School (Iowa). He was a four-year varsity letter winner for both sports. Upon graduation at MCHS, he attended Iowa Central Community College for two years where he qualified for the National Championship as an individual in 2013 and was joined by his team the next year in 2014. Cody was a part of the inaugural Bowling team at Iowa Central, and was twice named NJCAA All-American for Bowling. At St. Ambrose in his final semester, Cody is studying to achieve a Bachelors Degree in Marketing.