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Coach Bob
Ebels 
 Bob
Ebels < rebels@chartermi.net > has coached the Hope College men's golf
team for 21 seasons. The Flying Dutchmen have captured the championship
of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) seven of the
last nine years and ten of the last 13 years (1999-00-01-03-04-05-06-07-09-11).
Ebels has coached 13 conference medalists. Hope competed as a team in the 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012 NCAA
Division III championships. He was Coach
of the Year for District IV Division III (Michigan-Ohio-Indiana)
in 2001.
An avid golfer, he is a member of the Professional Golf
Teachers and Coaches of America and has completed the course work to
attain certification as a professional golf teacher.
An independent sales rep, he also owns
Golf Clubs Plus of Holland, a firm that specializes in manufacturing
custom-fitted golf clubs. Ebels is a member of the Professional Clubmakers
Society.
Ebels was a standout fast-pitch softball
pitcher for many years. In 1975, he pitched for the national champion
Neil's Auto Parts team.
He is a lifelong resident of Holland.
Ebels and his wife, Marilyn, are active at the Victory Point Christian
Reformed Church.
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Hope Under Coach Bob
Ebels
| Year |
MIAA Finish |
NCAA Finish |
| 1991 |
Second |
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| 1992 |
Sixth |
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| 1993 |
Sixth |
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| 1994 |
Fourth |
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| 1995 |
Fourth |
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| 1996 |
Third |
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| 1997 |
Second |
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| 1998 |
Second |
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| 1999 |
First |
17th
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| 2000 |
First |
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| 2001 |
First |
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| 2002 |
Second |
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| 2003 |
First |
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| 2004 |
First |
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| 2005 |
First |
17th
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| 2006 |
First |
18th
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| 2007 |
First |
18th
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| 2008 |
Second |
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| 2009 |
First |
9th
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| 2010 |
Third |
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| 2011 |
First |
35th
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Year is start of school year, e.t. 2011 is 2011-12 school year.
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