Greg Baresel is entering his third season as the Lewis women's and men's golf coach. Baresel made an immediate impact since joining Lewis as he led the women's team to the 2022 NCAA Division II East Regional.
"Coach Baresel is an accomplished teacher of the game," Planek said. "This spring season he has been able to interact with and observe both of our teams and will be able to use all that he has seen along with his teaching skills to develop both of our programs."
"I'm excited to lead both the men's and women's team moving forward," Baresel said. "I want to thank Dr. Planek and the athletic department for trusting me to lead both teams. I'm excited to continue to build off of the spring season and build both teams into championship teams in the Great Lakes Valley Conference."
Baresel has been the PGA golf coach at Cantigny Golf Academy since 2010 and was the coach at St. Francis High School from 2012-2021. He has also spent time at Bull Valley Golf Club, where he was an Assistant Golf Professional from 2008-2010, was with Wilson Golf in 2007 and 2008 as a Service Specialist and was an Assistant Golf Professional at Randall Oaks Golf Club from 2004-2007.
Baresel is one of Gold Digest's Best Young Teachers, a list he has been on since 2016 and was also on the Golf Digest Best in State list from 2016 to 2021. He was also the high school Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2015. His had five teams qualify for the state finals with one finishing runner-up (2015) and had a state individual champion.
In 15 years, he has coached 42 state qualifiers, 34 all-conference players and three NCAA finalists. He helped lead the Flyers to a pair of tournament titles this past spring at the Quincy Invite and the Music City Invitational.
Baresel graduated from the golf management program in 2010 and is a member of the PGA of America.
