Mason Babcock

Head Golf Coach

Email: babcockm@waldorf.edu

Phone: 1-800-292-1903
or (local) 641-585-8207

Waldorf College is pleased to announce Mason Babcock as the new men's golf coach. He began coaching duties in April as the spring golf season ended. Babcock is also the director of the college's academic achievement center.

“I’m pleased we are replacing quality with quality,” said Denny Jerome, athletic director for Waldorf College. “Our student-athletes will enjoy skilled leadership as we continue to develop a program that builds on their strengths and abilities.”

Babcock has run youth golf programs and given adult golf lessons in the Des Moines area in Iowa, and in the Phoenix, Ariz., area. His coaching experiences also include the sports of swimming, diving and baseball at the high school level, and basketball, softball and football for various youth and junior high programs. Golf, however, is considered Babcock’s passion, as he grew up on golf courses when his father coached for Wapello Community High School.

Babcock, who also serves as the director for Waldorf’s Academic Achievement Center, was a multiple sport student-athlete himself, even playing golf at the state tournament level.

“So much about golf is true to life,” said Babcock. “It’s about dealing with adversity and being mentally strong. I look forward to developing student-athletes who understand what it means to become the best they can be on the course and in life.”

Jackie Kieffer

Assistant coach

Phone: 641-585-1655
Ext. 206

Jackie Kieffer enters her first season as graduate assistant coach for the Waldorf College men's and women's golf teams.

Kieffer graduated from Belmond-Klemme High School in 2005. As a prep athlete, she was named an NIC All-Conference athlete three times and was a two-time individual state qualifier. After high school, Kieffer attended Loras College, in Dubuque, Iowa. While at Loras, she was a part of the most successful women's golf teams in program history. She was also a four-time letter winner and capped off her collegiate career by gaining IIAC All-Conference honors as a senior.

In May of 2009, Kieffer graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Management with minors in Business and Public Relations. Most recently, she worked as a Tournament Coordinator for the Illinois Junior Golf Association in Lemont, Illinois.

Kieffer is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Sports Management at Waldorf College.