Meet Our Staff – Auto Park Sports Complex

Meet Our Staff & Trainers

Andrew Dreibelbis

Andrew has been involved in youth sports in the community for more than 10 years. He has coached basketball, softball, and golf at the youth, middle school, high school, and collegiate levels. Andrew has been in charge of the Marshall County Junior Golf Tour since 2017 and established the Plymouth Softball Club in 2022, and serves on the board of several local sports organizations.

Operations Manager

andrew@autopark.com

(574) 780-5493

Joel Grindle

Joel is a lifelong community member and graduate of Plymouth HS. Plymouth won four sectionals and two regionals during his prep playing career. He was the leading scorer on the 1999 Plymouth team that went 18-6 and won a sectional title.

Joel has been the head coach at Argos (2008-10), North Montgomery (2010-16), and Plymouth (2021-24) before taking his current position as Associate Head Coach at Marian University's Ancilla College. He's been a High School Head Coach for a total of 11 years between three schools.

His favorite part of being a coach is having the opportunity to make an impact in our community. By developing our youth league and youth travel feeder programs it allows the community, and its programs, to thrive by creating life long relationships, both with the game and outside of it.

Director of Boys Basketball

jmgrindle@gmail.com

(574) 780-3512

Ryan Gould

Ryan has over 20 years of experience coaching basketball at the high school, college, and travel basketball levels. He is in his 3^rd year as the Women's Head Coach at Marian University Ancilla. His 2022-2023 team finished 21-9 and advanced to the district tournament semi-finals. He has also coached as a varsity head coach for 7 years as well as at the NAIA and NCAA Division 3 levels.

In addition to his school coaching experience, Coach Gould has 3 years of travel basketball experience as part of the OPS travel basketball club. He has coached at the 14u through 17u levels including on the prestigious Under Armour Rise Circuit currently at the 17u level.

Coach Gould's main goal is to provide a competitive travel basketball experience locally while also being very intentional about developing each player's skills so they can achieve to their potential.

Director of Girls Basketball

rgould4141@yahoo.com

(260) 445-7172

Katie Simmons

This Fall, Katie will be going into her 10th year of coaching volleyball. She will be taking the court this year as John Glenn’s Varsity Volleyball Coach.

Katie graduated from LaVille Jr Sr High School after playing all four years on the school‘s volleyball team. While commuting to college, she was the Assistant Coach for the Varsity team and in her final year of college, she took over as the Freshman team coach. During those years in college, Katie also played for the college’s travel volleyball team.

After graduating from college, she took over as the Head Coach at Lincoln Junior High in Plymouth. In her first year she served as the 7th Grade coach and then in the following four years she took over as the 8th grade head coach.

Katie has also coached for multiple club teams over the years, totaling six seasons in all. Katie’s end goal for all volleyball players is to find the love for the game and have the basic skills to be successful for their school's volleyball teams.

Director of Volleyball

kjsimmons717@gmail.com

Meet Our Basketball Trainers

Dwayne Morton

Dwayne was a Parade All-American in High School before embarking on a decorated collegiate career at Louisville. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the 45th overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. Dwayne played in the NBA for one season before spending several years playing overseas.

Joel Grindle

Joel has 20 years of High School Coaching experience, including 11 years as a Boys Varsity Head Coach. He also won an NCCAA National Championship at Bethel University as a player in 2000 and was named an NCCAA All-American in 2002, capping off his career as a 4-year starter for the Pilots.

Bill Murchie

Bill is currently the Head Coach of the Culver Girls Academy team. He previously served as an assistant coach on the boys basketball team that captured a state title in 2018. In addition to teaching and coaching at Culver, Bill also is a Skill Development Coach at John Lucas Enterprises.

Garrett Weil

Garrett established the Region Elite AAU Basketball Club in 2023 and has brought it to the APSC for the 2024 Season! He recently graduated from Purdue and previously played in HS at both LaVille and Oregon-Davis.

Vernell Wilson

Vern has coached for several high school and junior high programs in the area and has recently become an assistant coach at Calumet College. Vern is still active on the court, participating in 3-on-3 competitions on a regular basis.

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