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Staff Directory

Administration

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Tiffani Selhorst
Athletic Director
(419) 783-2380 tselhorst@defiance.edu
Matt Gehring
Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance, Facilities and Internships
(419) 783-2378 mgehring@defiance.edu
Kevin Tong
Head Athletic Trainer/Assistant Athletic Director
(419) 783-2340 ktong@defiance.edu
Courtney Peay
SWA/Women's Basketball Head Coach
(419) 783-2391 cpeay@defiance.edu
Mindi Lynn
Administrative Assistant
(419) 783-2342 mlynn@defiance.edu
Dr. Steven Bare
Faculty Athletic Representative
(419) 783-2523 sbare@defiance.edu

Facilities

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Terry Ranes
Facilities Director
(419) 783-2492 tranes@defiance.edu

Athletic Communications

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Garett Mansfield
Director of Athletic Communications
(419) 783-2566 gmansfield@defiance.edu
Tyler Wise
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
(419) 783-2384 twise@defiance.edu

Athletic Training

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Kevin Tong
Head Athletic Trainer/Assistant Athletic Director
(419) 783-2340 ktong@defiance.edu
Matt Slattman
Assistant Athletic Trainer
(419) 783-2433 mslattman@defiance.edu
Alex'a Hill
Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
(419) 783-2529 ahill@defiance.edu

Baseball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Shane Gardner
Head Coach
(419) 783-2341 sgardner@defiance.edu
Ben Babcock
Assistant Coach
(419) 783-2335 bbabcock@defiance.edu
Nate Kaffenbarger
Assistant Coach
nkaffenbarger@defiance.edu
Bobby Stearns
Volunteer Assistant

Cheer/Dance

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Morgan Barnett
Head Coach
(419) 783-2345 mbarnett@defiance.edu

Cross Country/Track & Field

Name Title Phone E-Mail
James Rollins
Head Coach
(419) 783-2385 jrollins@defiance.edu
Juan Scott
Assistant Coach
(419) 783-2334 juscott@defiance.edu

eSports

Name Title Phone E-Mail

Football

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Bill Nickell
Head Coach
(419) 783-2583 bnickell@defiance.edu
Spencer Treadwell
Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
(419) 783-2453 streadwell@defiance.edu
Dion Black
Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
(419) 783-2446 dblack@defiance.edu
Codie Flecker
Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
(419) 783-2455 cflecker@defiance.edu
Devin Bledsoe
Defensive Line Coach
(419) 783-2447 dbledsoe@defiance.edu
Adriannia Lewis
Operations/Assistant Coach
Rigo Villa
Quality Control Coach

Golf

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Brad Doidge
Director of Golf
(419) 783-2405 bdoidge@defiance.edu
Ronald Coles
Men's Golf Coach
rcoles@defiance.edu
Brent Beck
Women's Golf Coach
bbeck@defiance.edu
Serena Day
Assistant Coach
sday@defiance.edu

Men's Basketball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Josh Gibson
Head Coach
(419) 783-2346 jgibson@defiance.edu
Reggie Gallant
Assistant Coach
(419) 783-2381 fgallant@defiance.edu
Will Garlock
Student Assistant Coach
wgarlock001@defiance.edu

Men's Soccer

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Htut Zar
Head Coach
hzar@defiance.edu
Carson Macklin
Assistant Coach
cmacklin@defiance.edu

Softball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Jordan Osborne
Head Coach
(419) 783-2406 josborne@defiance.edu
Kalin Hubble
Assistant Coach
khubble@defiance.edu

Women's Basketball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Courtney Peay
Head Coach
(419) 783-2391 cpeay@defiance.edu
Kenneth Blake
Assistant Coach
kblake@defiance.edu
Twanasia Graves
Student Manager

Women's Soccer

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Isabelle Danner
Head Coach
(419) 783-2404 idanner@defiance.edu
Stephen Jenkins
Assistant Coach
sjenkins@defiance.edu

Women's Volleyball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Jeremy Thornburg
Head Coach
jthornburg@defiance.edu
Rachael Crucis
Assistant Coach
rcrucis@defiance.edu

Wrestling

Name Title Phone E-Mail