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/Men's Golf Head Coach
(419) 783-2378 mgehring@defiance.edu
Kevin Tong
Head Athletic Trainer/Assistant Athletic Director (FB, XC, M/W WR, WFF, PWR, ESP, Cheer)
(419) 783-2340 ktong@defiance.edu
Courtney Peay
Head Coach/Senior Woman Leader
(419) 783-2391 cpeay@defiance.edu
Dr. Steven Bare
Faculty Athletic Representative
(419) 783-2523 sbare@defiance.edu
Kalin Hubble
Administrative Assistant/Softball Assistant Coach
khubble@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

Athletic Training

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Kevin Tong
Head Athletic Trainer/Assistant Athletic Director (FB, XC, M/W WR, WFF, PWR, ESP, Cheer)
(419) 783-2340 ktong@defiance.edu
Matt Slattman
Assistant Athletic Trainer (M/W SOC, M/W GOLF, MBB, BASE)
(419) 783-2433 mslattman@defiance.edu
Amber Stelzner
Assistant Athletic Trainer (W/M VB, TF, WBB, SB)
astelzner@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
Craig Meinzer
Assistant Coach
cmeinzer@defiance.edu
Jacob Hild
Graduate Assistant
jhild@defiance.edu
Bobby Stearns
Volunteer Assistant

Men's Basketball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Josh Gibson
Head Coach
(419) 783-2346 jgibson@defiance.edu
Clif Snow
Assistant Coach
csnow@defiance.edu
James Richardson
Assistant Coach
jrichardson@defiance.edu
Nick Newland
Assistant Coach
nnewland@defiance.edu
Will Garlock
Assistant Coach
wgarlock@defiance.edu

Women's Basketball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Courtney Peay
Head Coach/Senior Woman Leader
(419) 783-2391 cpeay@defiance.edu
Style Harper-Estill
Assistant Coach
sestill@defiance.edu
William Romes
Assistant Coach
bromes@defiance.edu

Women's Bowling

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Doug Miller
Head Coach
domiller@defiance.edu
Emilio Mora
Assistant Coach
emora@defiance.edu

Cheerleading

Name Title Phone E-Mail

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
Jake Arnold
Assistant Coach
jarnold@defiance.edu

eSports

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Mike Vanderpool
Head Coach
419-783-2559 mvanderpool@defiance.edu

Football

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Bill Nickell
Head Coach
(419) 783-2583 bnickell@defiance.edu
Dave Taynor
Offensive Coordinator/Associate Head Coach
dtaynor@defiance.edu
Joseph Webb
Defensive Coordinator
(419) 783-2446 jwebb@defiance.edu
Cole Recker
Tight Ends/Fullbacks Coach
crecker@defiance.edu
Ikeem Allen
Defensive Line Coach
iallen@defiance.edu
Eric Moultrie
Offensive Line Coach
emoultrie@defiance.edu
Kyriq McDonald
Assistant Defensive Backs Coach

Flag Football

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Cole Recker
Head Coach
(419) 783-2458 crecker@defiance.edu

Golf

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Brad Doidge
Women's Head Coach
(419) 783-2405 bdoidge@defiance.edu
Matt Gehring
Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance, Facilities and Internships/Men's Golf Head Coach
(419) 783-2378 mgehring@defiance.edu
Don Gorrell
Assistant Coach, Men's
dgorrell@defiance.edu

Powerlifting

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Levi Hoffman
Head Coach
lhoffman@defiance.edu

Men's Soccer

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Htut Zar
Head Coach
(419) 783-2408 hzar@defiance.edu

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

Softball

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

Volleyball

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Jeremy Thornburg
Director of Volleyball
(419) 783-2489 jthornburg@defiance.edu
Kacie Trame
Assistant Coach, Women's
ktrame@defiance.edu
Dustin Carrier
Assistant Coach, Men's
dcarrier@defiance.edu
Alicia Franks
Volunteer Assistant, Women's

Men's Wrestling

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Jake Henderson
Head Coach
(419) 783-2409 jhenderson@defiance.edu
Noah Clary
Assistant Coach
nclary@defiance.edu
Carter Kroll
Assistant Coach
ckroll@defiance.edu

Women's Wrestling

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Shanna Morris
Head Coach
(419) 783-2588 smorris@defiance.edu