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
 (419) 783-2340 ktong@defiance.edu
Courtney Peay
Senior Woman Leader/Women's Basketball Head Coach
 (419) 783-2391 cpeay@defiance.edu
Cheyenne Barrera
Athletics Administrative Assistant
 (419) 783-2342 cbarrera@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
Lauryn Luderman
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications
 (419) 783-2384 lluderman@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

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
Bobby Stearns
Volunteer Assistant

Cheerleading

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
Avery Meiste
Head Coach
 (419) 783-2389 ameiste@defiance.edu

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/Def. Run Game Coord.
 (419) 783-2447 dbledsoe@defiance.edu
Brevin Balliett
Director of Operations/Running Backs
 (419) 783-2607 bballiett@defiance.edu
Bryce Short
Wide Receivers Coach
 (419) 783-2432
Cole Recker
Tight End/Fullback Coach
Ikeem Allen
Outside Linebackers Coach
Drue Elliott
Assistant DBs Coach
Ramik Hairston
Assistant Linebackers Coach
Rigo Villa
Quality Control Coach

Golf

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Brad Doidge
Director of Golf
 (419) 783-2405 bdoidge@defiance.edu
Brent Beck
Women's Golf Coach
 bbeck@defiance.edu
Matt Gehring
Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance, Facilities and Internships/Men's Golf Head Coach
 (419) 783-2378 mgehring@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) 783-2343 fgallant@defiance.edu
Will Garlock
Assistant Coach
 wgarlock@defiance.edu

Men's Soccer

Name Title Phone E-Mail
Htut Zar
Head Coach
 (419) 783-2408 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
William Romes
Assistant Coach

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
Director of Volleyball
 (419) 783-2489 jthornburg@defiance.edu
Bre Walp
Assistant Coach
 bwalp@defiance.edu

Wrestling

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