Bio

Tiffani Selhorst was named Defiance College Athletic Director in April 2023 and entered the office in May.

A native of Ottawa, Ohio and Ottawa-Glandorf graduate, Selhorst comes to Defiance with over 25 years of coaching experience with the last 10 at the NAIA level with Indiana University East.

She served as both the head women's basketball coach and assistant athletic director along with duties as the senior women's administrator during her time in Richmond. She was the first women's basketball coach at IU-East and was charged with building the program to compete at the NAIA level. The Red Wolves tasted instant success on the court and in the classroom under Selhorst's leadership. IU East women's basketball won the regular-season conference title, finished runner-up in the conference tournament and earned an NAIA National Tournament bid in just their second season in existence. Selhorst was named Conference Coach of the Year for that 2015-16 campaign. Over their first nine years through 2022-23, IU East won the regular-season conference title twice, one conference tournament title and four national tournament bid while posting a record of 156-110 and four 20-win seasons. The program also carried the highest Team GPA in any sport throughout the River State Conference.

Prior to her tenure at IU East, Selhorst was an assistant with a pair of NCAA Division I women's basketball programs. She served as a graduate assistant at Ohio University for two seasons (2006-08) before taking the role of assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator at Saint Francis University (Pa.). She spent four years in Loretto, Pa. (2008-11, 2012-13) and was part of two NCAA Tournament berths by the Red Flash.

Selhorst earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from Wright State University in 2004. Her focus area was marketing coupled with a minor in communications. She completed her master's degree at Ohio University in 2008 from her studies in recreation and sports science.