Fast facts and athletics staff

Athletics administration directory

Athletics director

Phill Talavinia  (biography)
Alma mater: Anderson '85
Athletics phone:
419-358-3227
E-mail: talaviniap@bluffton.edu
 

HFS department chair

Tami Forbes 
Office phone: 419-358-3336
E-mail: forbest@bluffton.edu

Sports information director

Bill Hanefeld, Jr.
Alma mater: Bluffton '05
Office phone: 419-358-3241
Office fax: 419-358-3070
E-mail: sportsinfo@bluffton.edu

Associate athletics director/SWA
Athletic trainer

Kim Schimmoeller
Alma mater: Miami '06
Office phone: 419-358-3221
E-mail: schimmoellerk@bluffton.edu 

Assistant trainers

• Jana Teague
• Tiffani Sawmiller

• Office/gameday assistants:
  Keisha Holtsberry,
  Jordan Marbaugh, Evan Skilliter  
• Gameday assistants:
  Kyle Stover, Crosby
  Suter, Ryan Schadewald, Ryan Ebbeskotte 

Athletics administrative assistant

Chris Gable
Alma mater: Bluffton '88
Office phone: 419-358-3227
E-mail: gablec@bluffton.edu

Bluffton coaching staff 

Baseball

Men's basketball

• Zack Vesco
  Office phone: 419-358-3354
  E-mail: vescoz@bluffton.edu  

• Cody Hartzler
  Office phone: 419-358-3424
  Email: hartzlerc@bluffton.edu  
• Joe Braidic
   

Women's basketball

Cross Country

Assistant coaches

• Amanda Bell
  Office phone: 419-358-3451
  E-mail: bella@bluffton.edu  

Assistant coaches

• Bryson Hartzler
  Office phone: 419-358-3031
  E-mail: hartzlerb@bluffton.edu  
• Jim Brandt
  E-mail: brandtj@bluffton.edu

Football

Men's and women's soccer

Assistant coaches 

• Richard Ciccone
  Office phone: 419-358-3298
  E-mail: cicconer@bluffton.edu  
• Denny Phillips
  Office phone: 419-358-3220
  E-mail: phillipsd@bluffton.edu
• Lou Stokes
  Office phone: 419-358-3220
  E-mail: stokesl@bluffton.edu
• Jason Diller
  Office phone: 419-358-3220 
• Jonathan Cooley
  Office phone: 419-358-3371
  E-mail: cooleyj@bluffton.edu  
• Jon Wheat
  Office phone: 419-358-3090
  E-mail: wheatj@bluffton.edu 
• Jerry Stone 

Assistant coaches 

• Abby Skoda 
  Office phone: 419-358-3488
  Email: skodaa@bluffton.edu  
• Brandon Ponchak
  E-mail: ponchakb@bluffton.edu  
• Chris White 
• Mustaq Ahmed
• Derrick Smith

Softball

Men's and Women's Tennis

Ron Huber (biography)
Head Coach
Alma mater: Bluffton '68
Office phone: 419-358-3332
E-mail: huberr@bluffton.edu

 
Assistant coaches

• Tiffany Buckmaster
  Office phone: 419-358-3020
  E-mail: buckmastert@bluffton.edu
• Brooke Babcock - volunteer pitching coach

Track & field

Volleyball

Assistant coaches

• Bryson Hartzler
  Office phone: 419-358-3031
  E-mail: hartzlerb@bluffton.edu  
• Jim Brandt
  E-mail: brandtj@bluffton.edu  
• Travis Lepley

Assistant coach

Meghan Mohr
Office phone: 419-358-3225
E-mail: mohrm@bluffton.edu