Athletics staff

Athletics administration directory

        
Athletics Director

Phill Talavinia

  Phill Talavinia  (biography)
Athletics director
Alma Mater: (Anderson '85)
Athletics phone: (419) 358-3227
Email: talaviniap@bluffton.edu
     
Associate Athletics Director
Tami Forbes
  Tami Forbes 
Associate A.D./SWA
HPER department chair
Office phone: (419) 358-3336
Email: forbest@bluffton.edu
     
Sports Information Director

 

  Bill Hanefeld, Jr.
Sports information director
Alma Mater: (Bluffton '05)
Office phone: (419) 358-3241
Office fax: (419) 358-3070
Sports Hotline: (419) 358-3300
Email: sportsinfo@bluffton.edu
     
Head Athletic Trainer
Tyler Schlosser
 

Tyler Schlosser
Head athletic trainer
Office phone: (419) 358-3221
Email: schlossert@bluffton.edu
* Mary Stocker

     
Athletics Department Secretaries
Chris Gable
Athletics dept. secretary
Office phone: (419) 358-3227
Email: gablec@bluffton.edu
   

Jane Amstutz

Jane Amstutz
Recruiting office secretary
Office phone: (419) 358-3370
Email: amstutzj@bluffton.edu
     

Bluffton coaching staff directory

     
Baseball

James Grandey

  James Grandey (biography)
Baseball head coach
Alma Mater: (Muskingum '99)
Office phone: (419) 358-3292
Email: grandeyj@bluffton.edu
    Assistant baseball coach: Todd Miller
Office phone: (419) 358-3354
Email: millertodd@bluffton.edu
Men's Basketball

Guy Neal

  Guy Neal (biography)
Men's basketball head coach
Alma Mater: (Bowling Green '82)
Office phone: (419) 358-3222
Email: nealg@bluffton.edu
    Assistant basketball coaches:
* Blake Kindle
Office phone: (419) 358-3424
Email: kindleb@bluffton.edu
Women's Basketball

Chad Shutler

  Chad Shutler (biography)
Women's basketball head coach
Alma Mater: (Heidelberg '97)
Office phone: (419) 358-3224
Email: shutlerc@bluffton.edu
    Assistant basketball coach: Cara Noel
Office phone: (419) 358-3451
Email: noelc@bluffton.edu
Cross Country

Janey Arnold

  Janey Arnold (biography)
Cross Country head coach
Alma Mater: (Massachusetts '95)
Office phone: (419) 358-3898
Email: arnoldj@bluffton.edu
    Assistant cross country coaches:
* Ed Arnold
Office phone: (419) 358-3031
Email: arnolde@bluffton.edu
* Thomas Smith
Football
  Tyson Veidt (biography)
Football head coach
Alma Mater: Muskingum
Office phone: 419-358-3636
Email: veidtt@bluffton.edu
   

Assistant football coaches:
* Chris Krieg
Office phone: (419) 358-3298
Email: kriegc@bluffton.edu
* Bo White
Office phone: (419) 358-3228
Email: whiteb@bluffton.edu
* Denny Phillips
Office phone: (419) 358-3220
* Lou Stokes
Office phone: (419) 358-3227
* Bill Fisher
Office phone: (419) 358-3371
* Bryan Lloyd
Office phone: (419) 358-3371

Soccer (Men's and Women's)

Steve Smucker

  Steve Smucker (biography)
Men's and women's soccer head coach
Alma Mater: (Goshen '91)
Office phone: (419) 358-3010
Email: smuckers@bluffton.edu
    Assistant soccer coaches: 
Arnie Sharp 
Office phone: (419) 358-3373
Email: sharpa@bluffton.edu
* Mustaq Ahmed
* Prem Thepa
Softball
Heather Bruder 
  Heather Bruder (biography)
Softball head coach
Alma Mater: (Alma '99)
Office phone: (419) 358-3378
Email: bruderh@bluffton.edu
    Assistant softball coach:
* Lisa Shepard
Office phone: (419) 358-3020
Email: shepardl@bluffton.edu
Men's Tennis

Blake Kindle

  Blake Kindle (biography)
Men's tennis head coach
Alma Mater: (Ohio State '85)
Office phone: (419) 358-3424
Email: kindleb@bluffton.edu
     
Women's Tennis
  Cara Noel (biography)
Women's tennis head coach
Alma Mater: (ONU '05)
Office phone: (419) 358-3451
Email: noelc@bluffton.edu
     
Track & Field

Janey Arnold

  Janey Arnold (biography)
Track and Field head coach
Alma Mater: (Massachusetts '95)
Office phone: (419) 358-3898
Email: arnoldj@bluffton.edu
    Assistant track and field coaches:
* Ed Arnold
Office phone: (419) 358-3031
Email: arnolde@bluffton.edu
* Thomas Smith
* Travis Lepley
Volleyball

Steve Yarnell

  Steve Yarnell (biography)
Volleyball head coach
Alma Mater: (Findlay '03)
Office phone: (419) 358-3223
Email: yarnells@bluffton.edu
    Assistant volleyball coaches:
* Kelly Lepley
Office phone: (419) 358-3020
Email: lepleyk@bluffton.edu