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Staff Directory

Staff Directory Members By Category/Department
Name Title Email Address Phone Twitter
Athletic Administration
Paul Lowden Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics plowden@davenport.edu 616-554-5050 616-554-5050 plowdenAD
Ronda Varnesdeel Associate Director of Athletics/SWA/Deputy Title IX Coordinator/Acting Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance rvarnesdeel@davenport.edu 616-871-6183 616-871-6183 rondadu22
Ryan Thompson Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications rthompson62@davenport.edu 616-554-5045 616-554-5045
Nicole Tibbe Director of Athletic Facilities and Operations ntibbe@davenport.edu 616-554-5126 616-554-5126 ntibbe15
Todd Pitts Faculty Athletic Representative tpitts@davenport.edu 616-554-4716 616-554-4716 prof_pitts
Kelly Stafford Athletics Business Manager kstafford5@davenport.edu 616-871-6182 616-871-6182
Robert Barrett Head Strength and Condition Coach rbarrett7@davenport.edu 616-264-6311 616-264-6311
Ryan McCosky Director of Non-Varsity Sports and Programming / Assistant Coach (Hitting/Outfield) rmccosky@davenport.edu 616-871-6742 616-871-6742 RMcCosky
Athletic Communications/Media Relations
Ryan Thompson Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications rthompson62@davenport.edu 616-554-5045 616-554-5045
Cooper Weidenthaler Assistant Manager of Athletic Communications cweidenthaler@davenport.edu 616-554-5133 616-554-5133 MrCoopCooper
Davenport Athletics Network
Rick Berkey Play-by-Play Announcer (Football/Men's Basketball) sportsplay@charter.net
Thomas Biondo Play-by-Play Announcer (Ice Hockey) biondotv@gmail.com 616-871-6180 616-871-6180 ThomasBiondo1
Ken Clemens Play-by-Play Announcer (Women's Basketball) krc123@charter.net 616-871-6180 616-871-6180
Dave Van Noord Play-by-Play Broadcaster (Baseball)
Tyler Kuehl Play-by-Play Announcer (Soccer/Lacrosse)
Facilities
Nicole Tibbe Director of Athletic Facilities and Operations ntibbe@davenport.edu 616-554-5126 616-554-5126 ntibbe15
Melanie Loughin Manager of Facilities and Operations mloughin@davenport.edu 616-554-5052 616-554-5052 MelanieLoughin
Andrejs Ruperts Manager of Athletic Facilities and Events andrejs.ruperts@davenport.edu 616-871-6735 616-871-6735
Academic Advising
Ron Berg Athletic Advisor rberg@davenport.edu 616-554-5314 616-554-5314
Cassie Patton Athletic Advisor cpatton10@davenport.edu 616-554-5290 616-554-5290
Amy Ostrow Athletic Advisor Amy.Ostrow@davenport.edu 616-871-6704 616-871-6704
Alisa Finkler Athletic Advisor afinkler@davenport.edu 616-554-5314 616-554-5314
Athletic Training
Jason Kolean (MS, AT, ATC) Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine jkolean2@davenport.edu 616-871-6186 616-871-6186
Jenifer McHugh (MS, AT, ATC) Associate Athletic Trainer jmchugh@davenport.edu 616-871-6186 616-871-6186 ATrainerJen5
Cathy Bersuder (MS, AT, ATC) Assistant Athletic Trainer cbersuder@davenport.edu 616-871-6186 616-871-6186
Nick Anthony (MS, AT, ATC) Assistant Athletic Trainer nanthony@davenport.edu
Ben Hagge (AT, ATC) Assistant Athletic Trainer BHagge@davenport.edu bhagge24
Stephen Waltersdorf, MS, AT, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainer swaltersdorf@davenport.edu
Lindsay Calvert (MS, LAT, ATC) Assistant Athletic Trainer lcalvert@davenport.edu
Ben Foddrill (M. ED., AT, ATC) Assistant Athletic Trainer bfoddrill@davenport.edu
Baseball
Kevin Tidey Head Coach ktidey@davenport.edu 616-723-5726 616-723-5726 KTidey42
Drew Huard Assistant Coach (Hitting/Infield/Recruiting Coordinator) andrew.huard@davenport.edu drew_huard
Eric Lawrence Assistant Coach (Pitching) eric.lawrence@davenport.edu elawrence7
Ryan McCosky Director of Non-Varsity Sports and Programming / Assistant Coach (Hitting/Outfield) rmccosky@davenport.edu 616-871-6742 616-871-6742 RMcCosky
Dylan Roberts Assistant Pitching Coach dylan.roberts@davenport.edu DRob_Baseball14
Bob Youngs Volunteer Coach ryoungs@davenport.edu
Nolan Wilson Assistant Coach / Catchers
Joel Schipper Volunteer Coach
Football
Sparky McEwen Head Coach Sparky.McEwen@davenport.edu 616-871-6718 616-871-6718 SparkyMcEwen1
Adrian McEwen Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs amcewen1@davenport.edu 616-204-3024 616-204-3024 AdrianMcEwen
Lavelle Walker Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers/Special Teams lwalker63@davenport.edu 517-643-8088 517-643-8088 CoachWalkerDU4
Zac Hueter Assistant Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator (High Schools) zhueter@davenport.edu 810-834-1770 810-834-1770 CoachHueter
Travis Zajkowski Assistant Coach/Running Backs/Pass Game Coordinator travis.zajkowski@davenport.edu 616-318-6033 616-318-6033 Zajkowski18
Bart Estola Assistant Coach/Secondary bestola@davenport.edu 231-233-0897 231-233-0897 EstolaBart
DeJuan Hollmon Assistant Coach/Tight Ends/Quality Control dhollmon@davenport.edu Coach_DJuan_00
Lucas Melo Assistant Coach/Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator lucas.melo@davenport.edu 616-871-6723 616-871-6723 lmelo90
Thomas White Assistant Coach/Assistant Wide Receivers tommy.white@davenport.edu 616-902-4293 616-902-4293 coachtwhite
Jason Manary Assistant Coach/Assistant Linebackers/Quality Control jmanary@davenport.edu
Emily Baustert Operations Assistant ebaustert@davenport.edu
Megan Pifer Operations Assistant mpifer1@davenport.edu
Men's Basketball
Burt Paddock Head Coach bpaddock@davenport.edu 616-554-5144 616-554-5144 DUCoachPaddock
Robbie Harman Assistant Coach rharman@davenport.edu Rharman_20
Dylan Liddell Assistant Coach dylan.liddell@davenport.edu dmlliddell
Women's Basketball
Travis Schuba Interim Head Coach tschuba@davenport.edu 616-871-6181 616-871-6181 CoachSchuba
Alison Bouman Assistant Coach abouman2@davenport.edu ali_bouman
Cross Country
Scott Cook Head Coach scook@davenport.edu 616-871-6190 616-871-6190 DU_XCTrack
Matt Hewson Assistant Coach mhewson@davenport.edu 616-871-6177 616-871-6177 hewsomat
Jeremy Weir Assistant Coach jweir3@davenport.edu 616-871-6719 616-871-6719 vaultfreestyle
Men's Golf
Joe Hatch Head Coach jhatch6@davenport.edu 734-777-7639 734-777-7639
Chris Sobieck Assistant Coach csobieck@davenport.edu
Brian Kotowicz Assistant Coach bkotowicz@davenport.edu
Women's Golf
Melanie Loughin Head Coach mloughin@davenport.edu 616-780-3185 616-780-3185 MelanieLoughin
Women's Lacrosse
Rob Harris Head Coach rharris74@davenport.edu DUCoachHarris
Shannon Darcy Assistant Coach sdarcy@davenport.edu
Men's Lacrosse
Chris Esquivel Head Coach cesquivel@davenport.edu 616-554-5279 616-554-5279 Cesquivel15
Josh Jubenville Assistant Coach jjubenville@davenport.edu
Lee Testor Assistant Coach ltestor@davenport.edu
Blake Gibson-McDonald Assistant Coach blake.gibson-mcdonald@davenport.edu
Men's Soccer
Chris Hughes Head Coach chughes20@davenport.edu 616-437-1127 616-437-1127 DUCoachHughes
Stuart Collins Lead Assistant Coach scollins40@davenport.edu SCollins8
Dom Hart Assistant Coach dhart12@davenport.edu
Kevin Butterfield Goalkeeper Coach kbutterfield@davenport.edu
Women's Soccer
Paige Eli Head Coach paige.eli@davenport.edu 616-871-6193 616-871-6193 PaigeEli7
Dean Muckle Assistant Coach dmuckle@davenport.edu Muckleo123
Lizzie Hornack Assistant Coach
Chris Taborn Assistant Coach btaborn@davenport.edu 708-465-3746 708-465-3746
Softball
Amber Bowman Head Coach abowman12@davenport.edu 616-871-6185 616-871-6185 amberb06
Jon Gwizdala Assistant Coach jgwizdala2@davenport.edu
Courtney Holm Eads Assistant Coach ceads2@davenport.edu
Men's Tennis
Patrick Grashorn Head Coach pgrashorn@davenport.edu 616-485-6469 616-485-6469 PGrashorn
Mike Flowers Assistant Coach mflowers9@davenport.edu
Juan-Philip van Antwerpen Volunteer Coach jvanantwerpen1@davenport.edu
Deanri Human Volunteer Coach dhuman@davenport.edu
Tony Tran Volunteer Coach
Women's Tennis
Patrick Grashorn Head Coach pgrashorn@davenport.edu 616-485-6469 616-485-6469 PGrashorn
Mike Flowers Assistant Coach mflowers9@davenport.edu
Deanri Human Volunteer Coach dhuman@davenport.edu
Juan-Philip van Antwerpen Volunteer Coach jvanantwerpen1@davenport.edu
Tony Tran Volunteer Coach
Track & Field
Scott Cook Head Coach scook@davenport.edu 616-871-6190 616-871-6190 DU_XCTrack
Matt Hewson Assistant Coach mhewson@davenport.edu 616-871-6177 616-871-6177 hewsomat
Jeremy Weir Assistant Coach jweir3@davenport.edu 616-871-6719 616-871-6719 vaultfreestyle
Jake Adams Assistant Coach jadams73@davenport.edu
Sam Katon Assistant Coach skaton@email.davenport.edu
Al Romero-Gibu Assistant Coach aromerogibu@davenport.edu
Men's Swimming and Diving
Justin Vasquez Head Coach justin.vasquez@davenport.edu 616-260-0558 616-260-0558
Trevor Sisson Head Diving Coach tsisson1@davenport.edu
Alec Kandt Assistant Coach Alec.kandt@davenport.edu
Women's Swimming and Diving
Justin Vasquez Head Coach justin.vasquez@davenport.edu 616-260-0558 616-260-0558
Trevor Sisson Head Diving Coach tsisson1@davenport.edu
Alec Kandt Assistant Coach Alec.kandt@davenport.edu
Women's Volleyball
Brian Netzler Head Coach bnetzler@davenport.edu 616-871-6184 616-871-6184 vbCoachNetzler
Abby Aiken Assistant Coach aaiken@davenport.edu AbbyBacon12
Rachel Netzler Assistant Coach rnetzler@davenport.edu NetzlerRachel
Kristin Danielson Assistant Coach kdanielson1@davenport.edu kdanielson14
Wrestling
Bebeto Yewah Head Coach byewah@davenport.edu 517-763-9807 517-763-9807
Owen Scott Assistant Coach oscott4@davenport.edu
Cheerleading
Celia Kiogima Head Coach ckiogima@davenport.edu 810-623-0341 810-623-0341 celiakiogima
Char Walton Assistant Coach cwalton13@davenport.edu
Carter Kiogima Volunteer Coach
Dance
Kylene Geyer Head Coach kgeyer1@davenport.edu 616-460-1453 616-460-1453 Ky_geyer
Shelby Poch Assistant Coach spoch@davenport.edu
Pompon
Erin Engeseth Head Coach eengeseth@davenport.edu 616-438-1280 616-438-1280
Megan Guajardo Assistant Coach mguajardo1@davenport.edu
Megan Bliss Volunteer Coach
STUNT
Celia Kiogima Head Coach ckiogima@davenport.edu 810-623-0341 810-623-0341 celiakiogima
Carter Kiogima Volunteer Coach
Char Walton Assistant Coach cwalton13@davenport.edu
Esports
Colin Graham Head Coach cgraham34@davenport.edu 616-871-6187 616-871-6187 cpgraham5
Chris Gelety Assistant Coach cgelety@davenport.edu 520-331-2127 520-331-2127 chrisgelety
Kevin Lawrenuk Volunteer Coach
Pep Band
Jonathan Schnicke Director jschnicke@davenport.edu 616-540-3704 616-540-3704 schnickej
James Devoe Assistant Director
Marching Band
Will Gordillo Marching Band Director ggordillo@davenport.edu 616-745-4057 616-745-4057 willg916
Men's DI Hockey
Phil Sweeney Head Coach psweeney@davenport.edu 616-299-1662 616-299-1662 38_Phil_Sweeney
Joe Messina Assistant Coach jmessina@davenport.edu
Men's DII Hockey
Chris Green Head Coach cgreen5@davenport.edu 616-862-5571 616-862-5571 DU_DIIHockey
Matt Krzykwa Assistant Coach matt.krzykwa@davenport.edu
Jeremy Bultema Assistant Coach jbultema@davenport.edu
Men's DIII Hockey
Eric Sikkenga Head Coach esikkenga@davenport.edu 231-730-0989 231-730-0989
Nick Williamson Assistant Coach nwilliamson1@davenport.edu
Women's Hockey
Matt Sekosan Head Coach msekosan@davenport.edu 616-915-2658 616-915-2658
Nick Jennette Assistant Coach njennette@davenport.edu
Madison Smiddy Assistant Coach madison.smiddy@davenport.edu
Bowling
Mike Eaton Head Coach meaton2@davenport.edu
Eric Bottrall Assistant Coach
Bryan Eaton Assistant Coach beaton3@davenport.edu
Sue Eaton Women's Assistant Coach Sue.Eaton@davenport.edu
Men's Rugby
Dustin Steedman Head Coach dustin.steedman@davenport.edu
Ken Mance Assistant Coach/Recruitment Coordinator kmance1@davenport.edu
Daniel Montgomery Strength Coach
Women's Rugby
Greg Teliczan Head Coach gteliczan@davenport.edu 616-340-3874 616-340-3874
Kaitlin Throgmorton Assistant Coach kaitlin.throgmorton@davenport.edu
Veronica Overbeek Volunteer Coach voverbeek@email.davenport.edu
Lizzie Hoeksema Strength Coach ehoeksema2@email.davenport.edu
Andy Dauser Assistant Coach adauser1@davenport.edu