Football Coaching Staff
Tue, 06/24/2008 - 9:39am -- a-langsdon
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Dean Paul is in his sixth season as head coach at Ohio Northern.
Paul energized the ONU football program in 2004, leading the Polar Bears to an 8-2 record and a No. 19 national ranking in his first season as head coach.
In his first four seasons at Ohio Northern, Paul has had the Polar Bears in the national rankings each season.
In 10 seasons as a head football coach at the NCAA Division III level, Paul has posted a 74-28 record, a winning percentage of .725.
Paul came to ONU after five highly successful seasons at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky.
He guided the Saints to a 40-12 (.769) record over his five seasons and ranks eighth among the nation's leaders in winning percentage among active coaches.
In 2003, TMC won five of its last six games to finish 6-4, its fifth consecutive winning season under Paul.
Paul led Thomas More to the 2001 playoffs, where the Saints defeated MacMurray 34-30 in the first round before falling to Wittenberg in the second round.
Beginning with his first season in 1999, Paul led TMC to a 7-3 record after having posted just a 3-7 mark the previous year. The team's record was the sixth-best turnaround in Division III that season, an improvement of four games. Thomas More's seven wins marked the most by a first-year head coach in program history and the most by the team since 1995.
In 2000, the Saints went 9-1 and were ranked No. 28 by the American Football Coaches Association.
Paul guided his 2001 team to a perfect 10-0 regular-season record, the third in school history as the team outscored its opponents by an overwhelming 389-133 margin. TMC finished 11-1 and a final ranking of No. 18 by the AFCA. The 20-2 record over those two seasons is the best in TMC history, as is the Saints' 17-game winning streak during that time.
Under Paul's direction, Thomas More has had 17 All-America selections in his five seasons as head coach.
In the classroom, the team improved its overall grade point average from a 2.25 to a 2.68 in just the first three semesters under Paul. This past spring, the football team had a combined grade point average of 2.70, the highest in the 13-year history of the program, a span of 26 semesters.
In 2002, he also served as voting member on the AFCA Division III Coaches' Poll.
A four-year letterman at Mount Union, he was named All-Ohio Athletic Conference in 1988 and 1990 and served as a team captain during his junior and senior seasons.
He ranks eighth all-time at Mt. Union with 2,013 career rushing yards and scored 19 rushing touchdowns.
His first collegiate coaching job came when coached the running backs at Allegheny (Pa.) from 1991-92.
He also was an assistant coach at Tulane in 1993 and 1994, at Wooster from 1995-97 and at Fordham in 1998 before taking over as head coach at TMC in 1999.
A native of Garrettsville, OH, Dean Bradley Paul was born on November 14, 1967 and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management from Mount Union in 1990. He and his wife, Tonya, have a daughter, Kendra (12), and two sons, Bryce (6) and Brandon (4).
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Assistant Coach Will BowmanWill Bowman is in his fifth season as an assistant coach at Ohio Northern. Bowman is the Defensive Quality Control Coach. Bowman, who has 15 years of coaching experience, joined the Polar Bears after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Thomas More College, where he coached defensive line, secondary and receivers. He also has assistant coaching experience from Canisius College, Hartwick College, University of Toledo, St. Edward HS (Lakewood), and LaSalle HS (Cincinnati). Most of his coaching experience has been on defense, coaching every position, and as a coordinator, but he has coached on both sides of the ball. He received his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health from Muskingum College in 1991 and his master’s degree from Canisius College in physical education in 1993. Bowman and his wife, Georgine, have a daughter, Abigail, and reside in Fairfield. |
Assistant Coach Matt Christ
Matt Christ is in his first season coaching with the Ohio Northern football program. Christ will work with the Polar Bear defensive backs. Graduating from Albright (Pa.) in 2008, Christ earned his degree in business administration and criminology. Christ was a four-year starter at free safety for Albright and was a co-captain for three years from 2006-08. Twice Christ was selected First Team All-Middle Atlantic Conferences. In 2007, Christ earned D3Football.com All-America honors and was named preseason All-America by three different organizations at the beginning of the 2008 season. At Albright, Christ served as a senior recruiting coordinator in 2007-08 and worked various football camps as a coach from 2006-08. Christ currently resides in Ada. |
Assistant Coach Tim Reash
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Team Chaplain Pastor Randy DavisRandy Davis is in his sixth season serving as Team Chaplain for the Ohio Northern football team. He is also the pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Lima. His goal is to communicate a spiritually relevant message to motivate the team to win on and off the field. Prior to assisting ONU, Davis served as Team Chaplain for 1-AA football powerhouse Youngstown State University for two years (2001-02). |
Associate Head Coach Bob Rohan
Assistant Coach Glenn Scheutzow
Assistant Coach Nick Hajjar
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