Dragons Head Coach
Lonny Allen

Phone: 419-448-3359
Email: lallen@tiffin.edu

Head Coach Lonny Allen enters his 19th season as skipper of the Tiffin University baseball squad. In 2003 the squad set a new single season record with 30 victories, shattering 18 individual and team records along the way. His teams consistently shatter offensive records nearly every season in the Dragon record books and he looks to continue that kind of attack in coming seasons. Coach Allen has led the Dragons to more victories than any other coach in Dragons history (385).

Coach Allen is a 1992 graduate of Tiffin University with a degree in Sports Management. He has a Master’s degree in Sports Administration from Bowling Green State University . He also serves as Athletic Director for Tiffin University. He instructs in Facilities Management.

Coach Allen hails from Kermit, Texas. He graduated from Kermit High School and then played baseball at Hill Junior College in Texas before finishing his career at TU. He, his wife Julie, and daughters Macy, Brooke, and Zoey live in Tiffin.

Phone - 419-448-3359
Email - lallen@tiffin.edu

 

 

 
Lonny Allen Year-by-Year Career Record
1992 16-21 385-424-2
1993 17-15
1994 19-20
1995 23-22
1996 22-22
1997 22-22-1
1998 14-22
1999 20-24
2000 23-24
2001 18-24
2002 26-24
2003 30-23
2004 21-26
2005 27-24 
2006  26-25 
2007 22-31
2008 19-24
2009 20-31-1

Dragon Assistant Coaches

 

 

 

 

  

Kurt Rammel

Kurt Rammel enters his fifth year as a member of the Tiffin University coaching staff.  Kurt hails from Coldwater, OH where he attended Coldwater High School. After high school, Kurt attended Defiance college where he was named honorable mention All-Conference player as a freshman.  His sophomore year, Kurt transferred to Tiffin University where he was an Honorable Mention All-Conference player for the Dragons.  Kurt graduated from Tiffin with a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management and Marketing.  His coaching experience includes assisting the Grand Lake Mariners of the Great Lakes Collegiate League in the summer of 2008. Kurt will be working with the outfielders, catchers, hitters, and recruiting.    

                                                                                               

Phone - 419-448-3290 
Email - rammelkw@tiffin.edu

 

Eric Knott

Eric Knott is in his first year as a member of the Tiffin University coaching staff. Eric attended Marian Central Catholic high school out of Woodstock IL. After high school Eric played two years at McHenry County College, where he was All-Conference and All-Area for two years. Eric then transferred to Augustana College (IL) and recieved All-Conference and Most Outstanding Pitcher awards. Eric has a Bachelor's degree in Speech Communication, and will be working with the pitching staff and recruiting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brian Coleman

Brian Coleman enters his third year of coaching with the Dragons baseball junior varsity program.  Coleman is a Tiffin native who graduated from Calvert High School and played four years as a starter in centerfield for Heidelberg College, serving as captain and an Academic All-American. Coleman, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree, served as Head Baseball Coach at Bettsville High School for four years, turning the Bobcats around from a 1-22 record in 1998 to a 16-10 record in 2001. Coleman, who also served as a Assistant Baseball Coach for TU in 2002, has run his own pitching/hitting school since 1998 and lives in Tiffin with his wife, Duana, and daughter, Bria.