Tiffany Ozbun

Tiffany Ozbun

Title: Head Softball Coach
Phone: 740-587-6784
Email: ozbunt@denison.edu
Year: 5th Year

Tiffany Ozbun returns for her fifth season as the head softball coach at Denison University in 2012.

Already a two-time North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Ozbun has made quite a splash in her first four seasons at the helm of the Big Red softball program.  Since 2008 she has led DU to 109 victories, two NCAC Tournament Championships, two NCAA Division III Tournament appearances and three regular season conference titles. 

The 2011 season saw Ozbun match her career-high with 30 victories.  The Big Red posted a 12-2 record in conference play.  Denison hosted the conference softball tournament for a record, eighth time after winning the NCAC regular season championship.

The previous season saw her team mount an impressive charge out of the losers bracket to win the 2010 NCAC Tournament Championship on their home field.  The comeback secured Ozbun and the Big Red their second NCAA Tournament bid and the fifth in program history.  The 2010 team would go on to set 11 offensive team records, highlighted by record-setting totals in RBIs (250), runs scored (276), home runs (33) and doubles (94).

Over the last four years her teams have posted a 109-56 record and have gone 41-15 in NCAC play.  Twenty-one players have earned all-conference honors under Ozbun and in 2011 Erica Evans was named to the Great Lakes all-region team

Prior to her arrival at Denison, Ozbun spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Manchester College where she was responsible for pitcher/catcher development and the team's strength and conditioning program. She aided in the development of numerous all-conference and all-region athletes and in the fall of 2005 stepped in as the interim head coach/senior women's administrator at Manchester. Ozbun also served as an instructor in the Exercise and Sport Science department.

Prior to returning to Manchester, Ozbun spend three seasons at the University of Louisville where she earned a master of science in sport administration. While at Louisville, Ozbun worked primarily with catchers and defense while assisting in the development of numerous all-region and all-conference players, including the Cardinals' first All-American. In 2004, Louisville earned the program's first NCAA Tournament bid. That year, the Cardinals also set a Conference USA record for wins in a season (41).

As a player, Ozbun was a four-year letter winner and three-year co-captain for the Spartans. She led Manchester to the 2001 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and was named the team's most valuable player. She was the recipient of Manchester's Betty Clark Memorial award for her outstanding scholarship, athletic achievement, leadership and service and was a member of the Manchester Directors Council and the Manchester Faculty Athletic Committee.

Since 2002 Ozbun has served as the director of the University of Louisville Softball Camps and has spent her summers working various national camps and clinics. A member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) since 2003, Ozbun is also active in the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association (OHSFSCA).