Dean Paul

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 nine seasons as a head football coach at the NCAA Division III level, Paul has posted a 69-23 record, a winning percentage of .750.

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.

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 sixth all-time at Mt. Union with 2,013 career rushing yards is fifth in rushing touchdowns with 19.

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).

Associate Head Coach Bob Rohan

He will serve as the defensive backs coach, co-defensive co-ordinator and lecturer in the human performance and sports science department. He also serves as the head women's golf coach.

Stacey spent the 2003 season as interim head coach and defensive coordinator for the Polar Bears.

Stacey has represented Ohio Northern University in one form or another for 19 years.

First, as a four-year starter at cornerback and wide receiver where he earned 1st Team All-Conference honors his senior at wide receiver.

He next represented his alma mater as a starting defensive back for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.

Stacey started every game for the Rough Riders for three years, earning a spot on the CFL Western All-Star team.

After his third season, Stacey left for the NFL and found a home with the Cleveland Browns.

He received special teams honors on four separate occasions, while once earning defensive player of the game honors.

In 1994, Stacey was an integral part of the NFL’s top-ranked defense.

Stacey’s professional career was cut short by injury.

In 2000, Stacey was inducted into the Ohio Northern Athletic Hall of Fame.

Stacey has not severed his ties with the NFL after his retirement.

He is still active with the Central Ohio NFL Alumni Association and is the former Vice President of the NFL Players Association.

Some of the other activities that Stacey donated his time to are the Homeless foundation of Columbus, the Children’s Hospital, the Stephanie Speilman Fund for Breast Cancer Research and the United Negro Foundation.

Since Stacey made the jump to the pro ranks, other Northern players have followed his lead and went on to excel at the professional level.

He currently resides in Lima with his wife, Johanne and their son, Jonathan Stacey (3) and infant twins Jordyn and Jayden.

Bob Rohan is in his fifth season as an associate head coach at Ohio Northern.

Rohan will also be a lecturer in ONU’s human performance and sport science department and will be the director of intramurals at Ohio Northern.

He coaches the quarterbacks.

Rohan, who has 17 years of coaching experience, joins the Polar Bears after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at Ashland, where he coached quarterbacks and specialists.

He also had assistant coaching stints at Clarion (Pa.) from 1997-99, Frostburg State (Md.) from 1993-96, Catholic (D.C.) in 1992, Maryland in 1991 and at Bishop McNamara H.S. from 1987-90.

Most of his coaching experience has been on offense with quarterbacks, specialists and as a coordinator, but has coached on both side of the ball.

He received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Maryland in 1992 and his master’s degree from Frostburg State in health and physical education in 1996.

Rohan played safety at Salisbury State (Md.) in 1985 and helped his squad to the regional finals that year.

As a freshman, he played quarterback for Shepherd (W.Va.) in 1983.

Rohan and his wife, Amy, have six children; Sarah, 13, Daniel, 11, Greg, 8, Matthew, 7, and twins Anna and Rachel, who are 3-years old.

Assistant Coach Glenn Scheutzow

Assistant Coach Nick Hajjar

Glenn Scheutzow is in his fourth season as an assistant football coach at Ohio Northern.

He will coach the defensive line and serve as the head men’s tennis coach at ONU.

Scheutzow comes to Northern from Baldwin-Wallace, where he coached on defense the past six seasons.

He was also the coordinator of the strength and conditioning program for the football team at BW.

He is a 1999 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace. While at BW, Scheutzow was a four-year letterman who started 30 varsity games and was the Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 1998.

Scheutzow brings an extensive background in strength and training.

He resides in Ada.

Nick Hajjar is in his fourth season as a full-time assistant coach at Ohio Northern after serving in 2004 as a graduate assistant. He will coach the receivers.

He was a two-time All-American at Wooster and represented the Scots in the 2003 Aztec Bowl.

Nick, a Marion, Ohio, native, graduated from Wooster with a degree in biochemistry in the winter of 2003.

Hajjar ended his career with 14 interceptions, 196 tackles and 48 passes broken up.

He was also the school’s all-time leader in career punt return average (11.4) and was second in punt return yards (935) and kickoff return yards (1,458).

He resides in Ada and is engaged to Abbey Sullivan.

Bill Rychel is in his third season as an assistant football coach at Ohio Northern.

He will be a lecturer in ONU’s human performance and sport sciences department. He will coach the offensive line.

Rychel comes to Ohio Northern after a two-year stint as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Tri-State (Ind.) in 2004 and 2005.

He spent three seasons at Coe (Iowa) as the offensive line coach and assistant strength and conditioning coordinator.

Rychel enjoyed a stellar career as a four-year letterman at Mount Union from 1997-2000.

He helped the Purple Raiders win three national titles and post a 54-1 record during his career.

He was an All-American and a two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference player at guard. He also earned Academic All-Conference honors.

Rychel graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in physical education from Mount Union in May of 2001 and received a master’s degree in teaching from Coe in July of 2004.

He and his wife, Stephanie, resides in Ada with their newborn daughter, Isabella.

Dan Allison is in his fifth season as a part-time assistant coach at Ohio Northern. He will coach the running backs.

Allison has 20 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I, III and High School levels.

He has had stints as a graduate assistant at Iowa State in 1986-87 and Purdue in 1988 in Division I and served as an assistant coach Washington (Mo.) from 1989-94 in Division III.

Allison was head coach at Shawnee High School from 1995-97 and was an assistant coach at Wapakoneta High School in Ohio from 1998-03.

He currently teaches at Wapakoneta High School. Dan and his wife, Kim, have two daughters, Meghan and Emily.

Walton was a four-year letterman at offensive guard for the Polar Bears, earning First Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference and All-America honors as a senior.

A Vandalia, Ohio native, Walton earned his bachelor's degree from ONU in sports management in 2006.

He resides in Ada.

Bryan Gasser is in his third season as an intern assistant coach at Ohio Northern.

Gasser was a three-year letterman at tight end for Ohio Northern, starting 19 games over his final two seasons.

As a senior, Gasser was named Second Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference after catching 19 passes for 352 yards and seven TDs.

In his career, the Northwood, Ohio native caught 44 passes for 634 yards and 10 TDs.

He received his bachlelor's degree in management from ONU in 2006.

He resides in Ada.

Will Bowman is in his fourth 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.

Randy Davis is in his fifth 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).