TIM SHORTEGEN
Volunteer Football Coach and Broadcaster
Tim is a 1981 graduate of Patrick Henry High School and went on to attend the Defiance College where he majored in Communications He played Baseball for the Yellow Jackets and was a teammate of Tom
Held. During his time at Defiance College, he worked part-time for Maumee Valley Broadcasting in Napoleon, OH 103.1 reporting on High School Basketball and filled in as an analyst for Basketball. He worked with many great broadcasters such as Mike Reghi who was the play-by-play announcer of the Baltimore Orioles as well as the Cleveland Cavaliers. Others were Adam Gubernath, Dave Kleck and the late Mike Meyers. In 1985, Shirty started a career in Law Enforcement with the Defiance Police Department and retired after 29 years in 2014. In
those years, Shorty was a volunteer Coach for Defiance High School Football from 1992 - 1997 and was Tight Ends Coach for the 1997 Football State Championship team. He then went to the broadcast booth for 25 years doing Defiance High School sports. Tim has been married to Rita for 36 years and they have one daughter, Adrian Shafer and two grandchildren, Alexia and Ashton.