Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Men's Football

Brooke DellaValle is in her first season as the head lacrosse coach at Shippensburg University in 2024.    DellaValle arrived at Shippensburg after two successful seasons as the head coach at nearby Wilson College (NCAA Division III). Wilson reinstated women's lacrosse as a sport in 2021, the year before DellaValle became head coach. She inherited a four-win team and guided the Phoenix to an 18-14 overall record in her two seasons.   In 2023, Wilson posted a 12-5 record, reached the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Championship game, and had nine All-CSAC players. The Phoenix also had two players earn College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors.   DellaValle instructed an array of top performers including Jill Ahlgren, who led NCAA Division III in 2023 with 4.2 caused turnovers per game. Ahlgren ranked third in the nation with 6.3 groundballs per game and led the CSAC in goals (62), points (92), draw controls (130), caused turnovers (72) and groundballs (107). Goalkeeper Krystal Kienast ranked third in the nation with 6.54 goals-against average (GAA).   The Phoenix reached the CSAC Semifinals in DellaValle's first season, winning four of six conference matches in 2022. In her two seasons at Wilson, her teams combined to post an 8-3 record in CSAC play.   Before her appointment as the head coach at Wilson, DellaValle spent four seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Shepherd. DellaValle's coaching specialty is offense, and among the standout performers she mentored with the Rams include two-time Mountain East Conference (MEC) Offensive Player of the Year Lillian Funke. The Rams won two MEC titles with DellaValle on staff before transitioning to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in advance of the ill-fated 2020 season that was derailed by the pandemic.   As a student-athlete, DellaValle was a four-year letterwinner at Shepherd from 2014-17 who finished with 94 career goals and 112 career points. As a senior, DellaValle earned All-MEC First Team honors after ranking second on the Rams with 39 goals and 13 assists. She earned All-MEC honorable mention as a junior.   As a prep athlete, DellaValle played at Linganore High School in Frederick County, Maryland. She was a four-year letterwinner in lacrosse and a three-year letterwinner in field hockey.   DellaValle also has experience on the club circuit, serving as the head coach of ThinkLax for the past four years.   A native of Frederick County in Maryland, DellaValle and her husband Tony are the proud parents of a newborn daughter, Summer. The family still resides in Frederick.     DellaValle earned her bachelor of science in therapeutic recreation from Shepherd in 2017 and her MBA (sports management concentration) from Shepherd in 2021.   

Rob Fulton is in his 21st season as the head women’s soccer coach at Shippensburg University in 2026 and in his 23rd season overall with the Raider program.   Fulton, the 2013 PSAC and NSCAA Atlantic Region Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year, has transitioned SU women’s soccer into a consistently competitive program and established several team firsts along the way.   On Oct. 15, 2017, Fulton achieved his 100th career head coaching victory with the Raiders – a 3-0 road victory at Millersville. Two years earlier, on Oct. 7, 2015, Fulton became the all-time coaching wins leader for Shippensburg University women’s soccer.   Under Fulton’s direction, the SU women have advanced in the PSAC Tournament, qualified for the NCAA Tournament and won a match in the NCAA Tournament – all tasks never before achieved at Shippensburg until his arrival.   Since taking over as the head coach in 2006, Fulton has guided the team to four PSAC Tournament appearances and averaged more than eight victories per season. In the 12 seasons prior to Fulton’s arrival, the Raider program boasted just one playoff appearance (2002).   Fulton has a history of solid recruiting – having mentored 20 different all-conference athletes in 13 seasons. SU has had 29 total All-PSAC selections during his tenure.   Among his top players have been goalkeeper Beth Long – who recorded a school-record 24.5 shutouts and tied the school record with 493 career saves – and Gayle Kuntzmann – a four-time All-PSAC performer who ranks second in SU history with 46 career goals. Kuntzmann played for the Boston Aztecs of the Women’s Professional Soccer League after her graduation.   Most recently, Fulton's Raiders overcame a slow start (0-4-1) to finish with a 5-8-5 overall record during the 2024 season, finishing 5-4-4 over their final 13 games and with a 5-6-5 mark in the tough PSAC Eastern Divsion. Junior defender Chloe Chipego was named Second Team All-PSAC -- SU's first All-PSAC selection since the 2021 campaign. In 2022, Fulton guided the Raiders to a 6-6-6 overall record, missing out on a playoff spot on the final day of the regular season.   In 2015, Shippensburg finished with an 11-7-1 overall record and 9-6-1 PSAC record – a four-win improvement – to finish sixth in the PSAC. SU reached the PSAC Tournament for the second time in a three-year stretch.   The 2013 season was one of the most memorable in school history, as the Raiders posted 12 victories and achieved several milestones. In SU’s 20th season of women’s soccer, Fulton’s team advanced in the PSAC Tournament for the first time, qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time, and later won its first NCAA Tournament game.   Shippensburg claimed its first-ever undefeated regular-season home mark (8-0-1) in 2013, finishing 12-6-1 overall. SU also attained its first national ranking in more than seven years, as its No. 22-ranking at the end of the regular season was just the fifth in school history. The Raiders later entered the NCAA Tournament ranked No. 24 in Division II after having briefly dropped out of the rankings.   Another fascinating aspect of the 2013 season was that SU did not suffer back-to-back losses – the first time that feat has ever been achieved in school history. The Raiders also had a flare for the dramatic, going undefeated in five regular-season overtime games with four victories.    In 2010, Shippensburg posted a 10-8-1 record and qualified for the conference quarterfinals with a balanced scoring attack. SU had 14 different players score at least one goal while adding six more tallies to its total output from the previous season. The 35 goals scored by the Raiders were the most in seven years.   In 2008, Fulton guided the Raiders to an 11-8-1 record – at the time SU’s most successful season in 11 years. The campaign marked the most wins for the Raiders during Fulton’s tenure until 2013 and the most for Shippensburg since the team finished 13-6 in 1997.   The 2007 season, Fulton’s second guiding the Raiders, featured one of the best starts in program history. Shippensburg won five of its first six games to warrant a No. 13 ranking in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/Adidas national rankings, marking just the second time in program history that the team was nationally ranked. The 2007 squad was also named an NSCAA All-Academic team.   In 2006, Fulton inherited a Raider roster that had lost nine veterans to graduation, including a goaltender that had played every minute of every game for her entire career and an entire group of forwards from the previous year. Undaunted, Fulton brought in a wealth of talent and improved the offense by 10 goals, finishing with a 9-8-2 regular season record – a three-game improvement over the previous season – and SU made its first PSAC Tournament appearance since 2002.   In addition to its prowess on the field, Fulton’s 2006 squad also excelled with its sportsman­ship and maturity. Shippensburg was named as one of just 57 men and women’s soccer teams from the NCAA Divisions I, II and III to earn a NSCAA Team Ethics Award. The Raiders were one of just 34 teams through­out the NCAA and one of two from the PSAC that received the Silver Award for receiving fewer than five yellow cards and no red cards.   Fulton arrived at Shippensburg in 2004 and has been an assistant coach for the men’s soccer team since his arrival. He was the assistant women’s coach for two years before earning the chance to helm the Raiders in 2006.   Before Shippensburg, Fulton had two years of head coaching experience at the College of the Southwest, a NAIA school located in Hobbs, New Mexico. Fulton totaled a 22-16-1 record as the head coach of the women’s program from 2002-03. He also served as an assistant professor of physical education.   In 2003, Fulton guided the Lady Mustangs to a 13-6-1 record and the Red River Athletic Confer­ence (RRAC) regular-season title and an appearance in the conference championship game. He was also honored as the RRAC Coach of the Year.   Originally from Fort Collins, Colorado, Fulton came to the College of the Southwest from Austin, Texas where he was coaching with the ASC Eagles Soccer Club. Fulton began his coaching career in Colorado where he was the girls’ junior varsity coach at Love­land High School for two years beginning in 1994.   Fulton was then the head boys’ and assistant girls’ varsity coach at Poudre High School for three years where he helped lead the girls to a state champion­ship and earned the Northern Conference Boys’ Soccer Coach of the Year in 1996. In addition to his experience at the high school level, Fulton also served as the soccer trainer for the Eagles Soccer Club in Round Rock, Texas from January 2001 to February 2002.   Fulton started his playing career at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and finished at Grace­land College in Lamoni, Iowa where he was a team captain and named his team’s Most Valuable Player as a senior. He holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies with a concentration in wellness program management from Graceland in 1992.   In 1999, Fulton received his master’s degree in edu­cation along with elementary and physical education certifications from Southwest Texas State University. Fulton is also a NSCAA and USSF licensed coach. At Shippensburg, Fulton has compiled a 122-129-27 record in his 17 seasons.   Fulton lives in Carlisle with his wife, Allyson. The couple have two children: Austin and Addison.   Fulton At-A-Glance   Shippensburg University Year     Overall            Conference      Postseason 2025    4-9-3                2-9-3  2024    5-8-5                5-6-5 2023    4-14                 4-12 2022    6-6-6                5-5-6 2021    5-11-2              5-9-2                2020    No season, COVID-19 pandemic 2019    8-10-0              6-10-0 2018    7-10-1              5-10-1 2017    6-11-1              5-11-0 2016    10-7-1              8-7-1 2015    11-7-1              9-6-1                2014    7-7-3                6-7-3 2013    12-6-1              10-5-1              PSAC Semifinals, NCAA Second Round 2012    6-9-3                4-8-2 2011    5-10-3              3-9-2 2010    10-8-1              7-7-0                PSAC Quarterfinals 2009    6-9-3                3-6-3 2008    11-8-1              4-7-1 2007    8-12-0              5-7-0 2006    9-9-2                6-4-2                PSAC Quarterfinals                  Total   135-160-35      97-136-31   College of the Southwest Year     Overall            Conference      Postseason 2003    13-6-1              N/A                  RRAC Finals 2002    9-10-0              N/A                  RRAC Semifinals Total   22-16-1            N/A    

Drew Gallardy was named the head football coach at Shippensburg University on Dec. 23, 2025.  The 2026 season will be Gallardy's third as a member of the Raider staff and his 17th as a collegiate coach. Gallardy directed the offensive line in 2024 and 2025 while also functioning as the offensive coordinator in 2025. Gallardy has a unique perspective, having served as both an offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator within the last four years. He returned to his alma mater in 2024 following three seasons as the defensive coordinator at Division III Alfred State University.   The Pioneers never finished below .500 with Gallardy leading their defense. During that time, a total of 20 Alfred State defenders were named to the All-Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) Team.   In 2023, he helped guide Alfred State to an NCAA playoff appearance and an ECFC title. The year prior, the Pioneers were the stingiest red zone defense in the league, and in 2021 Alfred State topped the ECFC in points allowed during conference play. The Pioneer defense played a large role in helping the team to a 5-1 league record and a tie for first place in the ECFC standings.   Prior to arriving in upstate New York, Gallardy spent eight years at Juniata College, serving as the Eagles' defensive coordinator the final two seasons. Between 2013-2017, Gallardy was the team's linebacker coach and recruiting coordinator.   Gallardy was a member of the Raider offensive line from 2007-2010. A team captain as a senior, he appeared in a total of 37 career games and made 33 starts. He started twelve games at tackle as a junior for a Raider squad that won the 2009 PSAC Championship and reached the second round of the NCAA playoffs.   He was awarded the Christopher Heilman World Cup Award, an honor given by the Shippensburg coaching staff to a player that demonstrated leadership, both on and off the playing field, outstanding character, and perseverance.   Gallardy graduated from Shippensburg in December 2010 with a degree in exercise science and a minor in coaching.   A native of Altoona, Gallardy is married to his wife, Mary, and is the father of three sons: Elam, Abram and Ira.  

Maciejewski 92/96M is in his sixth season as the head football coach at his alma mater, Shippensburg University.   Through five seasons, Maciejewski has guided the Red Raiders to a 39-18 record. Despite having coached just five seasons, Maciejewski is already fifth all-time on SUs coaching wins list.   SU has scored more points (2,337) than any Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) team over the last five years under Maciejewski. SUs 41.0 points-per-game average under Maciejewski also paces the PSAC. SU is 21-2 at home under Maciejewski when it scores 30+ points. Additionally, SU has totaled 157 sacks over the last five years under Maciejewski, an average of 31.4 sacks per season. That total is just one behind the PSAC lead since 2011.   In his first five years, Maciejewski has coached the Red Raiders to five straight winning seasons. Hes just the second SU coach to ever start a Red Raider career with five straight winning seasons (Ed Gulian; 1934-38). Its the first time SHIP has had five straight winning seasons overall since 1974-78.    His 25 wins in his first three seasons (2011-13) are the most in a three-year period in 112 years of organized football history at Shippensburg University.   His mantra for the Red Raiders is Shared Vision, Common Goals, Consistent Winner. Already in his tenure, Maciejewskis teams have re-written more than 152 school records. In 2015, Shippensburg led Division II with a +20 turnover margin, including a school-record low of just 10 giveaways.   Maciejewski (pronounced muh-CHESS-key) was named head coach on Dec. 8, 2010. Maciejewski, known as Mac, is in his fourth different coaching role with his alma mater and will begin his 16th overall season at Shippensburg in 2016.   Academically, SU has had six Capital One Academic All-District honorees in five years under Maciejewski including two-time Academic All-American Mike Frenette. For the 2015-16 academic year, 20 Red Raiders were named PSAC Scholar-Athletes more than any other SU sport.   The Red Raiders have established a significant home-field advantage under Maciejewski, posting a 22-6 record at Seth Grove Stadium over the last five years. SU has scored at least 17 points in 27-of-28 home games under Maciejewski, averaging 44.3 points per game since the start of 2011.   Maciejewskis coaching background is on defense. The Red Raiders have totaled 45 All-PSAC selections in Maciejewskis 11 seasons as SUs head coach, associate head coach or defensive coordinator.   His coaching expertise is the secondary. With Maciejewski on the sidelines, Shippensburg has totaled 19 All-PSAC selections from the defensive backfield including at least one first-team honoree from 2003-09.   Maciejewski was instrumental in the recruitment and mentorship of current Tampa Bay Buccaneer defensive back Brent Grimes, who finished his career as the PSACs all-time leader in interceptions with 27. Grimes, a three-time college All-American and one of two Red Raiders active in the National Football League (NFL), has been selected to three Pro Bowls.   In 2014, the Red Raiders posted a winning record despite significant injuries at numerous positions, including one game in which the team did not have a quarterback able to throw. SUs offense was No. 8 in Division II and featured wide receiver Trevor Harman, who signed with the Arizona Cardinals. Its defense included defensive back Chavez Cheatham, the PSAC Eastern Division Rookie of the Year.   The 2013 campaign Maciejewskis third at the helm of the Red Raiders featured seven wins and a No. 8 position in the Atlantic Region rankings during the regular season. SU also won its first three home games, resulting in a school record of 12 consecutive victories at Seth Grove Stadium Nov. 5, 2011 through Oct. 26, 2013.   Also in 2013, SU set or tied 38 school records. Defensive linemen Jake Metz became the first Red Raider defensive player to ever win a PSAC Player of the Year award and was honored as SUs first AFCA All-American since 2009, while wide receiver Trevor Harman earned Associated Press (AP) All-America honors after leading Division II with 22 touchdown receptions.   In 2012, Maciejewski was named the AFCA Division II Region 1 Coach of the Year and PSAC Eastern Division Coach of the Year while being selected as one of five finalists for Liberty Mutuals Division II Coach of the Year award. Maciejewski guided the Red Raiders to an 11-2 record and the second round of the NCAA playoffs.   In just his second year at the helm, Maciejewski instructed a group of players that opened the season with 10 consecutive victories, played in the PSAC State Game, earned the No. 3 seed for Super Region 1 in the 2012 NCAA Football Championships and broke or tied 73 school records along the way.   SU hosted No. 4 seed Bloomsburg in the opening round of the postseason and defeated the Huskies, 58-20. The triumph marked the first NCAA tournament victory for Shippensburg since 1991 a season in which Maciejewski was an All-American nose guard for the Red Raiders and also marked just the second time in school history that a SU squad achieved 11 or more victories in a season.   Maciejewskis Red Raiders scored 609 points and 83 touchdowns en route to 6,889 yards of total offense in 2012 leading the nation in total offense (529.92) and ranking second in scoring offense by averaging 46.8 points per game.   Spearheading the offense was quarterback Zach Zulli, the 2012 Harlon Hill Trophy winner as Division IIs top football player. Zulli led all divisions of college football with 54 touchdown passes and 4,747 passing yards tying the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes in a season while breaking NCAA single-season records for points responsible for in a season (344) and touchdowns responsible for in a season (57).   His defense contributed to six new school records including six defensive touchdowns scored in one season and 11.5 sacks by lineman Jake Metz. Both Zulli and Metz were named to the 2012 Associated Press (AP) Little All-America Teams, marking the first Red Raiders to be honored since current Miami Dolphin Brent Grimes in 2005.   In 2011, the Red Raiders posted only their second winning season since 2004 highlighted by a four-game winning streak to close out the season. In its seven victories, Shippensburg scored at least 40 points and outscored its opponents by a 327-94 margin to boast an average victory of 33.2 points. SU set five offensive single-season school records and led the NCAA with 25.5 first downs per game.   The 2011 Red Raider defense finished the season with 93 tackles for loss, good for the second-most in a single season since 1979. It also amassed 38 sacks, the most since 1991 and the third-most overall in school history. Those 38 sacks which tied SU for fifth in Division II added up to 292 yards lost by the opposing offense, which became a new school record. The defensive unit was also tied for eighth in red zone defense and tied for ninth in interceptions. It was 15th in tackles for loss and 23rd in fewest third downs allowed.   Maciejewski began his coaching career as an SU graduate assistant in 1995 and 1996. After stints at James Madison and Saint Francis, he returned to coach the SU secondary from 2000-02 before serving as the defensive coordinator from 2003-04. From 2006-10, Maciejewski was named Shippensburgs assistant head coach and was once again charged with leading the secondary.   As an SU Hall of Fame defensive lineman from 1989-92, Maciejewski was one of the most intimidating players in Red Raider football history and is one of just three players in program history to receive All-PSAC First Team honors in three consecutive seasons at the same position. Both his bachelors and masters degrees are in environmental science.   Maciejewski finished his playing career with 23 sacks and 28 tackles for loss as a nose guard. He earned and Third Team All-America honors in 1991 and 1992, respectively while playing on one of the schools five teams to advance to the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1991.   Maciejewski served as the teams defensive coordinator for two seasons in 2003 and 2004 and masterminded one of the best overall units in Division II. During that time, Shippensburg compiled an 18-5 record and the Red Raider defense led the PSAC in scoring defense, rushing defense, pass defense efficiency and total defense while also ranking second in pass defense twice and turnover margin in 2004.   Shippensburg finished second in the nation in scoring defense and fifth in total defense in 2004 after being ranked fourth in total defense and fifth in scoring defense in 2003. The Red Raiders were also 11th in Division II in rushing defense in 2004 and 13th in 2003 while ranking fifth in pass defense efficiency in 2003 and ninth in 2004.   Before Maciejewski was named defensive coordinator, Shippensburg was ranked 27th in the nation in total defense in 2002 and 28th in 2001.   Maciejewskis work with the defensive backs could also be seen over the course of three seasons from 2002-04 as Shippensburg totaled 57 interceptions during that time, increasing from 13 in 2002 to 19 in 2003 and to 25 in 2004.   In 2004, the Red Raider defense had nine of its 11 players named All-PSAC Western Division, an increase from four the previous year, including three of the four defensive backs as Brent Grimes and Mike Street both earned first team selections while Antonio Williams received second team honors.   In 2008, Shippensburgs pass defense was one of the strongest in Division II, ranking 13th out of 148 teams in the nation and third in the highly competitive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). Overall, the Red Raider defense ranked 36th in Division II.   In 2009, Shippensburgs ferocious defense produced numerous record-setting performances en route to a PSAC Championship and was among the top-ranked units in the nation for several categories. SU ranked among the Top 40 teams in Division II for sacks (2.58/game), pass efficiency defense (109.39) and tackles for loss (7.3/game).   Among Red Raider annals, Shippensburg had the now-third-most tackles for loss in a single season (88) and the fourth-most sacks in a single season (32). Nine Red Raiders had both multiple tackles for loss and sacks during the season. Fourteen players had multiple tackles for loss and nine players had at least one sack in 2009 while nine different players had at least one interception - the first time that an SU squad had done so in 10 years.   In 2010, the Red Raiders were ranked 25th in Division II with nearly eight tackles for loss per game while also ranking among the nations Top 50 teams for both turnover margin and sacks per game. Shippensburg had at least one sack in all 11 games in 2010 and was held without a sack just three times in three years from 2011-13.   Maciejewski served two years as the SU graduate assistant in 1995 and 1996 before serving as the defensive ends and assistant special teams coach in 1997 for Division I-AA James Madison. He then moved to assistant secondary coach for the Dukes in 1998.   In 1999, Maciejewski was the defensive coordinator at Saint Francis (Pa.) where the Red Flash ranked sixth in the Northeast Conference in total defense and fifth in sacks and opponent third-down conversions.   A native of Punxsutawney, Maciejewski and his wife Tricia currently live in Shippensburg and are the proud parents of their two sons: Brady and Levi.

Mike Burket is in his 25th season as an assistant football coach at Shippensburg University in 2026. Burket enters his 22nd season as the team’s defensive coordinator and his 24th as the primary instructor to the linebackers.   Including his coaching positions prior to Shippensburg, Burket enters his 37th year as a football coach in 2026. Burket also plays an important role in organizing and arranging community engagement activities for the SU football team in addition to being responsible for the team’s travel arrangements.   Burket is well versed in the art of defense. SU has had at least one all-conference linebacker in all but two of his seasons as the team’s linebackers coach – totaling 28 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) designations by a total of 18 different players. Overall, the defense has boasted 73 All-PSAC selections in Burket’s time as the defensive coordinator.    In 2025, Burket oversaw the emergence of All-Region and All-PSAC East First Team linebacker Nate Myers. Myers ranked third in the PSAC with 14.5 tackles for loss and fourth in overall tackles with 102. In 2023, the Raiders boasted the PSAC's No. 1 defense in terms of yardage allowed and held the opposition to 10 points or less on four separate occasions. From 2010-2022, Shippensburg has ranked second in the PSAC in sacks per game (2.69) and second in turnover margin (+46) while slotting fourth in takeaways (124).   In 2022, Burket oversaw the emergence of linebacker Matt Feeney. Feeney, an All-PSAC Second Team and CCA Super Region 1 Second Team selection, registered 20.5 tackles for loss on the season – a mark that ranked sixth best in NCAA Division II and tied for first in the PSAC. He also set a new program record with 6.5 tackles for loss in a single contest.   Coach Burket, with wife Angela (August 2021) In 2021, SU led the conference in third-down defense while ranking second in fewest touchdowns allowed and fourth-down defense and ranking third in rushing defense and total defense. The unit included All-Conference performers Trey Paul (first team safety) and Jacoby Sherard (second team defensive tackle).   The 2018 defense led the PSAC and ranked seventh in the nation with four defensive touchdowns. The unit also averaged 3.55 sacks per game, which also ranked seventh in the nation. All-PSAC First Team lineman Dakota Thompson led the conference in sacks (11.5) and ranked third in TFLs (17.0).   In 2017, Shippensburg posted the top red-zone defense in NCAA Division II (.556) and led the PSAC in numerous statistical categories, including turnover margin (1.33; 2nd in D2), scoring defense (13.0; 3rd in D2), team pass efficiency defense (89.55; 3rd in D2), total defense (268.8; 4th in D2) and defensive touchdowns (5; 8th in D2). Burket also instructed a defense that set a school record with 103 tackles-for-loss (TFLs), as 10 different players recorded at least 5.0 TFLs for the season. The team allowed just 156 points for the season – its fewest yielded in 14 years.   The 2016 season featured a defense that finished the year allowing just 187 points (17.0 points per game). The unit was highlighted by senior linebacker Allen Holman – the 2016 PSAC Eastern Division Defensive Player of the Year. Holman is just the second Raider in history to be named a PSAC Defensive Player of the Year, joining Jake Metz in 2013.   In 2015, Shippensburg ranked fourth in the PSAC for scoring defense (25.0) – its best conference mark since 2004 – and fourth in rushing defense while achieving numerous milestones. Redshirt-freshman defensive end Richard Nase set the single-season school record for sacks (12) and became the first freshman defensive lineman in the PSAC in 20 years to achieve All-Conference First Team honors.   Among the linebackers, both Cortlin Dell and Allen Holman earned First Team honors – becoming the first SU tandem at linebacker to receive First Team honors since Hall of Famers Ken Pickett and Shayne Mains in 1990.   Overall, SU led Division II in 2015 in turnover margin (+20, including 30 takeaways) – including three “pick-sixes,” and ranking fourth in school history with 37 total sacks.    The 2014 season featured defensive back Chavez Cheatham being named the PSAC Eastern Division Rookie of the Year after he finished third on the team with 68 tackles, led the team with 11 passes defensed and achieved an interception in each of the final two games of the season.   It also included an All-PSAC recognition for linebacker Brian Sourber, who led the team with 82 tackles. Sourber’s 46-game career includes 312 total tackles, while his 36.5 career tackles for loss ranks him among the Top 20 all-time in school history.   Sourber became the first SU player to earn All-PSAC honors after all four of his seasons since Brent Grimes from 2002-05, while Cheatham was SU's first Divisional Rookie of the Year since Grimes in 2002.   In 2013, the defense led the PSAC during the regular season with 36 sacks. The team also recorded 94 TFLs – the second-highest single-season total in school history. Seven starters earned All-PSAC accolades including defensive end Jake Metz, who became the first SU defensive player to ever win a PSAC Player of the Year award.   While SU’s offense garnered most of the acclaim in 2012, its defense had a memorable year in its own right – achieving six school records. Among them, Cody Fleming set the record for career tackles for loss with 52.5, breaking the mark previously held by current head coach Mark Maciejewski ’92/’96M. Metz had 11.5 sacks to set a new single-season record and broke Fleming’s tackles for loss record in 2013.   Additionally in 2012, SU’s defense ranked seventh in the country in turnover margin (1.31), recovering 18 fumbles and intercepting 20 passes. Shippensburg was third in the PSAC in total defense.   In 2011, the SU defense totaled 93 tackles for loss – at the time it was the second-most in a single season since 1979. The team finished tied for eighth in the country in red zone defense and amassed 38 sacks, the most since 1991 and the third-most overall in school history. Those 38 sacks – which tied SU for fifth in the country per game – added up to 292 yards lost by the opposing offense, which became a new school record.   In 2010, the defense finished third in the PSAC in red zone defense, fourth in third-down conversion rate and fifth in turnover margin. Burket’s instruction was evident in 2009 with a defensive unit that ranked 31st in the nation for sacks. Senior Andy Casale, the most veteran member of the linebacker corps in 2009, led Shippensburg with 65 tackles and 11 tackles for loss while achieving 2.5 sacks.   In 2008, SU achieved the sixth-best total defense in the PSAC that included the 13th-ranked pass defense in Division II. Perhaps most impressively, the ‘08 squad ranked second in the conference in forcing turnovers (27) and second in tackles for loss (7.27 per game). Overall, the unit was ranked 36th out of 148 programs in Division II.   In 2007, the defense ranked third in the PSAC in total defense and fifth in both rushing defense and pass defense. The unit also ranked seventh out of 14 teams in scoring defense and third in opponent third-down conversions. Four defensive players were named All-PSAC Western Division in 2007 after five were selected in 2006.   The 2006 season featured Shippensburg leading the conference in sacks while ranking fifth in pass defense and sixth in both rushing defense and total defense. Jaron Nalewak was selected All-PSAC Western Division First Team honor after compiling one of the best defensive seasons in school history, finishing with 23 tackles for loss, one short of the school single-season record, and 7.5 sacks.   In Burket’s first season as defensive coordinator in 2005, Shippensburg had four All-PSAC Western Division selections, including three first team honorees. As a team, Shippensburg ranked fourth in the conference in passing defense, sixth in rushing defense, sixth in total defense and sixth in turnover margin.   Burket joined the staff as an assistant coach in 2002 after two seasons as the head coach at Shippensburg Area Senior High School. In his first SU season, Burket coached the safeties before beginning his work with the linebackers.   A 1992 graduate of IUP, Burket began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Huntingdon Area High School from 1989-92. He then served as an assistant coach at Waynesboro High School from 1993-94 before returning to Huntingdon where he was the head coach from 1995-96.   Following the 1996 season, Burket moved to Juniata College where he was an assistant coach for two seasons in 1997-98. In his first season, he served as the offensive coordinator and in his second season, served as defense coordinator while also functioning as the director of football operations and recruiting coordinator.   In 1999, Burket was the athletic director for the Tyrone Area School District. He also has four years of teaching experience, two each at Waynesboro Area and Huntingdon Area Senior High School. For seven years, Burket was a member of the United States Army Reserve in Mill Creek before receiving an honorable discharge in May of 1994.   A native of Huntingdon, Burket and his wife Angela currently live in Shippensburg and are the proud parents of their daughter, Cierra.   PERSONAL Alma Mater: IUP ’92 Family: Wife, Angela; Daughter, Cierra Years in Coaching: 37   COACHING EXPERIENCE Shippensburg 2005-present               Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers 2003-04                       Assistant Coach/Linebackers 2002                            Assistant Coach/Safeties Shippensburg Area High School 2000-01                       Head Coach Juniata College 1998                            Assistant Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Director of Football Ops 1997                            Assistant Coach/Offensive Coordinator Huntingdon Area High School 1995-96                       Head Coach Waynesboro Area High School 1993-94                       Assistant Coach Huntingdon Area High School 1989-92                       Assistant Coach

Lee is entering his 31st season as a collegiate football coach, and also works with the SU kickers.   During his tenure at Shippensburg, Lee has held many additional coaching roles, including a stint as the offensive coordinator from 2006-10 and often coaching the tight ends.   Since arriving at Shippensburg for the 1997 season, Lee has instructed 17 Red Raider linemen to a total of 21 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) awards. His previous work with the teams tight ends included seven All-PSAC honorees including three consecutive First Team performers from 2001-03.   Over the last four years, Lee has adapted the offensive line from a unit designed for the Wing-T to a group predicated on supporting a potent spread offense. From 2012-13, SU had 1,151 drop backs but the offensive line yielded just 52 sacks approximately one every 22 passes attempted.   In 2015, Lee instructed All-PSAC Second Team linemen Schuyler Harting (left tackle) and Hayden Rigo (right guard). The selections mark the first time SU has had multiple offensive linemen on the all-conference team since 2008. The Red Raiders ranked third in the PSAC in rushing in 2015, averaging 233.3 yards per game, while the scoring offense (44.1 points per game) ranked third in NCAA Division II.   In 2012, a campaign in which Shippensburg led NCAA Division II in total offense (529.92) and ranked second in passing offense (387.69), Lee coached a line that yielded just 16 sacks in 13 games while SUs quarterbacks totaled 581 pass attempts (44.6 per game). SU broke or tied 73 school records in the process. In 2011, SUs offense set five single-season school records and allowed quarterback Zach Zulli to set single-season school records for touchdown passes and completions. Running back Mike Frenette totaled a career-high 913 yards the most by an SU running back since 2004.   Lineman Chris Restino earned a spot on the All-PSAC Second Team Offense in 2011 and was the teams only offensive player to earn all-conference laurels.   From 2006-10, Lee was Shippensburgs offensive coordinator. In 2009, Shippensburg scored at least 21 points in all 12 games of the season, a feat never before achieved in 105 seasons of organized football at the university.   Numerous offensive marks in 2009 were among the best performances in school history. The team amassed 4,759 yards from scrimmage, the second-most in school history at the time, while totaling 2,573 yards through the air (the most since 1999). SU led the PSAC with an average time of possession at 32:40 and averaged 182.2 rushing yards per game.   Among the tight ends, Mark Rossi had a stupendous senior season by hauling in 24 receptions for 264 yards and nine touchdowns. He finished the regular season with seven more receiving touchdowns than all of the other starting tight ends from the PSAC Eastern Division combined.   In 2008, Shippensburg scored at least 10 or more points in 10 of its 11 games and averaged 24.8 points per contest. The team scored 35 or more points in four games, totaled 37 touchdowns and achieved its highest point total in a game since 1999 with a 62-6 victory over Cheyney.   On Oct. 27, 2007, Lee helped orchestrate a school-record 749 yards of total offense in a 56-10 Homecoming victory over Lock Haven. The 749 yards, which featured two 100-yard rushers, two 100-yard receivers and a 300-yard passer, were the second most in the history of the PSAC and just eight shy of the all-time record.   In Lees first season as offensive coordinator in 2006, Shippensburg ranked in the PSACs Top 10 in all major offensive categories. The team was also second in time of possession and fifth in third down conversions.   Under Lee in 1999, the offensive line cleared the way for an offense that averaged 450.1 yards per game, the highest in team history at that time. SU also set records for passing yards per game (279.2), points (398) and total yards per play (6.1).   In 2002, Shippensburg set a new record for total yards rushing with 2,632 before shattering the mark in 2004 by rushing for 3,112 yards. The offensive line provided blocking for a team that totaled 406.8 yards per game and averaged 259.3 yards rushing in 2004.   Among his work with the tight ends includes mentorship of Joel Gamble and Brian Sekel. Sekel was an All-PSAC First Team player in 2002 and an All-PSAC Second Team player in 2004; Gamble was an All-PSAC First Team player in 2003. Gamble spent time in NFL camps with the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns. SU had the Western Divisions First Team tight end for three straight years from 2001-03, as Brian Booker was honored in 2001.   Lee is also a long-time contributor to Shippensburgs special teams units particularly its kickers.   In 2015, sophomore Billy Deane became the first All-PSAC First Team kicker at SU since 2007. Deane led SU in scoring with 92 points, converting 13-of-20 field goals and 53 extra points. His 59.1-yard kickoff average helped SU post a four-yard differential in field position at the start of drives.   Under Lees guidance in 2011, Drew Newcomer became the only kicker in school history to finish a season perfect in field goal kicking (through at least 10 attempts) and was the only qualified individual in the PSAC to make all of his field goals. Newcomer went 11-for-11 and has made the first 17 attempts in his career a school record for consecutive makes spanning more than one season.   Newcomer (79) also broke Kyler Fords record for the most points by a kicker in one season (77 in 2009) and kicked the longest field goal (49 yards) in school history in 2013.   In 2009, Ford was invited to the Valero Cactus Bowl after setting four school records, including points by a kicker in one season (77) and career punts (245). A two-time All-PSAC selection, Ford ranked sixth in the PSAC in punting with an average of 39.5 yards per punt, a mark that was also 27th in Division II.   Jamie Reder concluded his career in 2007 after totaling 244 points, the most ever by an SU kicker. His 44 field goals are just one behind Howie Guarini's school record total of 45. Among the other all-conference specialists mentored by Lee include punter Denver Brydon and kicker Craig Lough.   A 1985 graduate of Cornell with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture, Lee was a three-year letterman for the Big Red as an offensive lineman from 1981-83. He would later earn his master's degree in educational administration from Shippensburg in 2001.   Following his playing career, Lee began his coaching career as the freshman defensive line coach at Cornell in 1986, a position he held for two seasons.   Lee became the graduate assistant at West Chester in 1988 where he served as the special teams coordinator and coached the defensive line before being promoted to assistant coach in 1989. Lee then spent the next five seasons as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator under head coach Rick Daniels.   During his career at West Chester, Lee was instrumental in the development of lineman Chris Luneberg who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the eighth round and 223rd overall pick in the 1993 NFL Draft.   In 1994, Lee moved to Division I-AA Morehead State in Kentucky where he served as the offensive line coach and managed the Phil Simms weight training facility and academic support program before coming to Shippensburg prior to the 1997 season.   A native of Salamanca, New York, Lee and his wife Susan live in Shippensburg with their daughters Erin and Megan. Susan also works at Shippensburg University as an assistant in financial aid and admissions.     Coach Pete Lee with daughters Megan and Erin, and wife Susan August 2016.

Stacy Needle is in her first season as the assistant coach for Shippensburg University Lacrosse in 2025.   Needle is active on the club circuit and serves as the 2025-2027 Black Team Coach for Hurricane Girls Lacrosse based in New Oxford - a position she has held for seven seasons. Among her many duties includes a role as the primary coordinator for college recruiting, as she has helped place numerous players at NCAA Division I, II and III schools.   Overall, Needle has nearly a decade of club coaching experience, having also served as a youth head coach for grades 3-5.   At the high school level, Needle has been a coach at both York Suburban and New Oxford High Schools. At York Suburban, Needle worked as a draw specialist and was a part of a staff that directed the Trojans to their first winning season in program history. Under her guidance, sophomore Cambria Rice was named the York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Midfielder of the Year.   With New Oxford, Needle was a three-year member of the coaching staff that directed the Colonials to the district playoffs in each season.   Needle is a US Lacrosse Level I certified coach.  

Matt Garrett is in his second full season as an assistant coach with Shippensburg University Men’s Soccer in 2026 after joining the team during the spring non-championship season in 2025.   Garrett joined the Raider coaching staff after serving as the head women’s soccer coach at Gettysburg for the past 18 seasons.   Garrett was a decorated head coach for the Bullets, compiling a 158-104-44 overall record, including a 95-53-21 mark in Centennial Conference matches.   He guided Gettysburg to 12 consecutive winning seasons during his tenure and won at least 10 matches eight times. He led the Bullets to at-large berths in the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and 2019.   Garrett coached a total of 60 all-conference players, 15 all-region performers and two All-Americans while at Gettysburg.   Prior to Gettysburg, Garrett served as an assistant coach at Robert Morris and at Slippery Rock, where he was a four-year starter and team captain.   Garrett graduated from Slippery Rock in 2000 with a degree in sports management.

Brayden Long was promoted to the position of offensive coordinator for the Raider football program on January 22, 2026, following the appointment of Drew Gallardy as head coach in December. In addition to leading the Raider offensive, Long will maintain his role as quarterbacks coach, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.  Long is entering his second season as a full-time assistant on the Raider football coaching staff in 2026.   In 2025, Long’s first season on the staff, he mentored redshirt-sophomore quarterback Riley Gunnels, who started all 11 games and ranked third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in pass completions (214) and eighth in the PSAC in passing yards (1,952). Long arrived at Shippensburg after beginning his coaching career at Towson, having spent last seven months (January - July 2025) as an offensive quality control coach and assistant quarterbacks coach for the Tigers. He immediately jumped into coaching after graduating from Slippery Rock in December 2024. For his leadership and legacy as a quarterback for The Rock, Long was was one of six recipients of the 2026 NCAA Impact Award. He accepted his award at the NCAA Convention held at National Harbor in January 2026.    As a senior in 2024, Long was named one of eight finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy (Division II Player of the Year) after throwing for 3,470 yards (third nationally) and 28 touchdowns (ninth nationally). He was the starting quarterback and a team captain for a Slippery Rock team that earned a 12-2 record, the No. 3 national ranking and reached the NCAA Division II National Semifinals. He was also a Hill Trophy finalist in 2023.    In his two years as starter, Long led The Rock to a 24-4 overall record. He is Slippery Rock football's all-time leader in career completions and completion percentage and is second in program history in career touchdown passes and passing yardage. He is a two-time All-PSAC selection (2023, 2024) and was the 2023 PSAC West Offensive Athlete of the Year.    Long's résumé is just as impressive off the gridiron.   In October 2024, he was the only Division II player to be named one of 16 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, an award presented by the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame to the nation's premier scholar-athlete for all levels of college football. The Campbell Trophy is considered the "Academic Heisman."   Long was named the 2024 Academic All-American ® of the Year for Division II Football and was the First Team quarterback on the Academic All-America ® team after earning his degree in sport management from Slippery Rock with a perfect 4.0 GPA. He is a two-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Pete Nevins Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.   A South Central Pennsylvania native, Long was an All-State selection at New Oxford High School. He graduated from New Oxford as the Adams County career leader in both passing yards and touchdown passes.  

Pete Lee, the longest tenured Shippensburg University coach in any sport, returns for his 30th season as an assistant football coach in 2026. Lee is entering his 41st season overall as a collegiate football coach. His primary coaching disciplines are the tight ends and the specialists.     During his SU tenure, Lee has held many additional coaching roles, including a stint as the offensive coordinator from 2006-10. Lee also served as the tight ends coach and offensive line coach in several seasons.    In his capacity coaching the specialists, Lee instructed place kicker Jaxson Montross – the team’s lone All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team performer in 2021. Montross was 15-of-21 in field goals, missing only once on a kick attempt under 40 yards. His 15 field goals ranked second in the PSAC and are tied for the second-most in SU single-season history. Montross’s 85 points are the second-most in SU single-season history, and his 50-yard field goal in the 2021 season opener was at the time the longest field goal in school history. In 2024, Lee tutored freshman place kicker Wilson Ingerski, who broke Montross's record with a successful 54-yard field goal and also recorded 11 touchbacks on 30 total kickoff attempts.   From his arrival at Shippensburg in 1997 through the completion of the 2022 season, Lee instructed 21 offensive linemen to a total of 26 All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) awards in his tenure as the team’s offensive line coach. His previous work with the team’s tight ends included seven All-PSAC honorees – including three consecutive First Team performers from 2001-03.   Coach Pete Lee, with daughters Megan and Erin, and wife, Susan (August 2021) Lee adapted the offensive line from a unit previously designed for the Wing-T to a group predicated on supporting a spread and multiple-set offense. From 2012-13, SU had 1,151 drop backs but the offensive line yielded just 52 sacks – approximately one every 22 passes attempted.   Twice over the course of the last six seasons, Lee instructed multiple All-PSAC linemen. In 2017, Alec Petrillo (center) and Zach Warren (right guard) earned Second Team recognition from the league’s coaches. The 2017 SU squad ranked among the Top 5 PSAC teams in rushing offense (third), total offense (fourth) and scoring offense (fourth).   In 2015, Lee instructed All-PSAC Second Team linemen Schuyler Harting (left tackle) and Hayden Rigo (right guard). The selections marked the first time SU had multiple offensive linemen on the all-conference team since 2008. SU ranked third in the PSAC in rushing in 2015, averaging 233.3 yards per game, while the scoring offense (44.1 points per game) ranked third in NCAA Division II.   In 2012, a campaign in which Shippensburg led NCAA Division II in total offense (529.92) and ranked second in passing offense (387.69), Lee coached a line that yielded just 16 sacks in 13 games while SU’s quarterbacks totaled 581 pass attempts (44.6 per game). SU broke or tied 73 school records in the process.   In 2011, SU’s offense set five single-season school records and allowed quarterback Zach Zulli to set single-season school records for touchdown passes and completions. Lineman Chris Restino earned a spot on the All-PSAC Second Team Offense in 2011 and was the team’s only offensive player to earn all-conference laurels.   From 2006-10, Lee was Shippensburg’s offensive coordinator. In 2009, Shippensburg scored at least 21 points in all 12 games of the season, a feat never before achieved in 105 seasons of organized football at the university.   Numerous offensive marks in 2009 were among the best performances in school history. The team amassed 4,759 yards from scrimmage, the second-most in school history at the time, while totaling 2,573 yards through the air (the most since 1999). SU led the PSAC with an average time of possession at 32:40 and averaged 182.2 rushing yards per game.   Among the tight ends, Mark Rossi had a stupendous senior season by hauling in 24 receptions for 264 yards and nine touchdowns. He finished the regular season with seven more receiving touchdowns than all of the other starting tight ends from the PSAC Eastern Division combined.   In 2008, Shippensburg scored at least 10 or more points in 10 of its 11 games and averaged 24.8 points per contest. The team scored 35 or more points in four games, totaled 37 touchdowns and achieved its highest point total in a game since 1999 with a 62-6 victory over Cheyney.   On Oct. 27, 2007, Lee helped orchestrate a school-record 749 yards of total offense in a 56-10 Homecoming victory over Lock Haven. The 749 yards, which featured two 100-yard rushers, two 100-yard receivers and a 300-yard passer, were the second most in the history of the PSAC and just eight shy of the all-time record.   In Lee’s first season as offensive coordinator in 2006, Shippensburg ranked in the PSAC’s Top 10 in all major offensive categories. The team was also second in time of possession and fifth in third down conversions.   Under Lee in 1999, the offensive line cleared the way for an offense that averaged 450.1 yards per game, the highest in team history at that time. SU also set records for passing yards per game (279.2), points (398) and total yards per play (6.1).   In 2002, Shippensburg set a new record for total yards rushing with 2,632 before shattering the mark in 2004 by rushing for 3,112 yards. The offensive line provided blocking for a team that totaled 406.8 yards per game and averaged 259.3 yards rushing in 2004.   Among his work with the tight ends includes mentorship of Joel Gamble and Brian Sekel. Sekel was an All-PSAC First Team player in 2002 and an All-PSAC Second Team player in 2004; Gamble was an All-PSAC First Team player in 2003. Gamble spent time in NFL camps with the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns. SU had the Western Division’s First Team tight end for three straight years from 2001-03, as Brian Booker was honored in 2001.   Lee is also a long-time contributor to Shippensburg’s special teams units – particularly its kickers. In 2015, sophomore Billy Deane became the first All-PSAC First Team kicker at SU since 2007. Deane led SU in scoring with 92 points, converting 13-of-20 field goals and 53 extra points. His 59.1-yard kickoff average helped SU post a four-yard differential in field position at the start of drives.   Under Lee’s guidance in 2011, Drew Newcomer became the only kicker in school history to finish a season perfect in field goal kicking (through at least 10 attempts) and was the only qualified individual in the PSAC to make all of his field goals. Newcomer went 11-for-11 and made the first 17 attempts in his career – a school record for consecutive makes spanning more than one season.   Newcomer (79) also broke Kyler Ford’s record for the most points by a kicker in one season (77 in 2009) and kicked the longest field goal (49 yards) in school history in 2013.   In 2009, Ford was invited to the Valero Cactus Bowl after setting four school records, including points by a kicker in one season (77) and career punts (245). A two-time All-PSAC selection, Ford ranked sixth in the PSAC in punting with an average of 39.5 yards per punt, a mark that was also 27th in Division II.   Jamie Reder concluded his career in 2007 after totaling 244 points, the most ever by an SU kicker. His 44 field goals are just one behind Howie Guarini's school record total of 45. Among the other all-conference specialists mentored by Lee include punter Denver Brydon and kicker Craig Lough.   A 1985 graduate of Cornell with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture, Lee was a three-year letterman for the Big Red as an offensive lineman from 1981-83. He would later earn his master's degree in educational administration from Shippensburg in 2001.   Following his playing career, Lee began his coaching career as the freshman defensive line coach at Cornell in 1986, a position he held for two seasons.   Lee became the graduate assistant at West Chester in 1988 where he served as the special teams coordinator and coached the defensive line before being promoted to assistant coach in 1989. Lee then spent the next five seasons as the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator under head coach Rick Daniels.   During his career at West Chester, Lee was instrumental in the development of lineman Chris Luneberg – who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the eighth round and 223rd overall pick in the 1993 NFL Draft.   In 1994, Lee moved to Division I-AA Morehead State in Kentucky where he served as the offensive line coach and managed the Phil Simms weight training facility and academic support program before coming to Shippensburg prior to the 1997 season.   A native of Salamanca, New York, Lee and his wife Susan live in Shippensburg. Susan works at Shippensburg University in Accounting and Information Systems and Analytics. The couple has two daughters, Erin and Megan. Erin graduated from Slippery Rock University in May 2021; she was named the 2021 College of Business Student Leader of the Year and the 2021 Sports Management Department Student of the Year. She is now the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance at Shepherd.. Megan graduated from Shippensburg in 2024 and was a two-time Academic All-American for the Women’s Rugby team who now works for the PA Department of Agriculture.   PERSONAL Alma Mater: Cornell ’85/Shippensburg ’01M Family: Wife, Susan; Daughters, Erin and Megan Years in Coaching: 39   COACHING EXPERIENCE Shippensburg University 2022-present               Assistant Coach/Tight Ends/Kickers 1997-2021*                 Assistant Coach/Offensive Line/Kickers Morehead State University 1994-97                       Assistant Coach/Offensive Line West Chester University 1989-93                       Assistant Coach/Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator 1988-89                       Assistant Coach/Defensive Line/Special Teams Coordinator Cornell University 1986-87                       Assistant Coach/Freshmen Defensive Line   * Lee was Shippensburg’s offensive coordinator from 2006-10.

David Cook is in his second full season as an assistant football coach at Shippensburg University in 2026 after joining the staff in the spring of 2025. He serves as the running backs coach.   Cook boasts seven years of coaching experience at the high school level. He most recently spent the 2023 season as a wide receivers coach and assistant defensive backs coach at Carlisle High School. With the Thundering Herd, Cook also assisted with offensive installs, film breakdown and game planning.   For four seasons, Cook was a running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Harrisburg High School. He mentored multiple Cougars who earned All-Mid-Penn Commonwealth honors. In his first season with the Cougars, Harrisburg finished as the runner-up in the 2018 PIAA ‘6A’ state championships.   Cook began his coaching career in 2017 at Trinity High School, where he worked with the wide receivers.   He is familiar with the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), having played collegiately at Lock Haven. In his four seasons on the field as a wide receiver with the Bald Eagles, Cook totaled 111 receptions and 1,335 receiving yards and caught 10 touchdowns. He appeared in 41 games spanning 2012-15 and was among the team’s Top 3 in receptions in each of his final three seasons.   As a junior and senior, Cook started every game at wide receiver. He led the team with a career-high 47 receptions as a junior, totaling 530 yards and four touchdowns. His senior season resulted in 40 receptions – second-most on the team – to go along with a career-high 553 receiving yards and four touchdowns.   As a prep athlete, Cook played in the Mid-Penn at Boiling Springs.  Cook graduated from Lock Haven in 2015 with a degree in sports administration.  

Josh Finafrock is in his 12th season as an assistant coach with the Shippensburg University football team in 2026. His coaching focus is with the wide receivers. In 2022, Finafrock instructed a pair of 500-yard receivers in Redd Douglas (662 yards) and Ian Sheehan (531 yards). Douglas was selected to the PSAC Eastern Division Second Team in 2023, while Sheehan was chosen Second Team All-PSAC the year prior after leading the team with 47 receptions, 727 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns.   Finafrock coached two different Raider wide receivers to conference major awards during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. In 2018, he mentored PSAC Eastern Division Athlete of the Year Josh Gontarek, who finished the regular season ranked 10th in the nation for receiving yards (1,097). Shippensburg led the PSAC in 2018 in receptions (258) and had two receivers ranked among the Top 8 in the conference in receiving yards.   In 2017, Finafrock instructed a group of wide receivers that included the 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Freshman of the Year, Winston Eubanks. He is the only freshman and one of just nine SU players in history to finish a season with 10 or more receiving touchdowns. Eubanks, a three-time All-PSAC First Team performer, ranked second in the nation in yards per reception (26.71) and eighth nationally in receiving yards (1,202).   In 2015, Finafrock oversaw a receiving corps from which six different men caught at least one touchdown pass. A total of 10 SU players had at least one touchdown reception in 2015, including Sheldon Mayer ’15 – a multi-talented pass catcher and return specialist who became just the second player in SU history to earn five All-PSAC First Team awards in a career (joining NFL standout Brent Grimes).   Mayer, a 2015 Associated Press Little All-America Third Team as an all-purpose player, finished his career second all-time in SU history in receptions (209) and fourth in receiving yards (2,920).   Finafrock is a veteran coach at the high school level, having spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons as an assistant coach at Central Dauphin East High School. With the Panthers, he specialized in offense and worked with the quarterbacks.   For 10 years, beginning in 2003, Finafrock was an assistant coach at his alma mater – Waynesboro Area Senior High School. He worked with former SU assistant coach Darwin Seiler, serving as the offensive coordinator from 2005-12 and also as a coach for quarterbacks, linebackers and the secondary.   Finafrock was a dual-sport athlete at Juniata, playing four years of football and baseball. With the Eagles, he played quarterback and linebacker and served as a long snapper on the football team and was a pitcher on the baseball team. His performance on the field and in the classroom resulted in Middle Atlantic Corporation (MAC) All-Academic Team honors.   After his collegiate career, Finafrock has played semi-pro or indoor football for the last 10 years. From 2005-13, Finafrock played for the Chambersburg Cardinals, winning a Big North East Football Federation (BNEFF) Championship in 2011 and a Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) National Championship in 2012. For the last three years, he has played indoors with the Harrisburg Stampede – winning an American Indoor Football Championship in 2013.   Finafrock lives in Waynesboro, his hometown, and works in alternative education. He earned his bachelor of arts in secondary education, concentrating in social studies, from Juniata in 2003. He also holds a master of education in sports management (coaching and athletic management concentration) from Millersville University, achieved in 2011.    

Tony Johnson is in his 21st season as an assistant coach with the Shippensburg University football team in 2026. Johnson contributes to special teams work with the Raider return specialists and provides instruction to the defensive backs alongside his former position coach, current head coach Mark ‘Mac’ Maciejewski.   In 2017, Johnson was among the instructors to a secondary that ranked third in the nation in pass efficiency defense (89.55) and ninth in interceptions (19). SU not only led the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in pass efficiency defense, but also in scoring defense (13.0) and total defense (268.8).   In 2015, Shippensburg’s defense led NCAA Division II with a +20 turnover margin – a feat that included 20 interceptions. All four starting members of the SU secondary finished the season with multiple interceptions, while SU’s defense tied a school record with three “pick-sixes” on the year.    Of SU’s special teams work in 2015, the team set multiple records thanks to the work of Sheldon Mayer. Of his numerous achievements, Mayer broke single-game, single-season and career records for punt return average and punt return touchdowns, while the team ranked third in NCAA Division II overall for punt returns.   At the conclusion of the 2013 season, all four starters in SU’s secondary had earned at least one All-PSAC classification from the league’s coaches. In 2012, SU intercepted 20 passes and scored a school-record six defensive touchdowns.   One of the most exciting players in the PSAC during his career, Johnson was a four-year letterman for Shippensburg from 1999-2002, serving as a team captain as a senior. He played in all 44 games during his career, totaling 180 tackles, 31 pass breakups, six interceptions and eight blocked kicks, the latter of which ranks third all-time in school history.   As a junior in 2001, Johnson was involved in five blocked field goals, three of which he blocked himself. He returned two for touchdowns to set a new Shippensburg single-season and career record for blocked kicks.   In the season finale at Kutztown, the score was tied with less than two minutes to play when Johnson blocked a field goal attempt and raced 72 yards for the touchdown to give Shippensburg an eventual 24-23 victory.   Johnson added 53 tackles, three interceptions and six pass breakups in 2001 while serving as the team’s leading punt returner with an average of 6.4 yards per return.   In 2000, Johnson used his knack for blocking kicks in a 17-14 victory at East Stroudsburg. After he recovered a Warrior fumble in the end zone to tie the game at 14-14 and send it into overtime, Shippensburg held a three-point lead when Johnson blocked an East Stroudsburg field goal attempt to win the game. He was PSAC Western Division Defensive Player of the Week for his performance.   After red-shirting in 1998, Johnson’s impact the following year led to him earning 1999 PSAC Western Division Rookie of the Year, a spot on the All-PSAC Western Division First Team and Division II All-Freshman Team honors from usafootball.com.   In addition to his career-best 59 tackles, he had a team-high seven pass breakups, two blocked kicks and an interception return for 48 yards versus California (Pa.). Also that game, he blocked a field goal to preserve Shippensburg’s 30-0 shutout victory.   A native of Dover and 1997 graduate of Dover High School, Johnson also ranks second in Shippensburg history for pass breakups in a season, totaling 13 in 2000, and a career with 31, second only to current Tampa Bay Buccaneer Brent Grimes, who had 37.   As a return specialist, Johnson ranks among SU’s leaders in punt returns and punt return yardage, totaling 62 for 439 yards. His 99 combined punt and kick returns are among SU’s all-time Top 5, as are his 1,348 combined kick return yards.  

Ron Kerr is in his 12th season as an assistant coach with the Shippensburg University football team in 2026.   Kerr is in his third term of service as an SU coach, having returned to the Raiders for the 2022 spring season. He serves as the team’s defensive line coach.   In 2023, Kerr's defensive line, which included All-PSAC First Team selection Jacoby Sherard, played a large role in the PSAC's No. 1 defense in terms of yardage allowed.  He navigated the Raider D-line through an injury-plagued 2022 season and helped with the emergence of several young players, most notably Jeremiah Carothers and Riley Good.   In his previous stints at Shippensburg, Kerr coached the defensive line in 2017 and the offensive line from 2011-15. He also coached the tight ends in 2014 and 2015.     Kerr returned to the Raiders after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Millersville. With the Marauders, Kerr coached the running backs in 2019 and 2020 after coaching the tight ends in 2018.   In 2016, Kerr served as the offensive line coach under Darwin Breaux at Dickinson College.   From 2011-15, Kerr partnered with assistant coach Pete Lee to instruct an offensive line tasked with protecting the signal caller of a spread offense. From 2012-13, SU had 1,151 drop backs but yielded just 52 sacks – one per every 22 passes attempted.   SU’s offensive line allowed just 12 sacks over the course of 496 drop backs through 11 regular season games in 2012, while SU led Division II in total offense (529.92) and ranked second in passing offense (387.69) and scoring offense (46.85).   In his first season (2011), Kerr helped coach an offensive line that was the backbone of an offense that finished the regular season second in the PSAC in scoring (37.4 points per game) and total offense (464 yards per game). Lineman Chris Restino earned a spot on the All-PSAC Second Team Offense and was SU’s only offensive player to earn all-conference laurels.   Kerr, a member of the Minor League Football News Hall of Fame, was the long-time owner and head coach of the Central Penn Piranha – an organization dubbed as “the winningest team in minor league history.”   He served as the Piranha owner for eight years (2006-13) and its head coach for seven years (2007-13), compiling a record of 92-5 along the way   Over the course of 15 years, the Piranha won more than 200 games, eight league titles and three national titles. Central Penn was consistently ranked among the Top 10 minor league football programs in the country.   Kerr, named the 2012 Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) Head Coach of the Year, also played four seasons with the Piranha as an offensive lineman.   In addition to his role with the Piranha, Kerr served two years as the offensive and defensive line coach for the Harrisburg Stampede of the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA).   Among his coaching honors include being named the Minor League Football Rookie Head Coach of the Year in 2007 and the Minor League Football Offensive Line Coach of the Year in 2005. He has also directed the Big Man’s Clinic for the Central Pennsylvania Football Academy.   Kerr is a graduate of Penn State University’s Sheriff’s Academy in State College and is the Chief Deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office. He currently resides in Carlisle with his wife.   COACHING EXPERIENCE Shippensburg 2022-present               Assistant Coach – Defensive Line   Millersville 2019-20                      Assistant Coach – Running Backs 2018                            Assistant Coach – Tight Ends   Shippensburg 2017                            Assistant Coach – Defensive Line   Dickinson 2016                            Assistant Coach – Offensive Line   Shippensburg 2014-15                       Assistant Coach – Offensive Line/Tight Ends 2011-13                       Assistant Coach – Offensive Line

Scott arrived at Shippensburg from UNC Pembroke after serving as an offensive line coach in 2021, helping coach the Braves to a 6-5 record.   Before his time with UNC Pembroke, Scott spent five seasons at Lincoln as its associate head coach. His coaching duties with the Lions included the offensive line and tight ends. In his first season with Lincoln, he coached running back Stephen Scott to the first 1,000 yard (1,258) rushing season in school history.  In that same year (2015), the team set several school records, including all-purpose yards, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns.   Prior to his time with Lincoln, Scott held several roles with Alfred State during two seasons with the Pioneers, including a stint as interim head coach. Scott also served as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. He mentored seven All-United Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA) award winners during his time at Alfred State.   Scott spent the 2012 season with the Augustana (Ill.) Vikings as offensive line and tight end coach. From 2008-11, Scott spent four seasons as an assistant for the Saint Augustines Falcons where he coached the offensive line and tight ends. The Falcons won 21 games during his tenure, including nine wins in the 2010 season.   Scott got his coaching start in 2003 at East Forsyth High school as an assistant coach. He spent three seasons with East Forsyth before taking on the same role at Brevard College in 2006-07. Scott had a short stint at Lenoir-Rhyne in 2008 before joining Saint Augs.   As a college athlete, Scott was a three-year letter winner with Georgia Southern. He was a key factor on the offensive line for a team that won four-straight Southern Conference championships as well as back-to-back NCAA Division 1-AA (now Division 1 FCS) National championships in 1999 and 2000 under head coach Paul Johnson. Scott was a member of a senior class that finished with a 52-7 record and averaged more than 48 points a game.   In addition to his work on the sidelines, Scott has been active with camps and clinics, serving as a counselor at the Hawg Tuff Football Camp, the Sports International Football Camp and the O-D Football Camp.   Scott earned a Bachelor of Science in Broadcasting from Georgia Southern in 2001. He earned his masters degree in recreation and sport science from Ohio in 2012.  

Evan Brandes is in his third full season as a member of the Shippensburg University Football coaching staff in 2026. Brandes is a volunteer assistant who serves as the team's running backs coach.   Brandes brings with him a wealth of experience from a number of different programs, most recently serving as a graduate assistant coach and interim tight ends coach at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff in 2023 and the spring of 2024.   His other stops include Macalester College in Minnesota, Bloomsburg University, and the University of Minnesota Crookston, where his responsibilities ranged from running backs, specialists, tackles, tight ends and strength and conditioning.   His coaching experience also includes various stints at his high school alma mater, Central Dauphin High School, where he has served as the Rams’ offensive line coach, specialists coach and a strength and conditioning assistant.   Brandes graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in history and an athletic coaching education minor. At Wisconsin-Whitewater, he also served as an offensive line student assistant coach and video and operations coordinator. He earned a master’s degree from Bloomsburg in 2020.   As a player, Brandes was a standout high school punter/kicker at Central Dauphin who played collegiately at Millersville University and Geneva College.  

Dr. Jen Clements is in her fifth season as an assistant coach for the Shippensburg University women’s soccer team in 2025.   Clements joined the Raider coaching staff after serving as the team’s faculty athletic mentor (FAM) from 2018-20.   Dr. Clements is in her 21st year as a professor at Shippensburg University in 2025-26. She joined the Shippensburg University Social Work department in 2005 after many years of practice as a clinical social worker in Baltimore, Maryland. She is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Pennsylvania and is also a Level 1 Certified Trauma Specialist (CTS).   Her social work background includes more than 10 years of practice experience working with children and families, many of which were spent in Maryland. As a previous child welfare worker, Clements focused research and studies on burnout and stress   Dr. Clements was also previously certified as an Art Therapist. This remains a large part of Clements’ work, both clinically and in research. Within the last decade, Clements conducted research surrounding the development of art therapy as a protocol to be used with at-risk children or children diagnosed with various attachment disorders.   Dr. Clements is also a passionate advocate for the LGBT community. She is currently the Chair of the GLBT Concerns Committee at Shippensburg, faculty co-advisor to SALE (Students Advocating for LGBTQI Equality) and a coordinator for the Silent Witness Program.   During the coronavirus pandemic, Clements was featured in PennLive for her work in assisting more than 600 individuals with scheduling appointments to receive COVID-19 vaccines.   Dr. Clements earned her bachelor of arts in Social Work & Psychology from the University of Maryland-Baltimore (U-B) in 1996. She received her master’s degree in social work from U-B in 1997, and she completed her PhD in social work from U-B in 2006.    

Bowie joined the Shippensburg University football coaching staff as an assistant coach in February 2026. His primary duty is overseeing the Raider defensive backs.   Bowie arrived at Shippensburg after serving as the defensive coordinator at his alma mater Muskingum University (Ohio) for three seasons.   While at Muskingum, Bowie molded the Fighting Muskies into the third-best turnover defense in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) (41st in Division III). Their 20 forced turnovers in 2024 were the team’s most since the 2018 season.   In 2025, Bowie coordinated the program’s best rush defense since 2012, finishing fourth in the conference in rush yards per game and third in yards per attempt.   His defenses produced six all-conference players, two all-region honorees and a Division III All-American in linebacker Conner Gurney (Muskingum’s first since 2019).   Prior to Muskingum, Bowie spent two seasons as Assistant Coach/Special Teams Coordinator at Denison University, where he oversaw the team’s defensive backs and defensive pass gameplan.   As a player, Bowie was a four-year starter at defensive back and linebacker at Muskingum. As a senior, Bowie served as team captain and was an All-OAC selection at linebacker.   He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in business management from Muskingum in May of 2021, and received a master’s degree in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University in October 2022.  

Tasir Money is in his second season as a graduate assistant football coach at Shippensburg University in 2026. His duties include instructing the defensive backs.   Money previously worked as a graduate assistant for Widener University from fall 2024 to spring 2025, where he coached running backs.   A 2024 graduate of McDaniel College, Money played defensive end, defensive tackle and outside linebacker. He played in 13 total games for the Green Terror and accumulated 44 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. He contributed four or more tackles in seven contests.   In addition to his time on the field, Money also aided the McDaniel coaching staff with film, defensive drills and helped players with film study and playbook comprehension. He served as a liaison for McDaniel football social media and marketing, and worked with the McDaniel sports communication department by providing live play-by-play commentary of McDaniel wrestling dual meets.   A West Deptford, N.J. native, Money played prep football for West Deptford High School, where he was a member of the team’s leadership counsel. He also competed in wrestling and lacrosse for the Eagles and served as a summer camp assistant director for middle school students in his hometown.   Money is seeking his master’s degree in Organizational Development & Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education and Student Affairs.  

Shippensburg University Football has hired [KiJuan Ware](https://shipraiders.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/kijuan-ware/3082) as the team's new offensive coordinator Wednesday. It is Ware's second stint as a Raider assistant coach.   Ware returns to Shippensburg after serving as an assistant coach at Augsburg College in Minnesota for three seasons. With the Auggies, Ware was the team's defensive back coach and recruiting coordinator.   He previously served as the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for SU in 2018. That season, Ware helped oversee an SU offense that featured the PSAC East Offensive Player of the Year wide receiver Josh Gontarek and the PSAC East Freshman of the Year QB Brycen Mussina.   In 2019, Ware headed to Minnesota to become the offensive coordinator at NCAA Division III school MacAlester College, a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). He spent three seasons at MacAlester, serving as the program's interim head coach in 2021.   Prior to arriving in Shippensburg, the well-traveled veteran instructor spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Shorter University, a Division II school in Georgia that plays in the Gulf South Conference (GSC). Ware directed an offensive unit that achieved 17 school records in 2017, including top marks from wide receiver Lewis Hayes and quarterback Tyler Pullum.   Prior to Shorter, Ware spent two seasons as the quarterbacks coach at Williams College in Massachusetts. The Ephs enhanced their passing production average by more than 40 yards per game during his tenure with the Division III program. He spent the 2013 season as the secondary coach at Eastern Michigan University.   Ware worked as a running backs coach at Western Illinois University in 2011 and 2012, earning a promotion to offensive coordinator in his second season with the Leathernecks. In his debut season, Ware's running backs finished the year without losing a single fumble in 332 rushing attempts, the only time during Western Illinois' Division I era it accomplished the feat.   In his time with Western Illinois, Ware's backfield recorded five 100-yard rushing games despite four players missing time due to injury, including two 100-yard rushers in a game against FCS National Champion North Dakota State. It was the only time all season NDSU had yielded a 100-yard rusher against them. Ware instructed a true freshman running back, Nikko Watson, who was pressed into action in the eighth game of the season and went on to be named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team after recording three 100-yard games.   As Western Illinois's offensive coordinator, Ware instructed a 2012 Leatherneck squad that ranked third in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in red zone efficiency by scoring on 94 percent (15-of-16) of their trips inside the 20-yard-line. Overall, his squad had three different running backs contribute 100-yard rushing contests, while offensive lineman Jimmy Holtschlag earned a repeat selection to the FCS Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star team.   Ware previously spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons as the running backs coach at Miami (Ohio) University, where he was a part of one of the best turnarounds in NCAA Division I history. The RedHawks went from 1-11 in Ware's first year to 10-4 in 2010. He was part of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship team and GoDaddy.com Bowl victory over Middle Tennessee State.   With the RedHawks, Miami went from averaging 71 rushing yards per game in 2009 to 98.3 yards per game in 2010 and recording five more rushing touchdowns. Ware coached two-time MAC East Player of the Week and Most Valuable Player of the 2010 MAC title game, Thomas Merriweather.   In 2008, Ware spent the season as an offensive intern at Notre Dame. With the Fighting Irish, Ware worked with the running backs and special teams. He was also responsible for film breakdown, scouting reports, playbooks and other day-to-day office duties. Ware also spent two seasons each at Dartmouth (2004-05) and Georgetown (2006-07) working as the recruiting coordinator before his time at Notre Dame.   Ware began his collegiate coaching career working at his alma mater Springfield College for two years, working with the team's running backs and receivers. With the Pride, Ware worked with both running backs and receivers. Springfield captured consecutive Freedom Football Conference championships and back-to-back Division III rushing titles.   Also during his time in New England, Ware worked for five years as a teacher and the offensive coordinator at Weaver High School in Hartford, Connecticut where he assisted Weaver in capturing three state titles.   In January 2000, Ware received a prominent honor in being selected as a Fulbright Scholar. Ware, chosen for his academic merit and leadership potential, studied in Tokyo.   Ware has also been afforded the opportunity to attend a number of prestigious coaching academies during his distinguished career. In 2015, he participated in the Bill Walsh Internship program with the Denver Broncos. Previously, Ware attended the NCAA Expert Coaches Academy in 2010 and was one of 15 individuals selected to participate in the NCAA Football Coaching Academy during the summer of 2006.   As an undergraduate, Ware was a two-sport student-athlete as both a quarterback in football and a pitcher and first baseman on the baseball team at Springfield (Mass.). He graduated from Springfield in 1997 with a degree in mathematics and computer science, and later earned his master's degree from Springfield in 2004 majoring in physical education and athletic administration.