Rocky Rees
Head Coach
18th Year

William Michael Edward "Rocky" Rees has a long and distinguished career in football that spans 35 years. He enters his 17th season as the head coach at Shippensburg in 2006, his 22nd as a college head coach.

The winningest coach in Red Raider history, Rees needs just three wins to reach 100 at the school as he has totaled a 16-year record of 97-80-1 (.548). Overall, he owns a career mark of 133-95-2 (.583).

In 2005, Shippensburg battled through some growing pains after graduating 22 seniors the year before, but still managed a 4-7 record that could have been even better if not for three losses to Shepherd, Indiana (Pa.) and West Chester by a combined 15 points. It was only the team’s second losing season in the past nine years, the first since 2000, and just the second time since 1996 that the Red Raiders posted a losing record in the PSAC Western Division.

Record-Setting Season

In 2004, Rees guided the Shippensburg to a 10-2 record and a share of the PSAC Western Division championship, the school’s first since 1988. It also marked the most wins in 13 years for the Red Raiders and the program’s first NCAA Division II Football Championship appearance since 1991.

Rees was named as the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Region Coach of the Year for the second time in his career while earning his third PSAC Western Division Coach of the Year honor, adding to his honors in 1991 and 2001. In 1986, Rees was also named AFCA Region Coach of the Year while at Susquehanna.

The Red Raiders led the PSAC in five statistical categories in 2004 including scoring defense, rushing defense and total defense and were ranked fi rst in the nation in kickoff returns, second in scoring defense, fifth in total defense and ninth in rushing offense.

The team also set a new school record for rushing yards in a season with 3,112 while finishing second in points (392), touchdowns (52) and total offense (4,882).

Shippensburg had a total of 16 All-PSAC Western Division selections, including eight First Team and seven Second Team honorees. Nine of the team’s 11 starters on defense were selected All-conference.

Red Raider Intensity

For nearly two decades under Rees, playing with intensity and a never give up attitude has become a Red Raider trademark. Over the past nine seasons, Shippensburg has totaled 62 wins for an average of seven per season along with a .626 winning percentage.

Since 1997, the Red Raiders have also posted a mark of 34-20 in PSAC Western Division games, a .630 winning percentage.
Shippensburg set numerous team records in 1999, including the marks for total offense (4.951) and yards passing (3,071), en route to an 8-3 record and second consecutive third-place finish in the Western Division.

Despite injuries and a 5-6 record in 2000, the team displayed that never give up attitude at home against Bloomsburg on September 9 when the team trailed 17-10, scoring two fourth quarter touchdowns to win 24-17. The loss was one of only three suffered by the Huskies that season as they lost to Delta State in the national championship game and finished with a 12-3 record.

Rees was named PSAC Western Division Coach of the Year in 2001 after one of the team’s most productive seasons in team history. Picked to finish sixth in the division, Shippensburg turned what was supposed to be a rebuilding season into an exciting 8-3 record by winning eight of its last nine games.

That performance led to four consecutive winning seasons from 2001-04 in which the Red Raiders had the highest win total for any four-year span in the history of the program with a record of 32-13.

Following an 8-3 record in 2003, the team’s third such record in the last five seasons, Shippensburg set the stage for one of the team’s best seasons in the history of the program in 2004.

From 2002-04, the Red Raiders tied the mark for the best three-year win total in school history with a record of 24-10 which included just the third 10-win season in team history.

Righting the Ship

In just his second season at Shippensburg in 1991, Rees led the Red Raiders to their second NCAA Division II Football Championship appearance after the team averaged just over five wins per season the previous eight years.

In 1990, Rees laid the foundation for future success with offensive and defensive innovations while placing a renewed emphasis on conditioning. The following year, the team went 10-3, including a mark of 9-2 in the regular season, and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Football Championship.

In 1991, Shippensburg posted five victories by overcoming or meeting fourth quarter challenges, highlighted by a 34-33 overtime win on the road at East Stroudsburg in the first round. Also that season, the Red Raiders overcame a 27-0 deficit at home against Kutztown on September 21 to win 44-35.

Shippensburg stunned Kutztown again three years later on October 29, 1994 when the Red Raiders scored 15 points in the fourth quarter to overcome a 14-3 defi cit on the road for a 18-14 victory.

Shippensburg struggled a bit over the next five seasons in which the team won 20 games and finished no better than fourth in the PSAC. However, in 1997, the team finished second in the Western Division and since then, the Red Raiders have finished outside out the top-three in the standings only twice in nine seasons.

The Champion Crusader

Rees came to Shippensburg from Susquehanna where his teams won three Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) titles in his five seasons as head coach, capturing conference championships in 1986, 1987 and 1989.

After the Crusaders posted a 3-7 record in Rees’ first season in 1985, the team turned in the greatest single-season turnaround in Division III history at the time with an 11-1 record in 1986.

Following an undefeated regular season, Susquehanna won the MAC championship and advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Championship for the first time in program history. Rees was MAC Coach of the Year and AFCA Regional Coach of the Year.

Rees won over 70-percent of his games with the Crusaders, totaling a 36-15-1 record in his five seasons in Selinsgrove.

Football Experience

Rees played football at Bayley Ellard Regional High School in Madison, New Jersey where he twice named All-County and was selected as a team captain his senior season.

Following graduation in 1967, the Morristown, New Jersey native attended West Chester University where he earned All-PSAC Eastern Division honors as a running back in 1968 and 1970. He also earned All-PSAC Second Team honors in 1969 when the PSAC selected one All-conference team without separating it into divisions.

Rees led the Golden Rams in both rushing yards and touchdowns as a junior and senior, totaling 1,065 yards rushing in 1970. For his career, he totaled 2,240 yards and 28 touchdowns in four seasons and was selected to the Pennsylvania Dutch Bowl Team while earning Associated Press Little All-America Second Team honors.

After graduating from West Chester 1971, Rees signed as a free agent with the New England Patriots. He would later earn his master’s degree in 1979 and in 1991, was inducted into the West Chester University Football Hall of Fame.

In the fall of 1971, Rees began what has been a 35-year career as a football coach as a graduate assistant at West Chester. The following year, he joined the coaching staff at Newark High School in Newark, Delaware. After two seasons as an assistant, Rees was named head coach in 1974.

Under Rees, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 28-5-1 record, won two Blue Hen Conference Flight A titles and in 1976, had the top-ranked offense and defense in Delaware and won the school’s first state championship. Rees was a named conference Coach of the Year twice in 1975 and 1976 and was honored as the 1976 State of Delaware Coach of the Year.

From 1977-83, Rees served as the offensive coordinator at Bucknell under head coach Bob Curtis. While there, Rees helped develop Ken Jenkins into one of the fi nest players in school history as he would set a school record with 1,270 rushing yards in 1980. Jenkins would later play for the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins.

In 1979, the Bison totaled 2,210 yards rushing, a mark that currently ranks fifth in school history.

Following his seven-year stint at Bucknell, Rees was an assistant coach at Colgate from 1983-84 under Fred Dunlap where he was in charge of the running backs and defensive ends. In 1983, Colgate finished with an 8-4 record, advancing to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship first round and ending
the year ranked seventh in the nation.

With the Red Raiders, Rees worked with Rich Erenberg and Kenny Gamble, two of the school’s top three career-leading rushers. As a senior in 1983, Erenberg led Division I-AA in rushing, all-purpose and scoring. Gamble led the team in rushing for four-straight seasons from 1984-87 and received the first-ever Walter Payton Award in 1987, presented to the outstanding Division I-AA Player of the Year.

Both Erenberg and Gamble led the nation in rushing, were named ECAC Division I-AA Player of the Year and played four seasons in the NFL. Erenberg played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1984-87 while Gamble was with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1988-91.

Beyond the Field

In addition to coaching and educating, Rees continues to be active in community service that has been a mainstay throughout his life. As a mark of the respect he engenders from his peers in the coaching fraternity, Rees was elected to the AFCA Board of Trustees in 1992 and from 1999-2000, served as AFCA President.

In 2000, he was honored with a selection to be an assistant coach at the Hula Bowl All-Star Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Rees is currently the Chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the AFCA and a member of the Ethics and All-American Selection Committees.

A prominent contributor to the Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties, Rees is a member of the State Meet & Discuss Committee. He is also the representative to Shippensburg University, chair on the negotiations team and member of the state representative council.

Rees currently lives in Shippensburg and has a daughter named Meghan. His wife Patricia passed away in 1998.

Mark Maciejewski
Assistant Head Coach/Secondary
Seventh Year

Alma Mater: Shippensburg '92
Office Phone: 717-477-1758
E-mail: msmaciejewski@ship.edu

After a one-year absence, Maciejewski returns to Shippensburg for his sixth season at his alma mater. In addition to his new title of assistant head coach, he will continue to work with the defensive backs, a responsibility he also held from 2000-04.

In addition to his previous five years mentoring the secondary, Maciejewski also served as the team’s defensive coordinator for two seasons in 2003 and 2004 in which the team compiled an 18-5 record. During those two years, the Red Raider defense led the PSAC in scoring defense, rushing defense, pass defense effi ciency and total defense while also ranking second in pass defense twice and turnover margin in 2004.

Shippensburg was also 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 effi ciency in 2003 and ninth in 2004.

Prior to Maciejewski being named defensive coordinator, the team was ranked 27th in the nation in total defense in 2002 and 28th in 2001. His 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. Maciejewski was also instrumental in the recruitment and mentoring of Brent Grimes, the PSAC’s all-time leader in career interceptions and former training camp signee of the Atlanta Falcons.

A 1992 graduate of Shippensburg, Maciejewski finished his career with 23 sacks, one shy of the school record, and 28 tackles for loss as a nose guard. A three-time All-PSAC Western Division First Team selection from 1990-92, he earned Weekly Football Gazette and Associated Press Third Team All-America honors in 1991 and 1992, respectively while playing on one of the school’s three teams to advance to the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1991.

Maciejewski earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Shippensburg in environmental science.

After graduation, Maciejewski was a graduate assistant for the Red Raiders in 1995 and 1996 before serving as defensive ends and assistant special teams coach at Division I-AA James Madison in 1997. He then moved to assistant secondary coach for the Dukes in 1998.

Prior to coming back to Shippensburg, 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.

Maciejewski and his wife Tricia currently live in Chambersburg.

Mike Burket
Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Sixth Year

Alma Mater: Indiana (Pa.) '92
Office Phone: 717-477-1758
E-mail: mcburk@ship.edu

Burket begins his 13th overall season as a coach in 2006 and his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Red Raiders, including his second as the team’s defensive coordinator.

A year ago under Burket, the defense boasted 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.

In four previous seasons as the linebackers coach, Burket has been instrumental in the teaching of All-PSAC Western Division selections Frank Duffy, Dan Walsh and Chris Leonetti.

Burket worked close with defensive coordinator Mark Maciejewski in 2003 and 2004 as the team compiled an 18-5 record. During those two years, the Red Raider defense led the PSAC in scoring defense, rushing defense, pass defense efficiency and total defense while ranking 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.

Prior to those two seasons, Shippensburg was ranked 27th in the nation in total defense in 2002 and 28th in 2001.

Burket joined the staff as a volunteer coach in 2002 after two seasons as the head coach at Shippensburg Area High School. In his first season
with the Red Raiders, he coached the safeties before being promoted to a full-time position as linebacker coach prior to the 2003 season.

A 1992 graduate of the Indiana University (Pa.), 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 and Huntingdon. 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 with their daughter, Cierra.

Pete Lee
Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
11th Year

Alma Mater: Cornell '85
Office Phone: 717-477-1758
E-mail: pjlee@ship.edu

For the past decade, Lee has been a staple on the Red Raider coaching staff, spending nine seasons as an assistant coach in charge of the offensive line and tight ends. However, entering his 10th season in 2006, he will also serve as the team’s offensive coordinator after being promoted on July 10.

A 1985 graduate of Cornell, Lee also earned his master’s degree in educational administration from Shippensburg in 2001.

Lee has two decades of college coaching experience and in nine seasons with the Red Raiders, Lee has mentored 18 All-PSAC Western Division selections, including seven First Team honorees. 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. The team 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.

Lee began his coaching career as the freshman defensive line coach at Cornell in 1986, a position he held for two seasons.

As a graduate assistant at West Chester in 1988, he served as the special teams coordinator and coached the defensive line before being promoted to assistant coach where he was the offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for the next six seasons.

In 1994, Lee moved on 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.

J.C. Morgan
Running Backs
Third Year

Alma Mater: Bucknell '04
Office Phone: 717-477-1758
E-mail: jcmorg@ship.edu

Morgan returns for his second season at Shippensburg in 2006 as the coach of the running
backs. Last season, Morgan was instrumental in the development of All-PSAC Western Division Second Team selection Aaron Dykes who returned to the team after missing the 2004 season.

Prior to Shippensburg, Morgan spent the one season as an assistant coach at Moravian College in 2004, also specializing in running backs. With the Greyhounds, Morgan worked with sophomore Chris Jacoubs who averaged 162.6 yards per game rushing, the fi fth highest total in Division III. Jacoubs totaled a school-record 1,789 yards in 11 games and also had a school-best 19 touchdowns.

As a student-athlete, Morgan excelled while at Bucknell where he received his bachelor of science degree in business administration in 2004.

As a fullback during the 2001 season, he led the Bison in yards per carry while tying for the team lead in touchdowns. Morgan also received the Lewisburg Touchdown Award for Offensive Player of the Week and was awarded three varsity letters for his performance.

As a senior at Bucknell, Morgan served as an assistant varsity football coach at Lewisburg High School in addition to serving as an assistant on the basketball team. While in high school, he served as a running backs coach for the M.O.T. Youth Football organization in his hometown.

A native of Middletown, Delaware, Morgan currently lives in Shippensburg.

Chance Powell
Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers
Ninth Year

Alma Mater: Shippensburg '87
Office Phone: 717-477-1758

The second-longest tenured assistant coach on the Red Raider staff, Powell enters his seventh season at Shippensburg in 2006. Only Pete Lee, with 10 seasons as an assistant, has been with the team longer.

Since his return to Shippensburg in 2000, Powell has worked with some of the best receivers in school history including Melvin Scott and Patrick Ferguson. An All-PSAC Western Division Second Team selection in 2000, Scott currently ranks third in school history for career receiving touchdowns (22), fifth in receiving yards (1,899) and sixth in receptions (103).

Meanwhile, Ferguson, a two-time All-PSAC Western Division First Team selection in 2003 and 2004, returns for his senior season in 2006.

A 1987 graduate of Shippensburg, Powell was a linebacker and running back for the Red Raiders from 1983-86. In his first season with the Red Raiders in 2000, he mentored a receiving corps that averaged 13.2 yards per reception and scored 19 of the team’s 38 touchdowns.

Over the past five seasons, the receivers have helped the team’s passing attack average just under 150 yards per game and average 14.4 yards per reception.

In 2004, the team totaled 1,770 yards and 17 touchdowns receiving, the highest totals since 1999. Last season, Shippensburg had 135 receptions, also the most since 1999.

Following a year on the Red Raider coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach in 1987, Powell coached the ninth grade team at Shippensburg Area High School in 1988. He then was an assistant coach for six seasons from 1989-94 before taking over as head coach of Greyhounds in 1995, a position he held for fi ve seasons.

Powell currently lives in Shippensburg with his wife Kimberly, daughters T.J. and Kari, and son Lek.

Rick Henshaw
Tight Ends
Second Year

A four-year letterwinner at quarterback, Henshaw returns to Shippensburg in 2006 for his fi rst season as an assistant on the Red Raider coaching staff where he will assistant Pete Lee in the development of the tight ends.

Henshaw, who is looking to start a career in coaching, totaled 2,535 yards passing and 21 touchdowns in three seasons with the Red Raiders. He completed 182-of-383 pass attempts for 47.5-percent and led his team to an 8-3 record as the fulltime starter in 2003.

That year, Henshaw completed 52-percent of his passes for 1,674 yards and 14 touchdowns while also rushing for 141 yards and one score. At Slippery Rock on October 11, Henshaw threw for a career-high 270 yards, breaking his previous career-high of 251 yards set the previous week at Edinboro.

As a junior in 2004, Henshaw appeared in all 12 games, helping Shippensburg reach the second round of the NCAA Division II Football Championship.

A native of Marmora, New Jersey and graduate of Ocean City High School, Henshaw currently lives in Shippensburg.