Frank Sheptock returned to his alma mater after being named the 28th head football coach in program history on December 20, 2019.
The 2025 season featured several standout individual performances for the Huskies as Sheptock's offense produced 4,231 total yards and averaged 384.6 yards per game. Bloomsburg finished the season 3-8 overall and 1-6 in the PSAC East, closing the year with a 30-24 victory over Slippery Rock. The Huskies scored 44 touchdowns while averaging 233.5 passing yards per game and converted 52.1 percent of their third-down opportunities and 72.7 percent on fourth down. Bloomsburg also controlled the ball for an average of 31:02 per game and averaged just 46.3 penalty yards per contest.
Three Huskies earned All-PSAC East honors following the season, highlighted by running back Declan Clancy being named the PSAC East Freshman of the Year. Clancy also earned Second Team All-PSAC East honors after leading Bloomsburg with 633 rushing yards and four touchdowns as a true freshman. Senior wide receiver Jerry Griffen-Batchler earned First Team All-PSAC East honors for the second consecutive season, while senior quarterback KJ Riley was named to the All-PSAC East Second Team for the first all-conference honor of his career.
Riley produced one of the top seasons by a quarterback in program history, throwing for 2,568 yards and 26 touchdowns while adding 461 rushing yards and seven scores. His 2,568 passing yards were the third-most in a single season in program history, while his 26 touchdown passes tied the Bloomsburg single-season record. Riley finished his career fifth in program history with 6,891 passing yards and fourth with 56 passing touchdowns.
Griffen-Batchler capped his career with 53 receptions for 854 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 85.4 receiving yards per game. He led the PSAC in receiving yards per game and finished the year ranked 16th in NCAA Division II in the category. Following the season, Griffen-Batchler was named a Don Hansen NCAA Division II Honorable Mention All-American, becoming Bloomsburg's first All-America honoree in football since 2022 and the program's first wide receiver to receive All-America recognition since 2006. He concluded his career ranked fifth in program history with 164 receptions and fourth with 2,487 receiving yards.
Bloomsburg also had three student-athletes earn College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors following the 2025 season. Riley and linebacker Brady Thompson were repeat selections, while wide receiver Jack Landis earned the honor for the first time as a Husky.
Prior to the 2024 season, Bloomsburg was selected to finish eighth in the PSAC East by a vote of the league's coaches. Using the preseason selection as motivation, the Sheptock-led Huskies finished the 2024 campaign 6-5 overall and 4-3 in the PSAC East, finishing third in the division. The winning record was the first for the Huskies since 2018. Four Huskies earned All-PSAC East honors as Giovanni Cancro was a repeat honoree and Jerry Griffen-Batchler, Charles Crews III and Ryan D'Ambra earned their first career honors.
The Huskies finished in the top half of the conference in scoring at 21.4 points per game and allowed 23.9 points per contest. Bloomsburg ranked sixth in the PSAC in rushing defense at 125.4 yards per game and seventh in passing offense at 216.3 yards per game. The Huskies were also the least penalized team in the PSAC, averaging just 42.6 penalty yards per game.
The 2023 Huskies went 3-8 overall and finished 2-5 in the PSAC East. The season was highlighted by a 14-10 victory over then-No. 20 Shepherd. Following the season, six players earned All-PSAC East honors as Quentin Gaskill and Kaleb Monaco repeated as all-conference honorees and Giovanni Cancro, Tom Goetz, Nas Jones and Nadir McLeod earned their first career accolades. The six selections were the most for the Huskies under Sheptock at the time.
Bloomsburg finished with the No. 3 scoring defense in the PSAC, allowing just 21.2 points per game, and boasted the top passing defense in the conference. The Huskies allowed just 156.3 passing yards per game and a league-low nine passing touchdowns. The offensive line surrendered a conference-low 12 sacks during the season.
In 2022, the Huskies went 4-7 overall and 3-5 in the PSAC under the guidance of Sheptock. The team produced five All-PSAC East selections in Chris Monaco, Kaleb Monaco, Matthew Bowes, Quentin Gaskill and Billy Martin II. The five all-conference selections were the most for Bloomsburg since the 2018 season. Statistically, the Huskies finished in the top half of the conference in several categories, including sacks allowed, red-zone defense, field-goal percentage and fewest penalties.
Following the postponement of the 2020 season due to COVID-19, the Huskies went 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the PSAC in 2021 during Sheptock's first season at the helm. The team recorded its first shutout victory under Sheptock when the Huskies blanked Lock Haven, 44-0, on Homecoming. Following the season, AJ Simon, Quentin Gaskill and Kaleb Monaco were named to the All-PSAC East teams.
Sheptock returned to Bloomsburg in 2019 after a one-year stint at Misericordia University, where he served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Prior to that, Sheptock was the head coach and athletic director at Berwick High School from 2016-19 and went 27-11 overall after taking over for legendary head coach George Curry. Sheptock's Berwick teams reached the District 2 Class 4A championship game in his first two seasons and advanced to the district semifinals in his final year.
Prior to spending the 2015 campaign as the defensive line coach at Bloomsburg, Sheptock was at Division III Wilkes University as the defensive coordinator from 1990-95 before taking over the Colonels' program and serving as head coach from 1996-2014. While at Wilkes, Sheptock went 107-81 overall and established program records for most wins in a season (11) and career (107) while leading the Colonels to nine postseason appearances. His 2005 squad went 8-3 overall and advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament, while his 2006 team posted an 11-1 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.
The 2015 Huskies led the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division in scoring defense, rushing defense and total defense.
A member of the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century (1973-97), Sheptock played linebacker for head coach George Landis and remains one of the most decorated players in Bloomsburg football history. He holds school records for career tackles (537), single-season tackles (159), single-game tackles (23) and career fumble recoveries (12).
Before Sheptock's arrival as a player, Bloomsburg was coming off a winless season, and the Huskies won just one game during his freshman campaign. By his junior year, Sheptock helped lead Bloomsburg to a share of the conference championship. As a senior, he helped guide the Huskies to an undefeated regular season, the PSAC championship following a 31-9 victory over IUP and a berth in the NCAA Division II semifinals. His program-record 23 tackles in a single game came during the national semifinal contest at North Alabama.
Sheptock was a four-time First Team All-PSAC selection, a three-time Associated Press First Team All-American and an All-East Region honoree for the Huskies. He was inducted into the Bloomsburg Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997, the College Football Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2019, he was named one of Bloomsburg's 10 honorees on the PSAC's 150 Contributors of College Football list.
Sheptock graduated from Bloomsburg University in 1986.
Sheptock and his wife, Lisa, reside in Berwick and have two daughters, Nicole and Kelly. Nicole is the wife of Eddie Tarlecky ('13), and they are the parents of Zachary.
Updated 08/19/26
