Evan Brandes is in his second full season as a member of the Shippensburg University Football coaching staff in 2025. 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.
