Shippensburg University Athletics

Jesse Correll is in his third season as an assistant football coach and the offensive coordinator for the Shippensburg University football team in 2020. In addition to his role as the offensive coordinator, Correll is the quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach.
 
Correll made an immediate impact in his first season, coaching the 2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Offensive Athlete of the Year (wide receiver Josh Gontarek) and the PSAC Eastern Division Freshman of the Year (quarterback Brycen Mussina) and directing an offense that ranked ninth in the nation in passing yards per game (308.1) and 18th in first downs (249). SU’s offense paced the PSAC in passing yards, completions (258), fourth-down conversions (15) and fourth-down conversion percentage (62.5).
 
Gontarek, Shippensburg’s first PSAC Offensive Athlete of the Year since Harlon Hill-winner Zach Zulli in 2012, ranked 10th in the nation in receiving yards (1,097) and was second in the PSAC with 74 receptions. Against division front-runners West Chester and Kutztown, Gontarek combined for 19 receptions, 313 receiving yards and a touchdown.
 
Mussina, in his debut season, led the PSAC in five major passing categories: touchdowns (32), yards (3,376), completions (254), attempts (421) and yards-per-game average (306.9). He ranked second in the nation in passing touchdowns, sixth in passing yards and ninth in points responsible for (192). Mussina was the only conference quarterback to eclipse both 3,000 passing yards and 30 touchdowns in 2018 – both totals which rank third in SU single-season history.
 
In 2019, Correll directed an offense that included All-PSAC First Team wide receiver Winston Eubanks, who finished sixth in the PSAC with 896 receiving yards and All-PSAC Second Team running back Luke Durkin, who finished the season ranked sixth in the PSAC in rushing yards (918) and rushing touchdowns (10) despite not having a carry in the first three weeks of the season. It was the most single-season rushing yards by an SU player in five seasons.
 
Prior to his arrival at Shippensburg in the spring of 2018, Correll spent two seasons working at his alma mater, Shepherd University, as the passing game coordinator, quarterbacks coach and wide receivers coach. He had been promoted to the role of Shepherd’s offensive coordinator in January 2018.
 
Correll was an instrumental contributor to a coaching staff that instructed the Rams to 1,051 points over the course of the 2016-17 seasons. As Shepherd’s quarterbacks coach, Correll mentored Harlon Hill Trophy finalists in consecutive seasons: Connor Jessop (2017) and Jeff Ziemba (2016). As wide receivers coach, Correll instructed All-American Billy Brown and Ryan Feiss. As passing game coordinator, Correll worked with All-American tight end DJ Cornish.
 
In 2017, Shepherd’s offense ranked second in the nation in points per game (48.5) and total offense per game (527.4) while quarterback Jessop, the Mountain East Conference (MEC) Offensive Player of the Year, finished fourth in the balloting for the Harlon Hill Trophy. During Correll’s most recent stint at his alma mater, the Ram offense broke 31 school records in two years.

 
Prior to Shepherd, Correll spent a season coaching in the PSAC as Clarion’s offensive coordinator in 2015. The Golden Eagles broke eight school records on offense during a season in which Clarion got off to its first 7-0 start in 32 years. Correll worked with CU quarterback Connor Simmons, who ranked fourth nationally in passing yards (3,582) and passing touchdowns (34). ?

From 2011-14, Correll spent four seasons as the offensive coordinator at Stevenson, a Division III university located in Owings Mills, Maryland. In his four seasons with the Mustangs, Correll coached 10 All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) selections on offense. The 2014 squad went 8-3 and set a school record by scoring 280 points (25.5 points per game) – capping the season with a 29-7 victory over Bethany in the ECAC Southeast Bowl. Two years earlier, Correll guided an offense that set a school record with 2,006 rushing yards.

Correll directed a potent rushing attack with the Mustangs. During the record-setting 2012 season, he instructed MAC Rookie of the Year K.K. Smith, who ran for a school-record 1,357 yards to go along with 11 touchdowns. In 41 games under Correll, Stevenson had five different players combine for 22 games with more than 100 rushing yards as well as five different players combine for 11 games with more than 100 receiving yards.

Correll’s collegiate coaching career began at his alma mater in 2007, where he began a three-year stint as Shepherd’s wide receivers coach. The Rams went 10-2 in his debut season on the staff under legendary coach Monte Cater, winning the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Championship and qualifying for the NCAA Division II Football Championships.
 
Before getting his start as a college coach, Correll spent 2005 and 2006 working at Park View High School in Sterling, Virginia – serving as the offensive coordinator in his second and final season. The Patriots averaged 31.1 points and 362.5 yards per game en route to earning the No. 2 seed in the Virginia 2A state playoffs.
 
As a collegian, Correll was a two-time All-WVIAC Second Team selection at wide receiver. He still ranks in Shepherd’s all-time Top 10 for career receptions (98), career receiving yards (1,760) and career touchdown receptions (13). In his senior season (2004), Correll totaled 702 receiving yards in helping the Rams win the 2004 WVIAC Championship.
 
Correll graduated from Shepherd in 2005 with a degree in recreation and leisure studies. He later earned his master’s degree from Shepherd in 2009, majoring in student development and administration.
 
A native of Port Republic, Maryland, Correll is a 1999 graduate of Calvert High School. With the Cavaliers, Correll was a four-year starter at running back and defensive back and a first team All-Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC) honoree. He set a single-game school record with 236 rushing yards against La Plata in 1998.
 
Correll and his wife, McKenzie, have two daughters, Amelia Dean and Leila Lee.