Stetson University head football coach Brian Young announced today he has completed filling out his coaching staff for the 2022 season.
 
The Hatters have four full-time members of the staff returning from last fall and Young has promoted one of the quality control assistants from last year to full-time status. The newest members of the staff are Brian Sheppard, who serves as Stetson's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, receivers coach David Clowney and Brandon Wright, who was on the Stetson staff from 2012-15 and returns to work with the secondary.
 
Returning members of the coaching staff including Jonathan "JJ" Johnson, who was promoted to the role of defensive coordinator, defensive line coach Jeremy Perkovich, offensive line coach Jake Reed and running backs coach Harry Richards, who will also work with the tight ends. Jeffrey Eberhardt, who served as a quality control assistant for the defensive staff in 2021, has been elevated to the full-time staff and will work with Stetson's secondary.
 
Young also announced the addition of two quality control coaches for 2022. Ryan Favre will work with the tight ends while Hunter Todd will also work with the offensive coaching staff.

Director of Football Operations Andrea Perry also returns for her second year on the staff.
 
"It took a little longer than I had hoped to pull this staff together, but I wanted to make sure every coach I brought in to work with our program was going to be the right fit for us here at Stetson," Young said. "Each of these coaches understands how I want this program to run, what my expectations are for the young men in this program, and how I want this program to be represented.
 
"I am excited to see this group come together to help make Stetson football the best it can be while maintaining the goal of helping our players grow into outstanding young men – on the field, in the community and in the classroom. We want them to be champions in everything they do, and this staff understands how to make that happen."
 
Like Wright, Johnson is on his second tour of duty as Stetson, working on the Hatters' coaching staff from 2016-18 before returning last year. Perkovich and Richards joined the Stetson coaching staff in 2018 and Reid came on board in 2021.
 
Sheppard comes to Stetson from the University of Minnesota where he spent the 2020-21 seasons as an offensive analyst work with the Gophers' quarterbacks in head coach P.J. Fleck's prolific offense. Prior to his time in the twin cities, Sheppard spent two seasons as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at VMI where is quarterback, Reece Uonski, earned back-to-back All-Southern Conference honors while throwing for more than 3,000 yards in consecutive seasons with 42 total touchdowns.
 
The Keydets also had All-Conference performers at running back and receiver during his time there.
 
Sheppard has also worked at Northern Arizona University (2017), Indiana State University (2013-16), Williamette University (2012), West Virginia Wesleyan (2011), UCLA (2010), New Mexico State (2007-09) and the University of Tulsa (2006).
 
The son of long-time college and NFL coach Mike Sheppard, Brian attended high school in Seattle, Wash., before attending Saddleback Junior College in California where he played quarterback and led that program to consecutive 9-2 seasons. He went on from there to Southeastern Louisiana University before playing his final collegiate season at Baker University in Kansas.
 
Clowney is a native of Delray Beach, Fla., and played collegiately at Virginia Tech for legendary coach Frank Beamer where he was a standout performer as both a receiver and on the Hokies famous special teams units in addition to competing on the Tech track & field team.
 
In his career at Tech he recorded 93 receptions for 1,373 yards and six touchdowns. He earned All-ACC honors as a senior, both for football and track.
 
Clowney was selected in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, but was picked up by the New York Jets during training camp and spent four seasons playing for coach Rex Ryan. He also spent two seasons with the Carolina Panthers and one with the Buffalo Bills.
 
Following his playing days, Clowney returned to Blacksburg to start his coaching career, working with the Hokies in 2014 before moving on to ASA College in Miami for the 2015-16 seasons. He worked with the Buffalo Bills during training camp in 2016 as part of the Bill Walsh Minority Coaching Fellowship before taking over as receivers coach at FIU for the 2016 season.
 
From FIU he went to Howard University in Washington, DC, where he coached tight ends and served as co-Offensive Coordinator during the 2017 and 2018 seasons before returning to the NFL with the Jets. He worked as a defensive quality control assistant in 2019 before returning to offense as a quality control assistant for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.
 
Clowney received a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech in 2003 and he has a Master of Arts from the College of St. Elizabeth (NJ) in Justice Administration and Public Service as well as an MBA from the University of Miami. He also established his own non-profit organization, the David Clowney Foundation, to support underprivileged youth with educational endeavors in pursuit of higher education.
 
Since first working on the Stetson staff from 2012 to 2015, Wright has coached in Australia as well as at Becker College in Massachusetts and at Middle Georgia College where he doubled as defensive coordinator and as residence life coordinator for the University. He has spent the last two seasons as an offensive analyst at Mercer.
 
Eberhardt is a Sanford native and UCF graduate who helped coach receivers and running backs at his prep alma mater, Seminole High, while earning an Associate of Arts degree from Seminole State College and a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies at UCF.
 
Favre comes to Stetson from Georgia Southern where he worked with the Eagles' quarterbacks and as a student recruiting assistant while earning his Bachelor degree in Health and Physical Education. Todd is also a Sanford native who earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government from Florida State in 2020. He completed his Master of Education from Central Methodist University this year. Like Eberhardt, he spent time coaching at Seminole High as well as coaching receivers at Central Methodist last season.  
 
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