Football

Blake Treadwell completed his first year as head coach of the Juniata College football team in 2023.

Treadwell earned his first victory in charge of the Eagles in his third game in charge with 31-21 victory over Hartwick College at Knox Stadium, the program's first victory since the 2021 season. Year-on-year, the Eagles scored 5.5 more points per game with a 30.4 yards-per-game increase in total offense, while the defense conceded 9.2 points per game less and allowed 34.6 yards per game less than the 2022 season. 

Treadwell was a standout student-athlete at Michigan State where he started on both the offensive and defensive lines at various points in his career. He won two Big Ten Championships, played in four bowl games, and served as a team captain in the 2013 Rose Bowl where the Spartans topped No. 5 Stanford. He was named to the ESPN.com All-Bowl Team for his performance in that game and earned All-Big Ten second team honors in the 2013 season where he played all 13 games at left guard. The 2013 team won a program record 13 games and finished the year ranked No. 3 in the country.  

Treadwell began his college coaching career at University of South Florida, serving as an offensive line graduate assistant for two seasons. The Bulls achieved historic success during his time there, including a 2016 season which saw the team finish 11-2 and No. 19 in the final AP Poll, while ranking in the top 5 nationally in rushing offense. They also finished seventh in scoring offense that year. After his stint at USF, Coach Treadwell returned to Michigan State, serving as an offensive line graduate assistant for three seasons. The team won the Holiday Bowl during his time on the coaching staff. From there, Treadwell spent time at Bucknell University as a running backs coach, before moving on to Buffalo State for a season where he was the offensive line coach. In 2022 he arrived at Juniata, serving as the offensive line coach, run game coordinator and football academic coordinator.  

Coach Treadwell is no stranger to collegiate coaching. Football runs in the family. His father, Don Treadwell, is a well-known Division I coach with over 30 years of experience with assistant coaching stops at Michigan State, Youngstown State, Stanford, Boston College and was the Head Coach at his alma mater, the Miami University (OH). His younger brother Spencer joined Defiance College in Ohio in 2022 as their Offensive Coordinator. On top of his outstanding athletic career, Treadwell excelled in the classroom, earning his bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's in sports administration from Michigan State. 

• Three All-Landmark Conference selections - 2023: Ian Brunner (2nd), Ethan Shank (2nd), Dawson Booher (HM)

• Five College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees - 2023-24: Wyatt Buell, Sean Hakanson, Michael Grapin, Connor Mundis, Aaron Rothermel
• 17 Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll selections - 2023-24: Lucas Branigan, Walker Bredickas, Wyatt Buell, Christian Gatlos, Calvin German, Zion Gomez, Michael Grapin, Sean Hakanson, Jason Hovis, Joey Menke, Chris Mignanelli, Alex Mullin, Connor Mundis, Austin Nash, Dontey Rogan, Aaron Rothermel, Ben Umstead