HUNTINGDON — The Juniata College Athletics Department named Blake Treadwell as the 24th head coach of the football program on Tuesday.

Treadwell replaces Josh Carter, who coached from 2020-2023.

The new head coach comes to Juniata as a decorated former student-athlete, captain and five-year letterwinner from 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 and earned All-Big Ten second team honors in 2013 where he played 13 games at left guard. That team won 13 games and finished the year ranked No. 3 in the country.

Juniata is coming off an 0-10 season in 2022 and 1-9 in 2021. The 2020 season was canceled because of the pandemic.

“It’s truly an honor to be named the head football coach at Juniata College,” Treadwell said. “I am grateful to President Jim Troha and Athletic Director Nikki Ayers for the opportunity to step into this role and help lead the Eagles forward. I firmly believe in the high potential of our school and team, and I am eager to continue our established momentum this offseason.”

Treadwell began his college coaching career at University of South Florida, serving as an offensive line graduate assistant for two seasons. After his stint at USF, he returned to Michigan State, serving as an offensive line graduate assistant for three seasons. From there, Treadwell spent time at Bucknell 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.

Treadwell is no stranger to collegiate coaching. His father, Don Treadwell, coached at Michigan State, Youngstown State, Stanford, Boston College and was also the head coach at Miami of Ohio.