Former Illinois State wide receiver Corey Shandrick begins his second season with the Redbirds as a member of the coaching staff as the offensive assistant coach.

In his role as the offensive assistant coach, Shandrick will assist members of the offensive coaching staff with day-to-day coaching and preparation responsibilities. He also assists regularly with the Redbird wide receivers.

A four-year letterwiner for the Redbirds from 2010-1013, Shandrick played in 34 games as a wide receiver for the Redbirds and caught 20 passes for 193 yards with two touchdowns in his career at Illinois State. He was also a standout special teams performer, averaging 19.8 yards per kick return on 13 attempts and recording 11 special teams tackles.

Prior to coming back to Illinois State, Shandrick finished two seasons as a graduate assistant at Missouri Western State. The West Lafayette, Indiana, native worked primarily with the running backs as a member of the Griffon Football coaching staff.  

The Griffon running backs averaged 180.5 yards per game in 2015 and three-time All-MIAA selection Raphael Spencer recorded his third 1,000-yard season of career with 1,188 yards and seven touchdowns.  Spencer became just the second Griffon to rush for 4,000 yards in his career and ranks second all-time at MWSU with 4,234 rushing yards.  He was aided by talented freshman Josh Caldwell, who had a breakout season and ran for 647 yards with six touchdowns.