Coaching Staff

YEAR: 1st in 2024
PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Clarion '20 and Indiana (Pa.) '21

AT OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
Serving as a hitting coach for the Panthers and helping with recruiting and strength and conditioning

BEFORE OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

• Spent two years as an assistant coach at LSU-Shreveport (2022-2023), responsible for hitting and infield duties
  • Coached eight players to All-Conference honors with three Gold Gloves, a RRAC Player of the Year and one All-American
• Served as an assistant coach at California (Pa.) in the infield for the 2022 season
  • Had three All-Conference infielders among eight total All-Conference players
• Graduate Assistant at Indiana (Pa.) for the 2020 and 2021 seasons as the hitting and catching coach
• Was an infielder at Clarion from 2017-20. He totaled nearly 400 at-bats with 125 career starts. Shaffer nearly hit at .300 for the Golden Eagles
• Shaffer earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Clarion in 2020 and completed his master’s degree in sport management from IUP the following year.

Billy Criblez  | Asst. Coach/Asst. Pitching

YEAR: 1st in 2024
PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Ohio Dominican '23

AT OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

Played at Ohio Dominican for the last five years as a pitcher (2018-23)

Appeared in 21 games with ten starts as a Panther, tallying a complete game and a save

• Has a 4-3 record with 61.2 innings pitched and 35 strikeouts.

YEAR: 2nd in 2024
PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Ohio Dominican '15

AT OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

Was a four-year player for the Panthers from the 2012 to 2015 seasons on the mound

Appeared in 49 games with 26 starts, spanning 161.2 innings with 85 strikeouts.

• Ranks seventh in the D2 era for appearances and ninth in starts and innings pitched
• GLIAC All-Academic Team honoree in 2014

• Played in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Puerto Rican Winter League) for three seasons from 2018 to 2021.
• Was a 2020 Olympic Team Candidate for the country of Puerto Rico