Brad Sherrod

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Brad Sherrod
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Texas Wesleyan
Conference SAC
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1969-11-06) November 6, 1969 (age 54)
Monroe, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater Duke University (1993)
Playing career
1989–1993 Duke
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1995 UMass (GA)
1996 East Tennessee State (LB)
1997–2005 Duke (LB)
2006Duke (TE)
2007Duke (RB)
2008–2009 Western Carolina (RB/LB)
2010–2012 Delaware (AHC/LB)
2013 Elon (DC)
2014–2015 Sam Houston State (co-DC/LB)
2016Sam Houston State (DC/LB)
2017–2019 Wake Forest (OLB)
2020 Tennessee State (S)
2021–2023 UTSA (LB)
2024–present Texas Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • Second Team All-ACC (1993)

Brad Sherrod (born November 6, 1969) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Texas Wesleyan University, a position he has held since 2024. [1] [2] He is the second head coach since the program restarted in 2018.

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Sherrod played college football for Duke as a linebacker. He earned Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant for UMass. After coaching for East Tennessee State for one year he spent the next eleven as an assistant for his alma mater. [3] He also coached for Western Carolina, [4] Delaware, Wake Forest, [5] [6] Tennessee State, and UTSA. [7] [8] He served as a defensive coordinator for Elon and Sam Houston State. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Texas Wesleyan Rams (Sooner Athletic Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Texas Wesleyan0–00–0
Texas Wesleyan:0–00–0
Total:0–0

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