Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Texas Wesleyan |
Conference | SAC |
Record | 10–1 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Monroe, North Carolina, U.S. | November 6, 1969
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) |
2006 | Duke (TE) |
2007 | Duke (RB) |
2008–2009 | Western Carolina (RB/LB) |
2010–2012 | Delaware (AHC/LB) |
2013 | Elon (DC) |
2014–2015 | Sam Houston State (co-DC/LB) |
2016 | Sam Houston State (DC/LB) |
2017–2019 | Wake Forest (OLB) |
2020 | Tennessee State (S) |
2021–2023 | UTSA (LB) |
2024–present | Texas Wesleyan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 10–1 |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 SAC (2024) | |
Awards | |
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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.
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]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Texas Wesleyan Rams (Sooner Athletic Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024 | Texas Wesleyan | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NAIA Second Round | 7 | |||
2025 | Texas Wesleyan | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Texas Wesleyan: | 10–1 | 8–0 | |||||||
Total: | 10–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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