Michael Scherer (American football)

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Michael Scherer
Current position
Title Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Team Purdue
Conference Big Ten
Biographical details
Born (1993-11-15) November 15, 1993 (age 31)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
2012–2016 Missouri
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2019 Missouri (GA)
2020 Arkansas (def. analyst)
2021–2022Arkansas (LB)
2023–2024 UNLV (DC/LB)
2025–present Purdue (DC/LB)

Michael Scherer (born November 15, 1993) is an American football coach and former linebacker, who is currently the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Purdue University. Scherer played college football at Missouri from 2012 to 2016 for head coaches Gary Pinkel and Barry Odom. He served as the defensive coordinator for the UNLV Rebels from 2023 to 2024.

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Early life and playing career

Scherer attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. [1] In high school, Scherer was a standout running back as well as a linebacker. [2] Scherer played for the Missouri Tigers for four seasons between 2012–2016. In his career, he played in 38 games notching 266 tackles with 17 being for a loss, a sack, and an interception. [3]

College statistics

NCAA career statistics
Missouri Tigers
SeasonTacklesInterceptions
SoloAstCmbTfLSckFFIntYdsAvgTDPD
2013 42610.00000.000
2014 35559030.50000.004
2015 43428590.00000.003
2016 2428523.50.5011919.003
Career [4] 10612723316.51.0011919.007

Coaching career

Scherer got his first career coaching job in 2019 as a graduate assistant for his alma mater the Missouri Tigers. [5] In 2020, Scherer joined the Arkansas Razorbacks as defensive analyst for the Razorbacks. [6] After one season with the Razorbacks, Scherer was promoted in 2021 to serve as the Razorbacks linebackers coach. [7] For the 2022 Liberty Bowl, Scherer was temporarily promoted to serve as the Razorbacks interim defensive coordinator. [8] During his time at Arkansas, Scherer coached players linebackers such as Grant Morgan, Bumper Pool, Hayden Henry and Drew Sanders, where all four of them recorded seasons with 100 tackles under Scherer. Additionally, Sanders was an AP First-Team All-American. [9] In 2023, Scherer was hired by the UNLV Rebels to become the team's defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. [10]

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