Sherman Reed

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Sherman Reed
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Reed at the Maryland State House in 2023
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Coppin State
Conference NEC
Record179–436–3
Biographical details
Born Baltimore, Maryland
Playing career
1979–1983 Towson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
????–???? Western Tech HS
????–???? Catonsville HS
2008–2009 Coppin State (asst.)
2011–presentCoppin State
Head coaching record
Overall179–436–3
TournamentsNCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MEAC Tournament (2022)
Awards
  • MEAC Coach of the Year (2018)

Sherman Reed is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the head baseball coach of the Coppin State Eagles. He played college baseball at Towson from 1979 to 1983.

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Playing career

Reed played collegiality for the Towson Tigers baseball team from 1979 to 1983. He then went on to play ten years of independent baseball.

Coaching career

Reed served as a coach at Western School of Technology and Environmental Science and Catonsville High School. [1] Reed also spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as an assistant at Coppin State.

On July 9, 2010, Reed was named the head coach of the Coppin State baseball team. [2] On May 9, 2018, Reed broke the Coppin State record for career wins with his 84th win. [3] In 2018, Reed lead the Eagles to their first ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division title. [4] On May 15, 2018, Reed was named the MEAC Coach of the Year. [5]

Personal life

Reed's wife is named Dorothy. Together, they had at least one son, Sherman Jr. [6]

Reed's son, Sherman Jr., played college baseball at Southern University. He was shot and killed in his Violetville home in August 2019 at 31 years old. [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Coppin State Eagles (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)(2011–2022)
2011 Coppin State 5–392–167th
2012 Coppin State 1–530–244th (Northern) MEAC tournament
2013 Coppin State 18–3311–133rd (Northern) MEAC tournament
2014 Coppin State 12–349–153rd (Northern) MEAC tournament
2015 Coppin State 3–38–22–224th (Northern)
2016 Coppin State 14–388–163rd (Northern) MEAC tournament
2017 Coppin State 11–318–154th (Northern)
2018 Coppin State 21–23–118–41st (Northern) MEAC tournament
2019 Coppin State 24–2415–92nd (Northern) MEAC tournament
2020 Coppin State 3–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Coppin State 10–297–203rd (North)
2022 Coppin State 24–3017–132nd NCAA Regional
Coppin State:97–167
Coppin State Eagles (Northeast Conference)(2023–present)
2023Coppin State 21–3114–16T-6th
2024Coppin State 12–3311–2110th
Coppin State:179–436–325–37
Total:179–436–3

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

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  2. "Reed Named Coppin State Baseball Head Coach". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. July 9, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  3. "Baseball Rallies for Win at UMBC; Coach Sherman Reed Breaks Program Record for Wins". www.coppinstatesports.com. Coppin State University. May 9, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
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