Jackie Sherrill
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| Jackie Sherrill | ||
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | November 28, 1943 | |
| Place of birth | Duncan, OK | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 180-120-4 | |
| Bowls | 8-6 | |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1962-1965 | Alabama | |
| Position | FB / LB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1976 1977-1981 1982-1988 1991-2003 |
Washington State Pittsburgh Texas A&M Mississippi State |
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Jackie Sherrill (born November 28, 1943, in Duncan, Oklahoma) is a former college football head coach. During his 26 years as a head coach, Sherrill amassed a record of 180-120-4.
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[edit] Playing career
Sherrill played for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide under Bear Bryant from 1962 to 1965, helping Alabama win two national championships.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Washington State
Sherrill was the head coach at Washington State in 1976. During his one season at the Pullman campus, the Cougars won three games and lost eight.
[edit] University of Pittsburgh
Sherrill was the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1977 to 1981. Before going to Washington State, Sherrill had served as an assistant at Pittsburgh under head coach Johnny Majors. When Majors left Pittsburgh to return to his alma mater at the University of Tennessee, Sherrill returned to become the head coach of the Panthers. He has famously been remembered as the recruiter of Heisman winner Tony Dorsett, bunking with the then shy and introverted high school senior and staying at his parents house in order to have him commit to Pittsburgh.[citation needed] He is also credited with grooming quarterback Dan Marino, who went on to a prolific Hall of Fame career in the NFL after being Sherrill's last quarterback at Pitt, from 1979-1982. In Sherrill's five seasons at Pittsburgh, the Panthers won 50 games, lost nine, and had one tie.
[edit] Texas A&M
Sherrill was hired on January 19, 1982 as replacement for Tom Wilson, signing a record six-year contract over $1.7 million.[1] Sherrill was the head coach at Texas A&M University from 1982 to 1988. While head coach at A&M Sherrill started the tradition of the "12th Man Kickoff Team", this tradition is still observed by A&M today only in a significantly scaled back form, including a single walk-on rather than an entire return team unit. In his seven seasons as the coach of the Aggies, Texas A&M won 52 games, lost 28, and had one tie. Texas A&M won three consecutive Southwest Conference championships under Sherrill, in 1985, 1986 and 1987. As a result, the Aggies played in the Cotton Bowl at the end of each season, defeating Auburn University 36-16 on January 1, 1986 and Notre Dame 35-10 on January 1, 1988, and losing to Ohio State University 28-12 on January 1, 1987. In 1988, Sherrill's Aggies were put under probation by the NCAA for a period of two years. Violations included improper employment, extra benefits, unethical conduct and lack of institutional control. [2][3] When asked about retirement, Joe Paterno once said that he would not, because it would leave college football in the hands of "the Jackie Sherrills and the Barry Switzers". [4] The comment was made off-the-record and in jest during a party at Paterno's house, but it was printed anyway. Sherrill and Paterno have since become friends, and Sherrill and his wife were guests of the Paternos in State College in 2004.
[edit] Mississippi State University
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Sherrill was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 1991 to 2003. In thirteen seasons in Starkville, Sherrill coached the Bulldogs to a record of 75-75-2. He lead the team to an SEC west title in 1998, a 10-2 record and #12 final ranking in 1999. That #12 ranking was the highest final ranking achieved by any NCAA Division I-A school in Mississippi in over 30 years. Sherrill, along with Bill Snyder of Kansas State, were among the first to use the rich JUCO systems of Kansas and Mississippi to help their programs progress. It should be noted that outside of the last three seasons, Sherrill was a winning coach at Mississippi State despite the excellence of rivals like Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida.
Sherrill also achieved notoriety by castrating a bull during a team practice as a motivational technique prior to a game versus Texas. It worked, as unranked Mississippi State beat the #13 ranked Longhorns.[5]
Sherrill is a controversial figure in college football because his successes have built at schools in competitive conferences with highly emotional followings.[citation needed] Because of his success at Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State, the fans of rivals Penn State, Texas, and Mississippi have a strong aversion to Sherrill.[citation needed] He finished with winning records against the Texas Longhorns and Mississippi Rebels. Sherrill retired after the 2003 season from Mississippi State, which was followed by the NCAA levying probation for four years on the program. [6] Mississippi State was not found guilty of any major violations, and Sherrill was never personally found guilty of any NCAA rules violations at either Mississippi State or Texas A&M.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Washington State Cougars (Pacific 8 Conference) (1976 – 1976) | |||||||||
| 1976 | Washington State | 3-8-0 | 2-5-0 | ||||||
| Washington State: | 3-8-0 | 2-5-0 | |||||||
| Pittsburgh Panthers (Independent) (1977 – 1981) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Pittsburgh | 9-2-1 | W Gator Bowl | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1978 | Pittsburgh | 8-4-0 | L Tangerine Bowl | ||||||
| 1979 | Pittsburgh | 11-1-0 | W Fiesta Bowl | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 1980 | Pittsburgh | 11-1-0 | W Gator Bowl | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1981 | Pittsburgh | 11-1-0 | W Sugar Bowl | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Pittsburgh: | 50-9-1 | ||||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1982 – 1988) | |||||||||
| 1982 | Texas A&M | 5-6-0 | 3-5-0 | T-6th | |||||
| 1983 | Texas A&M | 5-5-1 | 4-3-1 | T-3rd | |||||
| 1984 | Texas A&M | 6-5-0 | 3-5-0 | 7th | |||||
| 1985 | Texas A&M | 10-2-0 | 7-1-0 | 1st | W Cotton Bowl | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1986 | Texas A&M | 9-3-0 | 7-1-0 | 1st | L Cotton Bowl | 12 | 13 | ||
| 1987 | Texas A&M | 10-2-0 | 6-1-0 | 1st | W Cotton Bowl | 9 | 10 | ||
| 1988 | Texas A&M | 7-5-0 | 6-1-0 | 2nd | |||||
| Texas A&M: | 52-28-1 | 36-17-1 | |||||||
| Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (1991 – 2003) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Mississippi State | 7-5-0 | 4-3-0 | T-4th | L Liberty Bowl | ||||
| 1992 | Mississippi State | 7-5-0 | 4-4-0 | 3rd (West) | L Peach Bowl | 23 | |||
| 1993 | Mississippi State | 4-5-2 | 3-4-1 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 1994 | Mississippi State | 8-4-0 | 5-3-0 | 2nd (West) | L Peach Bowl | 25 | 24 | ||
| 1995 | Mississippi State | 3-8-0 | 1-7-0 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 1996 | Mississippi State | 5-6-0 | 3-5-0 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 1997 | Mississippi State | 7-4-0 | 4-4-0 | T-3rd (West) | |||||
| 1998 | Mississippi State | 8-5-0 | 6-2-0 | T-1st (West) | L Cotton Bowl | ||||
| 1999 | Mississippi State | 10-2-0 | 6-2-0 | 2nd (West) | W Peach Bowl | 12 | 13 | ||
| 2000 | Mississippi State | 8-4-0 | 4-4-0 | T-3rd (West) | W Independence Bowl | 22 | 24 | ||
| 2001 | Mississippi State | 3-8-0 | 2-6-0 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2002 | Mississippi State | 3-9-0 | 0-8-0 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2003 | Mississippi State | 2-10-0 | 1-7-0 | 5th (West) | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 75-75-2 | 43-59-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 180-120-4 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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| Preceded by Jim Sweeney |
Washington State University Head Football Coach 1976 |
Succeeded by Warren Powers |
| Preceded by Johnny Majors |
University of Pittsburgh Head Football Coach 1977–1981 |
Succeeded by Foge Fazio |
| Preceded by Vince Dooley |
Walter Camp Coach of the Year 1981 |
Succeeded by Jerry Stovall |
| Preceded by Tom Wilson |
Texas A&M Head Football Coach 1982–1988 |
Succeeded by R. C. Slocum |
| Preceded by Rocky Felker |
Mississippi State University Head Football Coach 1991–2003 |
Succeeded by Sylvester Croom |
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[edit] References
- ^ NY Times: Texas A&M signs Sherrill to richest college pact
- ^ Slocum enjoys new role at Texas A&M
- ^ Public Infraction Report at NCAA.org
- ^ SPORTS PEOPLE; Lingering Hurt
- ^ Mark Schlabach, Richt's motivational gamble pays off for Georgia, ESPN.com, October 29, 2007.
- ^ Mississippi State penalized for violations in football
- MStateAthletics.com (31 August 2000). "Head Coach Jackie Sherrill". Archived page of 19 November 2003.
- Aggie Football Through the Years. Retrieved on 2006-02-14.
- 2005 University of Pittsburgh Football Media Guide. Retrieved on 2006-02-14.
- 2005 Washington State University Football Media Guide. Retrieved on 2006-02-14.
