Brad Sherrod
American football coach (born 1969)
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Brad Sherrod (born November 6, 1969) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Morehouse College, a position he has held since 2026.[1] He was previously the coach of Texas Wesleyan[2][3] He was the second head coach since the program restarted in 2018.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Morehouse |
| Conference | SIAC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 6, 1969 Monroe, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Education | Duke University (1993) |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | Duke |
| Position | 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) |
| 2024–2025 | Texas Wesleyan |
| 2026–present | Morehouse |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–6 |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SAC (2024) | |
| Awards | |
| |
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.[4] He also coached for Western Carolina,[5] Delaware, Wake Forest,[6][7] Tennessee State, and UTSA.[8][9] He served as a defensive coordinator for Elon and Sam Houston State.[10][11][12][13][14]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA/Coaches# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Wesleyan Rams (Sooner Athletic Conference) (2024–2025) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Texas Wesleyan | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NAIA Second Round | 7 | |||
| 2025 | Texas Wesleyan | 7–5 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NAIA First Round | 24 | |||
| Texas Wesleyan: | 17–6 | 15–1 | |||||||
| Morehouse Maroon Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2026–present) | |||||||||
| 2026 | Morehouse | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Morehouse: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||