Brad Sherrod - Football Coach - Wake Forest University Athletics

Brad Sherrod

Title:
Linebackers
Email:
sherrobj@wfu.edu
Phone:
336-758-5843

Brad Sherrod joined the Wake Forest coaching staff in February, 2017 and was part of the staff that helped lead the Demon Deacons to a Belk Bowl victory over Texas A&M following the 2017 season.

During last year’s record-setting season, Sherrod was part of a unit that set the school record for tackles for loss in a season. In addition, the Deacon defense recorded 17 tackles for loss against Florida State, the most in the nation by a Power 5 team during the 2017 season.

Sherrod came to Wake Forest after serving as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Sam Houston State in 2016. His career has landed him on coaching staffs at Massachusetts, East Tennessee State, Elon and Delaware along with his alma mater, Duke.

Sherrod is one of four Demon Deacon defensive coaches who have experience as a defensive coordinator.

Sherrod helped the Bearkats post a 12-1 record in 2016 and reach No. 1 in the Football Championship Subdivision final regular season poll. Sam Houston State lost to eventual national champion James Madison in the quarterfinal round of the FCS playoffs.

A member of the Sam Houston State coaching staff since 2014, the Bearkats went 34-10 over the last three years and gained three Football Championship Subdivision playoff berths. Sam Houston won a Southland Conference title and defeated nine top-25 opponents while earning a pair of top four national finishes.

Sherrod joined the Sam Houston staff under head coach K.C. Keeler following a successful stint as defensive coordinator at Elon in 2013.

After serving one season as defensive coordinator at Elon in 2013, Sherrod reunited with Keeler at Sam Houston. Sherrod was an assistant to Keeler for three years at the University of Delaware. While at Delware, Sherrod coached current Detroit Lion Paul Worrilow, who was named first team All-CAA. In his first year with the Blue Hens in 2010, the program went 12-3 and advanced to the FCS title game. That year the Delaware defense led the nation in scoring defense (12.1 points per game) and was fifth in total defense (280.7 yards per game). In 2010, Sherrod was a member of Delaware’s defensive staff that included current Wake Forest assistant coach Lyle Hemphill.

Sherrod spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons at Western Carolina University where he coached running backs and linebackers. He spent 11 seasons on the staff of his alma mater, Duke University, where he tutored the linebackers for nine years from 1997 to 2005, tight ends in 2006 and running backs in his final two campaigns. He coached three Duke players currently among the school’s career leading tacklers.

Sherrod’s coaching career began in 1995 at the University of Massachusetts where he served as a defensive tackle graduate assistant before heading to East Tennessee State University as linebackers coach in 1996. He helped lead ETSU to a No. 8 national ranking, a 10-3 record and the NCAA FCS playoffs second round.

He served two internships in the National Football League, spending the summer of 1998 with the Dallas Cowboys and the 2000 preseason with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sherrod is a 2007 graduate of the NCAA Expert Coaches Academy.

A 1993 graduate of Duke, Sherrod was a team captain who earned second team All-ACC honors as a senior in 1993 when he led the Blue Devils and ranked fifth in the ACC with 113 total tackles. A native of Monroe, N.C., Sherrod had 279 career stops during his Blue Devil career from 1989-93.

As a prep, Sherrod was a two-time all-state and honorable mention All-America pick at Monroe, N.C. High School.

Sherrod and his wife, Monique, have a son, Elijah, and a daughter, Angelena.

The Brad Sherrod File
Birthdate	November 6, 1969
Wife	Monique
Children	Elijah and Angelena
Alma Mater	Duke, 1993

Playing Background
Duke University (1989-1993) ... Team captain and second team All-ACC as a senior

Coaching History
2017-current (2 seasons)	Assistant Coach, Wake Forest
2014-16 (3 seasons)	Assistant Coach, Sam Houston State
2013 (1 season)	Assistant Coach, Elon
2010-12 (3 seasons)	Assistant Coach, Western Carolina
1997-2007 (11 seasons)	Assistant Coach, Duke
1996 (1 season)	Assistant Coach, East Tennessee State
1995 (1 season)	Graduate Assistant, Massachusetts