Kevin Sherman - Wide Receivers - Football Coaches

Kevin Sherman

Title:
Wide Receivers
Email:
ks377@buffalo.edu
Phone:
716-645-3752

Kevin Sherman is in his second season as wide receivers coach.

In his first season at UB, he oversaw a very productive wide receiver unit. Justin Marshall had 64 catches for 837 yards and Quian Williams had 61 grabs for 743 yards. It marked just the second time in the last 13 years that two UB receivers registered over 700 receiving in the same season.

Williams was named All-MAC Third Team and finished his two-year career in Buffalo 10^th in program history with 125 receptions. Marshall was named the MVP of the Camellia Bowl after hauling in 11 catches for 127 yards and a touchdown against Georgia Southern. His 11 receptions were two shy of the single-game school record.

Sherman has over 30 years of coaching experience, coaching in four BCS bowl games and 11 bowl games total. He most recently was the assistant head coach and coached the wide receivers at Murray State. In his time with the Racers, LeMartez Brooks was an All-OVC First Team selection and Jacob Bell earned second-team All-OVC honors.

From 2000-18, Sherman worked with power five programs, including three ACC teams. He coached in five ACC Championship games, winning three titles.

From 2015-18, Sherman was the wide receivers coach at Pittsburgh. He coached the Panthers' all-time leading receiver Tyler Boyd.

From 2013-14, Sherman was the wide receivers coach at Purdue. He coached Deangelo Yancey who was named to the 2013 Big Ten All-Freshman Team.

Sherman spent seven years at Virginia Tech as wide receivers coach (2006-12). He coached standouts Jarrett Boykin and Danny Coale, at the time, the top two receivers in Hokies' history in terms of receptions and receiving yards. Both starring at Tech from 2008 to 2011, Boykin finished his collegiate career with 184 receptions for 2,884 yards and 18 touchdowns, while Coale recorded 165 catches for 2,658 yards and eight scores. During his time at Virginia Tech, the Hokies went a combined 60-22 with seven bowl appearances, including four BCS bowl bids (2007 Orange, 2008 Orange, 2010 Orange and 2011 Sugar).

Prior to Virginia Tech, Sherman spent five seasons at Wake Forest University (wide receivers), four at MAC-foe Ohio (wide receivers), four at Virginia Military Institute (recruiting coordinator), two at Methodist College (wide receivers) and one at his alma mater Ferrum College (student assistant).

A native of Radford, VA, he graduated from Ferrum in 1992, after serving as the team captain of the football team and being elected as the team MVP as a senior in 1990. He was inducted into Ferrum's Hall of Fame in 2012.