| Jody Sears | |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Pullman, Washington, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1987–1990 |
| Player Team1: | Washington State |
| Player Positions: | Wide receiver |
| Coach Years1: | 1994–1996 |
| Coach Team1: | Iowa State (GA) |
| Coach Years2: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team2: | St. Ambrose (DC) |
| Coach Years3: | 2000–2002 |
| Coach Team3: | Army (CB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2003 |
| Coach Team4: | Eastern Washington (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years5: | 2004–2006 |
| Coach Team5: | Eastern Washington (DC/S) |
| Coach Years6: | 2007 |
| Coach Team6: | Eastern Washington (DC/DE) |
| Coach Years7: | 2008–2010 |
| Coach Team7: | Washington State (co-DC/CB) |
| Coach Years8: | 2011 |
| Coach Team8: | Washington State (CB) |
| Coach Years9: | 2012 |
| Coach Team9: | Weber State (interim HC/DC) |
| Coach Years10: | 2013 |
| Coach Team10: | Weber State |
| Coach Years11: | 2014–2018 |
| Coach Years12: | 2019–2020 |
| Coach Team12: | Nevada (interim DC/LB) |
| Overall Record: | 24–54 |
Jody Sears (born October 21, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the interim defensive coordinator for Nevada Wolf Pack. He previously served as the head coach at Weber State University from 2012 to 2013 and California State University, Sacramento from 2014 to 2018.
Sears attended Pullman High School in his hometown of Pullman, Washington. He attended Washington State University, where he walked on to the Washington State Cougars football team as a wide receiver under head coach Mike Price.
In 1994, Sears attended graduate school at Iowa State University, where he earned his master's degree. There he served as a graduate assistant coach for the Iowa State Cyclones football team, where he coached wide receivers and defensive backs.
In 1998, Sears became the defensive coordinator at St. Ambrose University. Following a two-year stint at St. Ambrose, he was an assistant coach for three years at the United States Military Academy, before heading to Eastern Washington University as a defensive coordinator.
Sears spent three years as the co-defensive coordinator for the Washington State Cougars. After head coach Paul Wulff was fired in late 2011, new Washington State head coach Mike Leach did not keep any of the Wulff staff.
On April 2, 2012, Sears joined new head coach John L. Smith as the defensive coordinator at Weber State University. A few weeks later, when Smith stepped down to become the head coach at the University of Arkansas, Sears was asked to become the interim head coach.[1] [2] During his two seasons as a head coach of Weber State, he compiled a record of 4–19 losses before being relieved of his duties.[3]
In 2014, he was named head coach at California State University, Sacramento. In five years, he compiled an 20–35 record with two winning seasons. Their record in 2017 tied them for third in the Big Sky Conference standings, their best conference finish since 2010.
In 2019, Sears stepped in as defensive coordinator, on an interim basis, to coach the 2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team in the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (January) against Ohio.[4]