Sherman Reed Explained

Sherman Reed
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Coppin State
Current Conference:NEC
Current Record:179–436–3
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland
Player Years1:1979–1983
Player Team1:Towson
Coach Years1:????–????
Coach Team1:Western Tech HS
Coach Years2:????–????
Coach Team2:Catonsville HS
Coach Years3:2008–2009
Coach Team3:Coppin State (asst.)
Coach Years4:2011–present
Coach Team4:Coppin State
Overall Record:179–436–3
Tournament Record:NCAA: 0–2
Championships:MEAC Tournament (2022)
Awards:
  • MEAC Coach of the Year (2018)

Sherman Reed is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the head baseball coach of the Coppin State Eagles. He played college baseball at Towson from 1979 to 1983.

Playing career

Reed played collegiality for the Towson Tigers baseball team from 1979 to 1983. He then went on to play ten years of independent baseball.

Coaching career

Reed served as a coach at Western School of Technology and Environmental Science and Catonsville High School.[1] Reed also spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as an assistant at Coppin State.

On July 9, 2010, Reed was named the head coach of the Coppin State baseball team.[2] On May 9, 2018, Reed broke the Coppin State record for career wins with his 84th win.[3] In 2018, Reed lead the Eagles to their first ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division title.[4] On May 15, 2018, Reed was named the MEAC Coach of the Year.[5]

Personal life

Reed's wife is named Dorothy. Together, they had at least one son, Sherman Jr.

Reed's son, Sherman Jr., played college baseball at Southern University. He was shot and killed in his Violetville home in August 2019 at 31 years old.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: CSU's Reed Inducted into Hall of Fame . December 10, 2013 . Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC . www.meacsports.com . October 31, 2018.
  2. Web site: Reed Named Coppin State Baseball Head Coach . July 9, 2010 . Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC . www.meacsports.com . October 31, 2018.
  3. Web site: Baseball Rallies for Win at UMBC; Coach Sherman Reed Breaks Program Record for Wins . May 9, 2018 . Coppin State University . www.coppinstatesports.com . October 31, 2018.
  4. Web site: Aggressive Style Of Play Leads Coppin Baseball To Division Crown . Scott Lowe . May 11, 2018 . October 31, 2018.
  5. Web site: MEAC Announces 2018 Baseball All-Conference Honors . May 15, 2018 . Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC . www.meacsports.com . October 31, 2018.
  6. News: Kim . Juliana . Before he was killed, Sherman Reed, son of Coppin’s baseball coach, had been talented athlete, caring father . 17 March 2023 . . August 18, 2019.