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.
_(cropped).jpg) Reed at the Maryland State House in 2023 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Coppin State |
| Conference | NEC |
| Record | 179–436–3 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1983 | Towson |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| ????–???? | Western Tech HS |
| ????–???? | Catonsville HS |
| 2008–2009 | Coppin State (asst.) |
| 2011–present | Coppin State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 179–436–3 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| MEAC Tournament (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| |
Playing career
editReed 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
editReed 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
editReed's wife is named Dorothy. Together, they had at least one son, Sherman Jr.[6]
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]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppin State Eagles (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011–2022) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Coppin State | 5–39 | 2–16 | 7th | |||||
| 2012 | Coppin State | 1–53 | 0–24 | 4th (Northern) | MEAC tournament | ||||
| 2013 | Coppin State | 18–33 | 11–13 | 3rd (Northern) | MEAC tournament | ||||
| 2014 | Coppin State | 12–34 | 9–15 | 3rd (Northern) | MEAC tournament | ||||
| 2015 | Coppin State | 3–38–2 | 2–22 | 4th (Northern) | |||||
| 2016 | Coppin State | 14–38 | 8–16 | 3rd (Northern) | MEAC tournament | ||||
| 2017 | Coppin State | 11–31 | 8–15 | 4th (Northern) | |||||
| 2018 | Coppin State | 21–23–1 | 18–4 | 1st (Northern) | MEAC tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Coppin State | 24–24 | 15–9 | 2nd (Northern) | MEAC tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Coppin State | 3–10 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Coppin State | 10–29 | 7–20 | 3rd (North) | |||||
| 2022 | Coppin State | 24–30 | 17–13 | 2nd | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Coppin State: | 97–167 | ||||||||
| Coppin State Eagles (Northeast Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Coppin State | 21–31 | 14–16 | T-6th | |||||
| 2024 | Coppin State | 12–33 | 11–21 | 10th | |||||
| Coppin State: | 179–436–3 | 25–37 | |||||||
| Total: | 179–436–3 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "CSU's Reed Inducted into Hall of Fame". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. December 10, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "Reed Named Coppin State Baseball Head Coach". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. July 9, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ "Baseball Rallies for Win at UMBC; Coach Sherman Reed Breaks Program Record for Wins". www.coppinstatesports.com. Coppin State University. May 9, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ Scott Lowe (May 11, 2018). "Aggressive Style Of Play Leads Coppin Baseball To Division Crown". October 31, 2018.
- ^ "MEAC Announces 2018 Baseball All-Conference Honors". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. May 15, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ a b Kim, Juliana (August 18, 2019). "Before he was killed, Sherman Reed, son of Coppin's baseball coach, had been talented athlete, caring father". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 17 March 2023.