18 Facts About Kevin Sherrer

Kevin Sherrer was born on March 19,1973 and is an American football coach and former player.

Kevin Sherrer is the defensive coordinator for Georgia State University, a position he has held since 2024.

Kevin Sherrer previously served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee, the outside linebackers coach at Georgia, the defensive coordinator at South Alabama, the Director of Player Development at Alabama, and as a high school assistant coach at Hoover High School, Spain Park High School, and Tuscaloosa County.

Kevin Sherrer played tight end at Alabama from 1993 to 1995, lettering in the latter year.

Kevin Sherrer graduated with a degree in physical education in 1996, and earned his master's degree in higher education administration from Alabama in 2000.

Kevin Sherrer began coaching as an assistant at Tuscaloosa County High School in 1996, and helped the team win the state championship during his second year on the staff in 1997.

From 2001 to 2004, Kevin Sherrer served as defensive backs coach at Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama.

In 2005, Kevin Sherrer joined the staff at Hoover High School, reuniting with college teammate Jeremy Pruitt.

Kevin Sherrer initially served as an assistant with Hoover before taking over as defensive coordinator in 2007 following Pruitt's departure.

Kevin Sherrer served as Director of Player Development at Alabama under Nick Saban from 2010 to 2012.

In 2014, Kevin Sherrer joined Mark Richt's staff at Georgia, and remained on staff as the outside linebackers coach after Richt was replaced by Kirby Smart following the 2015 season.

Players Kevin Sherrer coached at Georgia included Tae Crowder, Leonard Floyd, and Jordan Jenkins.

In December 2017, Kevin Sherrer was hired as the defensive coordinator at Tennessee, where his long-time colleague Pruitt had been named head coach.

Kevin Sherrer served as the team's special teams coordinator in addition to being the teams inside linebackers coach after spending his first season as co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach.

On January 25,2020, it was announced that Kevin Sherrer would become the inside linebackers coach for the New York Giants.

Kevin Sherrer assumed outside linebackers coach duties with the team after Bret Bielema left to become the head coach for Illinois on December 19,2020.

On January 4,2023, it was announced that Kevin Sherrer was hired to be the linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator for Georgia Tech under head coach Brent Key.

On October 1,2023, Kevin Sherrer was promoted to defensive coordinator by Brent Key.