Nick Sheridan
Nick William Sheridan (born May 21, 1988) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the offensive coordinator at Indiana University. He played college football at the University of Michigan.
 Sheridan (#8) in 2008 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Indiana |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 21, 1988 Saline, Michigan |
| Playing career | |
| 2006–2010 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2010 | Saline HS (MI) (QB) |
| 2011 | Western Kentucky (GA) |
| 2012 | Western Kentucky (PGC/QB) |
| 2013 | South Florida (PGC/QB) |
| 2014–2016 | Tennessee (GA) |
| 2017–2018 | Indiana (QB) |
| 2019 | Indiana (TE) |
| 2020–present | Indiana (OC/QB) |
Playing career
Sheridan walked on to the Michigan Wolverines football team as a quarterback in 2006. He earned a scholarship his junior year and started 4 games in 2008. Sheridan graduated from Michigan in 2010 with a degree in political science.[1]
Coaching career
After graduating from Michigan, Sheridan took a coaching position at his alma mater, Saline High School.[2] He coached quarterbacks at Saline for one year before leaving to join Willie Taggart's coaching staff at Western Kentucky as a graduate assistant in 2011. He was promoted to passing coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2012.[3] He served in that same capacity at South Florida in 2013 after Taggart was named the head coach there. He was fired after one season at South Florida along with South Florida offensive coordinator Walt Wells.[4] He was hired to be a graduate assistant at Tennessee in 2014 following his termination from South Florida. He coached at Tennessee for four seasons before being named the quarterbacks coach at Indiana in 2017. He switched to the tight ends coach in 2019 after offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Mike DeBord retired and Fresno State offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[5] He was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2020 season after DeBoer departed to be the head coach at Fresno State.[6]
Personal life
Sheridan is the son of Bill Sheridan, a longtime football coach who was the defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is currently the defensive line coach for Air Force.[7] Sheridan and his wife Sarah have one son.
References
- "It's Official: Nick Sheridan's Promotion to Offensive Coordinator is Done". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- "Former Saline, Michigan QB Nick Sheridan promoted to offensive coordinator at Indiana". mlive. 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- "Ex-UM QB Nick Sheridan home for Christmas to coach WKU in Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- Sherwin, Collin (2014-01-03). "UPDATED: Walt Wells & Nick Sheridan Fired". The Daily Stampede. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- Schumann, Mike (2020-01-13). "IU Football: New OC Nick Sheridan Made Big Impression on DeBoer and Has Full Confidence of Allen". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- Coleman, William (2020-01-10). "IU football names Nick Sheridan new offensive coordinator". Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- Schumann, Mike (2020-01-09). "IU Football: Who is New Offensive Coordinator Nick Sheridan? Let's Take a Closer Look". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved 2020-06-18.