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 The Towson Tigers, formerly the ''Towson College Knights'', are the athletics teams of Towson University. All of the major athletic teams compete in the Colonial Athletic Association with 19 Division I athletic teams (13 in women's sports, 6 in ...

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 Western School of Technology and Environmental Science (WSTES), also known as Western Tech, is a public magnet high school in Catonsville, Maryland, United States. The school's main focuses are its twelve magnet programs pertaining to specific ...

and Catonsville High School. Reed also spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as an assistant at

Coppin State Coppin State University (Coppin) is a public historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland and a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. In terms of demographics, the Coppin State stu ...

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

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 Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

. He was shot and killed in his

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home in August 2019 at 31 years old.

Head coaching record

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