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Jackie Sherrill (born November 28, 1943, in Duncan, Oklahoma) is a former college football head coach. During his 26 years as a head coach, Sherrill amassed a record of 180-120-4.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 2.1 Washington State 2.2 University of Pittsburgh 2.3 Texas A&M 2.4 Mississippi State University 3 Coaching Record 4 References

Sherrill played for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide under Bear Bryant from 1962 to 1965, helping Alabama win two national championships.

Sherrill was the head coach at Washington State Cougars in 1976. During his one season at the Pullman campus, the Cougars won three games and lost eight.

Sherrill was the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1977 to 1981. Before going to Washington State, Sherrill had served as an assistant at Pittsburgh under head coach Johnny Majors. When Majors left Pittsburgh to return to his alma mater at the University of Tennessee, Sherrill returned to become the head coach of the Panthers. In Sherrill's five seasons at Pittsburgh, the Panthers won 50 games, lost nine, and had one tie.

Sherrill was the head coach at Texas A&M University from 1982 to 1988. While head coach at A&M Sherrill started the tradition of the "12th Man Kickoff Team", this tradition is still observed by A&M today only in a slightly scaled back form. In his seven seasons as the coach of the Aggies, Texas A&M won 52 games, lost 28, and had one tie. Texas A&M won three consecutive Southwest Conference championships under Sherrill, in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

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Sherrill was the head coach at Mississippi State University from 1991 to 2003. In thirteen seasons in Starkville, Sherrill coached the Bulldogs to a record of 75-75-2. He lead the team to an SEC west title in 1998, a 10-2 record and #12 final ranking in 1999. That #12 ranking was the highest final ranking achieved by any NCAA Division I-A school in Mississippi in over 30 years. Sherrill, along with Snyder of Kansas State, were amongst the first to use the rich JUCO systems of Kansas and Mississippi to help their programs progress. It should be noted that outside of the last three seasons, Sherrill was a winning coach at Mississippi State despite the excellence of rivals like Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida.

Sherrill also achieved notoriety by castrating a bull during a team practice as a motivational technique prior to a game versus Texas. It worked, as unranked Mississippi State beat the #13 ranked Longhorns. Sherrill is a controversial figure in college football because his successes have built at schools in competitive conferences with highly emotional followings.^{[citation needed]} Because of his success at Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State, the fans of Penn State, Texas, and Mississippi have a strong aversion to Sherrill.^{[citation needed]} He finished with winning records against the Texas Longhorns and Mississippi Rebels. Sherrill retired after the 2003 season from Misssissippi State.

TEAM	YEAR (Bowl Game)	WINS	LOSSES	TIES
Washington State University	1976	3	8	0
University of Pittsburgh	1977 (Gator Bowl)	9	2	1
University of Pittsburgh	1978 (Tangerine Bowl)	8	4	0
University of Pittsburgh	1979 (Fiesta Bowl)	11	1	0
University of Pittsburgh	1980 (Gator Bowl)	11	1	0
University of Pittsburgh	1981 (Sugar Bowl)	11	1	0
Texas A&M University	1982	5	6	0
Texas A&M University	1983	5	5	1
Texas A&M University	1984	6	5	0
Texas A&M University	1985 (Cotton Bowl)	10	2	0
Texas A&M University	1986 (Cotton Bowl)	9	3	0
Texas A&M University	1987 (Cotton Bowl)	10	2	0
Texas A&M University	1988	7	5	0
Mississippi State University	1991 (Liberty Bowl)	7	5	0
Mississippi State University	1992 (Peach Bowl)	7	5	0
Mississippi State University	1993	4	5	2
Mississippi State University	1994 (Peach Bowl)	8	4	0
Mississippi State University	1995	3	8	0
Mississippi State University	1996	5	6	0
Mississippi State University	1997	7	4	0
Mississippi State University	1998 (Cotton Bowl)	8	5	0
Mississippi State University	1999 (Peach Bowl)	10	2	0
Mississippi State University	2000 (Independence Bowl)	8	4	0
Mississippi State University	2001	3	8	0
Mississippi State University	2002	3	9	0
Mississippi State University	2003	2	10	0
CAREER TOTAL	26 years	180	120	4

Preceded by Jim Sweeney	Washington State University Head Football Coach 1976	Succeeded by Warren Powers
Preceded by Johnny Majors	University of Pittsburgh Head Football Coach 1977–1981	Succeeded by Foge Fazio
Preceded by Tom Wilson	Texas A&M Head Football Coach 1982–1988	Succeeded by R.C. Slocum
Preceded by Rocky Felker	Mississippi State University Head Football Coach 1991–2003	Succeeded by Sylvester Croom

• MStateAthletics.com (31 August 2000). "Head Coach Jackie Sherrill". Archived page of 19 November 2003.
• Aggie Football Through the Years. Retrieved on February 14, 2006.
• 2005 University of Pittsburgh Football Media Guide. Retrieved on February 14, 2006.
• 2005 Washington State University Football Media Guide. Retrieved on February 14, 2006.