Nick William Sheridan (born May 21, 1988) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Alabama. He previously served as the tight ends coach at the University of Washington and was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the Indiana University. He played college football for Michigan.
 Sheridan (No. 8) in 2008 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Alabama |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 21, 1988 Saline, Michigan, U.S. |
| 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) |
| 2020–2021 | Indiana (OC/QB) |
| 2022–2023 | Washington (TE) |
| 2024–present | Alabama (OC/QB) |
Playing career
editSheridan walked on to Michigan 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
editAfter 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]
Sheridan was terminated by Indiana on November 28, 2021.[7]
Sheridan was hired by the Washington Huskies on December 14, 2021, as their new tight ends coach.
On February 20, 2024, it was announced that Sheridan would be following Kalen DeBoer from Washington to Alabama to become the team's new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[8]
Personal life
editSheridan is the son of Bill Sheridan, a longtime football coach who was the defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is currently the linebackers coach for the Arlington Renegades.[9] Sheridan and his wife Sarah have three children.
References
edit- ^ "It's Official: Nick Sheridan's Promotion to Offensive Coordinator is Done". SI.com. January 10, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Former Saline, Michigan QB Nick Sheridan promoted to offensive coordinator at Indiana". mlive. January 10, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-UM QB Nick Sheridan home for Christmas to coach WKU in Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Sherwin, Collin (January 3, 2014). "UPDATED: Walt Wells & Nick Sheridan Fired". The Daily Stampede. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Schumann, Mike (January 13, 2020). "IU Football: New OC Nick Sheridan Made Big Impression on DeBoer and Has Full Confidence of Allen". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Coleman, William (January 10, 2020). "IU football names Nick Sheridan new offensive coordinator". Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Schumann, Mike (November 28, 2021). "IU football: Tom Allen announces Nick Sheridan is out as offensive coordinator". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ "Nick Sheridan and JaMarcus Shephard Join Alabama Football Coaching Staff". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ Schumann, Mike (January 9, 2020). "IU Football: Who is New Offensive Coordinator Nick Sheridan? Let's Take a Closer Look". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved June 18, 2020.