Sherman Wood

Sherman Wood
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Salisbury
Conference	NJAC
Record	191–80
Biographical details
Born	c. 1960 (age 63–64)
Playing career
c. 1980	Salisbury State
Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984	Salisbury State (volunteer)
1985	Salisbury State (GA)
1986	Bowie State (GA/DB/ST)
1987–1988	Bowie State (assistant)
1989–1991	Bowie State (AHC/DC)
1992	Virginia Union (AHC)
1993–1998	Bowie State
1999–present	Salisbury State / Salisbury
Head coaching record
Overall	212–118–1
Bowls	6–3
Tournaments	5–10 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2 ACFC (2004–2005); 2 E8 (2011–2012); 5 NJAC (2019–2022, 2024)
Awards
	ACFC Coach of the Year (2004); 2× E8 Coach of the Year (2011–2012); 3× NJAC Coach of the Year (2015, 2019, 2021)

Sherman Wood (born c. 1960) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Salisbury University, a position he has held since 1999. Wood served as the head football coach at Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland from 1993 to 1998.

Wood played college football at Salisbury—then known as Salisbury State—as a defensive back, earning NCAA Division III All-America honors.^[1]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AFCA^#	D3^°
Bowie State Bulldogs (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1993–1999)
1993	Bowie State	3–6–1	3–4–1	6th
1994	Bowie State	2–8	2–6	9th
1995	Bowie State	3–8	2–6	7th
1996	Bowie State	3–7	2–6	8th
1997	Bowie State	4–6	2–5	7th
1998	Bowie State	6–3	4–3	T–3rd
Bowie State:		21–38–1	15–30–1
Salisbury State Sea Gulls (Atlantic Central Football Conference) (1999–2000)
1999	Salisbury State	2–7	2–4	T–4th
2000	Salisbury State	5–5	3–3	T–4th
Salisbury Sea Gulls (Atlantic Central Football Conference) (2001–2010)
2001	Salisbury	4–6	1–2	3rd
2002	Salisbury	9–2	2–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III First Round
2003	Salisbury	7–2	2–1	2nd
2004	Salisbury	10–1	5–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2005	Salisbury	8–3	4–1	T–1st	W ECAC Southeast Bowl
2006	Salisbury	6–5	2–2	T–2nd	W ECAC South Atlantic Bowl
2007	Salisbury	9–2	3–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III First Round		14
2008	Salisbury	9–2	2–1	2nd	W ECAC Southwest Bowl		24
2009	Salisbury	5–6	2–1	2nd	L ECAC Southwest Bowl
2010	Salisbury	7–3	2–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III First Round
Salisbury Sea Gulls (Empire 8) (2011–2014)
2011	Salisbury	11–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal		9
2012	Salisbury	9–3	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round		11
2013	Salisbury	7–4	5–2	T–2nd	W ECAC South Atlantic Bowl
2014	Salisbury	7–4	5–3	T–3rd	W ECAC South Atlantic Bowl
Salisbury Sea Gulls (New Jersey Athletic Conference) (2015–present)
2015	Salisbury	7–4	7–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III First Round
2016	Salisbury	8–3	6–3	3rd	W ECAC South Atlantic Bowl
2017	Salisbury	7–4	7–2	3rd	L ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl
2018	Salisbury	8–3	7–2	T–2nd	L ECAC Asa A. Bushnell Bowl
2019	Salisbury	11–1	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal		9
2020–21	Salisbury	2–0	2–0	1st
2021	Salisbury	8–2	6–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round	17	19
2022	Salisbury	9–2	6–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2023	Salisbury	6–4	4–2	T–2nd
2024	Salisbury	10–0	6–0	1st		7	7
Salisbury State / Salisbury:		191–80	111–34
Total:		212–118–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth