Sherman Smith
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | November 1, 1954||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Youngstown (OH) North | ||||||||||||
College: | Miami (OH) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 58 | ||||||||||||
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Sherman Smith (born November 1, 1954) is an American former professional
Early years
Smith played quarterback of the North High School football team in his native Youngstown, Ohio. After graduation, he attended Miami University in Ohio, playing the same position and leading the Redhawks to the Mid-American Conference title in each of his last three seasons, with a stellar record of 33-1-1.
He is a cousin of former NFL tight end Mike Cobb, whose playing career at Michigan State overlapped with Smith's at Miami. Their respective teams faced each other in the 1975 season, with Michigan State winning 14-13 which was Miami's only regular season loss that year.
Professional playing career
Smith was selected in the second round of the
Coaching career
The following year, Smith began teaching and coaching at Redmond Junior High School, then at
In 2008, Smith left the Titans to join the
After the 2009 season, Zorn was fired and Mike Shanahan was named as the new head coach in Washington. Smith was not retained on staff by Shanahan. Shortly thereafter Smith was reunited with his former team, the Seattle Seahawks, when hired as a position coach (running backs).[5] He won his first Super Bowl title when the Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII.[6]
As of February 17, 2017, Smith was no longer with the Seattle Seahawks due to a change to the position made by the head coach Pete Carroll.
Personal life
Smith's children are Shavonne, Sherman and Deland. Deland is the University of Notre Dame running backs coach Deland McCullough. The two had known each other since Smith was recruiting McCullough to the RedHawks when the latter was 17, but only learned they were related in 2017,[7] as told in the ESPN e60 story "Identity," the "Runs In The Family" story written by Sarah Spain for ESPN.com and as depicted in the Kendrick Brothers 2021 film Show Me the Father. His brother was former CFL All-Star Darrell K. Smith.
References
- Seattle Times. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
- ^ "Atlanta Falcons at Seattle Seahawks - November 7th, 1976". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Running Backs Coach Sherman Smith". titansradio.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
- ^ "Titans' Smith joins Redskins as offensive coordinator". NFL.com. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ "Seahawks hire Sherman Smith to coach running backs". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
- ^ "Super Bowl XLVIII - Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos - February 2nd, 2014". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
- ^ Spain, Sarah (September 2, 2018). "The jaw-dropping story behind an NFL coach's search for his family". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 19, 2023.