Sherman Reed

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.

Sherman Reed
Reed at the Maryland State House in 2023
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamCoppin State
ConferenceNEC
Record167–413–3
Biographical details
BornBaltimore, Maryland
Playing career
1979–1983Towson
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
????–????Western Tech HS
????–????Catonsville HS
2008–2009Coppin State (asst.)
2011–presentCoppin State
Head coaching record
Overall167–413–3
TournamentsNCAA: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MEAC Tournament (2022)
Awards
  • MEAC Coach of the Year (2018)

Playing career

Reed played collegiality for the Towson Tigers baseball 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 and Catonsville High School.[1] Reed also spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons as an assistant at Coppin State.

On July 9, 2010, Reed was named the head coach of the Coppin State baseball team.[2] On May 9, 2018, Reed broke the Coppin State record for career wins with his 84th win.[3] In 2018, Reed lead the Eagles to their first ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division title.[4] On May 15, 2018, Reed was named the MEAC Coach of the Year.[5]

Personal life

Reed's wife is named Dorothy. Together, they had at least one son, Sherman Jr.[6]

Reed's son, Sherman Jr., played college baseball at Southern University. He was shot and killed in his Violetville home in August 2019 at 31 years old.[6]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Coppin State Eagles (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011–2022)
2011 Coppin State 5–392–167th
2012 Coppin State 1–530–244th (Northern)MEAC tournament
2013 Coppin State 18–3311–133rd (Northern)MEAC tournament
2014 Coppin State 12–349–153rd (Northern)MEAC tournament
2015 Coppin State 3–38–22–224th (Northern)
2016 Coppin State 14–388–163rd (Northern)MEAC tournament
2017 Coppin State 11–318–154th (Northern)
2018 Coppin State 21–23–118–41st (Northern)MEAC tournament
2019 Coppin State 24–2415–92nd (Northern)MEAC tournament
2020 Coppin State 3–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Coppin State 10–297–203rd (North)
2022 Coppin State 24–3017–132ndNCAA Regional
Coppin State: 97–167
Coppin State Eagles (Northeast Conference) (2023–present)
2023 Coppin State 21–3114–16T-6th
Coppin State: 167–413–314–16
Total:167–413–3

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References
  1. "CSU's Reed Inducted into Hall of Fame". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. December 10, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  2. "Reed Named Coppin State Baseball Head Coach". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. July 9, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  3. "Baseball Rallies for Win at UMBC; Coach Sherman Reed Breaks Program Record for Wins". www.coppinstatesports.com. Coppin State University. May 9, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  4. Scott Lowe (May 11, 2018). "Aggressive Style Of Play Leads Coppin Baseball To Division Crown". October 31, 2018.
  5. "MEAC Announces 2018 Baseball All-Conference Honors". www.meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC. May 15, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  6. Kim, Juliana (August 18, 2019). "Before he was killed, Sherman Reed, son of Coppin's baseball coach, had been talented athlete, caring father". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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