Born: November 28, 1943
Hometown: Biloxi (Born in Duncan, Okla.)
Year Induction: 2016
• Played on two Shrimp Bowl teams
• Made high school All American as a senior
• Recruited by Bear Bryant
• Played on two national championship teams (1964-65)
• Played seven different positions for the Crimson Tide, including fullback, tailback, center, guard, tight end, defensive end and linebacker
• Began his career as a graduate assistant for Bryant in 1966
• Graduate assistant for Frank Broyles at Arkansas, 1967
• Assistant coach stints under Johnny Majors at Iowa State and Pittsburgh
• Head coach stints at Washington State (1976), Pittsburgh (1977-81), Texas A & M (1982-88) and Mississippi State (1991-2003)
• Overall record of 180-120-4
• Coached in 14 bowls, winning eight
• Walter Camp National Coach of Year, 1981
• Southwest Conference Coach of Year, 1985, 1986, 1987
• Led Mississippi State to SEC Western Division championship, 1998
• Retired as winning-est coach in MSU history
• His Pittsburgh teams won 50, lost 9 and tied one and finished as high as No. 2 in country
• Among his greatest players: Tony Dorsett, Dan Marino, Hugh Green
Since the SEC instituted a championship game in 1992, Jackie Wayne Sherrill is the only coach to have taken a Mississippi team to the championship game. The Bulldogs lost 24-14 to eventual national champion Tennessee.
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