Assistant Coaches
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ASSISTANT COACHES NICK SHERIDAN QUARTERBACKS FIRST SEASON • Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the addition of Nick Sheridan to the Hoosiers staff on Feb. 10, 2017. Sheridan will oversee the quarterbacks. • “Nick Sheridan is a young offensive mind that I am very impressed with,” Allen said. “I love the fact that he is a coach’s son. He has been around this game his entire life. We feel like we got a young Shawn PERSONAL Watson in Nick Sheridan.” BIRTHDATE: May 21, 1988 HOMETOWN: Saline, Mich. • Worked as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2014-16. FAMILY: Wife - Sarah HIGH SCHOOL: Saline • In his final two seasons in Knoxville, Sheridan worked under current IU offensive coordinator and COLLEGE: Michigan, ‘10 former Vols offensive coordinator Mike DeBord. • “I’m appreciative of the chance to work for Tom Allen at IU, a place that is known for excellence PLAYING EXPERIENCE in athletics and is an unbelievable institution,” Sheridan said. “IU is really focused on the student- MICHIGAN athlete, giving them a great experience as a student first and athletically in a great conference against 2006-09: Quarterback great competition. Getting the chance to work for Mike DeBord again is a great opportunity. When it presented itself, I couldn’t get to Bloomington fast enough.” COACHING EXPERIENCE • DeBord also was the offensive coordinator in 2006-07 at the University of Michigan, where Sheridan SALINE (MICH.) H.S. walked on as a quarterback in 2006. 2010: Quarterbacks WESTERN KENTUCKY • Sheridan’s father, Bill, is the Detroit Lions linebackers coach. The long-time NFL and collegiate coach 2011: Graduate Assistant worked on the same staff as DeBord in Ann Arbor during the 2004 campaign. 2012: Passing Game Coordinator/QB SOUTH FLORIDA 2013: Passing Game Coordinator/QB TENNESSEE 2014-16: Graduate Assistant INDIANA 2017-: Quarterbacks BOWL EXPERIENCE AS A PLAYER 2007 Rose Bowl ........................................................................Michigan 2008 Capital One Bowl .............................................................Michigan BOWL EXPERIENCE AS A COACH 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl .................................. Western Kentucky 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl ...............................................................Tennessee 2016 Outback Bowl .................................................................Tennessee 2016 Music City Bowl .............................................................Tennessee 50 NICK SHERIDAN • “It’s exciting to have Nick coach the quarterbacks here, as he did for the University of Tennessee these past two years,” DeBord said. “I know I had the title of coaching the quarterbacks, but I was assisting with the offensive line during those two years and Nick had the quarterbacks in meetings, practice and game preparation and did an outstanding job with them. I believe that Josh Dobbs success as a quarterback these past two years is not only the result of what Josh did but also what Nick did as a coach in his preparation and continuing his growth. I know he’ll do a great job with our quarterbacks at Indiana University.” • Dobbs was picked in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. • An All-SEC selection, Dobbs became only the third QB in SEC history with 15 passing TDs and 10 rushing TDs in multiple seasons (Tim Tebow and Dak Prescott). Dobbs (32) joined Gene McEver (37) and James Stewart (35) as the only players in school history with 30-plus career rushing scores. • Finished his career with 7,138 passing yards, the fifth-most in UT history. Dobbs also became just the fifth player in Vols history to eclipse the 7,000 career passing yard mark. • With the Wolverines, Sheridan earned a scholarship prior to his junior year. He appeared in 12 career games, made four starts in 2008, and closed out his career with 701 yards and a pair of touchdowns. • Earned his bachelor’s degree in political science in the spring of 2010 and began his coaching career in the fall as quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Saline (Mich.) High School. • Broke into the collegiate coaching ranks as an offensive graduate assistant at Western Kentucky University the following spring and was elevated to quarterbacks and passing coordinator in 2012. • Followed head coach Willie Taggart to the University of South Florida in the same capacity for the 2013 season. • Nick is married to the former Sarah Traver. 51.