J.C. Sherritt

J.C. Sherritt

Title:
Assistant Coach / Linebackers/Defensive Coordinator
Email:
fb@calpoly.edu
Phone:
805-756-7687

Assistant Coach (Linebackers) / Defensive Coordinator • First Year • Eastern Washington '11
Recruiting Area: TBA

J.C. Sherritt was hired in December 2019 as Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach. The 2010 Buck Buchanan Award winner was a standout linebacker at Eastern Washington before embarking on an eight-year playing career with the Edmonton Eskimos and one season coaching the linebackers for the Calgary Stampeders, both teams from the Canadian Football League.

Sherritt, who was a redshirt in 2006 and played at Eastern Washington from 2007-10, the last three under Beau Baldwin, set the Big Sky record for most tackles in a season in 2009 with 170 and improved that mark in 2010 with 176 en route to the Buck Buchanan Award, which goes to the best defensive player in the FCS. Sherritt lost that record in 2019 as Montana's Dante Olson notched 179 tackles.

Sherritt was a member of the Eagles' FCS national championship team in 2010, the same year he was the Big Sky Conference's defensive player of the year. He finished his Eagle career with 432 tackles, No. 4 in the Big Sky record book.

Undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, Sherritt signed a free agent contract with Edmonton of the Canadian Football League and played for the Eskimos for eight seasons. In 109 games, Sherritt accumulated 507 tackles on defense and 45 on special teams with 15 sacks. He also intercepted 14 passes, forced 17 fumbles and scored one touchdown in 2016 on a 43-yard interception return against Ottawa.

A team captain for five seasons, Sherritt was named CFL Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2012 after breaking the league record for tackles in a season with 130 and helped the Eskimos to the 2015 Grey Cup. In the first game of the 2017 season, Sherritt ruptured his Achilles but bounced back in 2018 by playing all 18 games and recording 100 tackles, including three sacks.

Sherritt retired last January and, two weeks later, became linebackers coach for the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary was 12-6 in 2019, finishing second in the CFL's West Division and qualifying for the playoffs.

A native of Truckee, Calif., Sherritt is a 2006 graduate of Pullman (Wash.) High School, where he played linebacker and running back, helping lead his team to a perfect 14–0 record and the State 2A Championship in 2005. He was named state player of the year in 2005.

A three-time Big Sky All-Academic Team member, 2010 ESPN Academic All-American and twice a team captain, Sherritt earned his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies at Eastern Washington in 2011.