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Sport(s)
  
Football

Overall
  
141–43–7

1945–1966
  
Muskingum


1944
  
Miami (OH) (assistant)

1930s
  
Muskingum

Name
  
Ed Sherman

Ed Sherman

Born
  
July 12, 1912Licking County, Ohio (
1912-07-12
)

Died
  
September 29, 2009(2009-09-29) (aged 97)Newark, Ohio

Edgar A. "Ed" Sherman (July 13, 1912 – September 29, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Muskingum College from 1945 to 1966, compiling a record of 141–43–7, a winning percentage of .757. He also served as Muskingum director of athletics, and he worked as a basketball referee. His Muskingum coaching career ended after the 1966 season but he remained on the faculty through 1980. He also coached the Muskingum track team and had a record of 111–21 in dual meets. Sherman was known for his service to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA_. He was the NCAA secretary-treasurer for a two-year term and chairman of a committee which established the I-A, I-AA, II, III divisions, he was on the NCAA television committee and the NCAA-NAIA joint committee. He served 22 NCAA committees. Sherman received a White House citation for contribution in athletics. In 1982, he received the Corbett Award honoring his work as a college director of athletics. In 1986 Muskingum named its football field for him. Sherman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1996. He died on September 29, 2009.

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