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B.T. Sherman named as Bears offensive coordinator; Antone' Sewell to serve as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator

BALTIMORE, Md. (July 12, 2022) -- Morgan State head coach Damon Wilson has hired former Bear wideout B.T. Sherman as offensive coordinator and announced that Antone' Sewell will serve as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.
 
"Hiring Coach Sewell and Coach Sherman are great additions to our program," said Wilson. "They have both had a ton of success in the past as coordinators and they have the ability to recruit and develop talent." 
 
"Coach Sherman led the MEAC last year as a coordinator and Coach Sewell had one of the top defenses in Division II football last year."
 
Sherman joins Morgan's staff after spending five seasons at Norfolk State, while Sewell worked as defensive coordinator at Bowie State where he also served under Wilson.
 

Here's a quick look at the new assistant coaches:
 
Name: B.T. Sherman
 
Title: Offensive Coordinator
 
Coaching Experience: William "B.T." Sherman spent five years on the NSU football coaching staff. He served as the Spartans' running backs coach, assistant head, and most recently as the Spartans' offensive coordinator and associate head coach.

Sherman helped guide the Spartans to the No. 1 rated scoring (33.2) and total offense (440.4) in the MEAC last season. The 2021 Spartans offense also ranked No. 1 in pass efficiency (148.5 pct.) and rushing (212.1) and finished the season ranked No. 2 in pass offense (228.9). The Spartans offense produced a total of eight First Team All-conference performers: QB Juwan Carter (MEAC Player of the Year), WR Justin Smith, TE Anthony Williams, RB Jarin Davis, along with O-linemen Jalen Powell, Colby Byrd, D'Montre Smith and Justin Redd.

Sherman joined NSU with eight years of previous collegiate coaching experience within the MEAC. Previously, he coached at Howard University for three seasons (2014-16). He finished his tenure in 2016 serving as associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Sherman was promoted to those positions after coaching the wide receivers for two years (2014-15).

Sherman helped lead Howard to the No. 2 ranking in the MEAC in rushing yards. The Bison improved six places in the MEAC statistical rankings in total offense from 2015 to 2016, averaging more than 100 yards per game better than the previous year. Howard had three offensive players earn All-MEAC honors in 2016, including a pair of first-team selections.

Before joining the Bison, Sherman spent five seasons at Morgan State, where he coached the wide receivers and was the passing game coordinator.

Sherman spent three years as the head coach at Cincinnati Woodward High School. In 2008, he was named Coach of the Year as he guided the Bulldogs to a 10-0 record and the first playoff appearance in school history. Sherman led Woodward to a 19-12 record in three seasons, and under his guidance, the squad averaged 40 points per game and won 14 consecutive regular-season games.

Sherman helped tutor numerous top college prospects, including running back Erik Finklea, who went on to play collegiately at Miami of Ohio.

Prior to taking the reins at Woodward, Sherman served two seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Cincinnati Taft High School (2004-05). In addition, he was the wide receivers coach for Cincinnati Withrow High School in 2003.

A Cincinnati, Ohio native, Sherman was a three-sport athlete at Withrow High. He was two-time Conference Player of the Year in football and two-time all-conference selection in baseball. He was also an all-city guard on the basketball team.

Sherman continued his football career at the College of Sequoias (Visalia, Calif.), where he became a two-time all-conference wide receiver before transferring to Morgan State. Sherman was a standout for the Bears on special teams and as a receiver. He ranked as one of the top returners in the nation by averaging a league-best 30.1 yards per kickoff return. Sherman was also the team's second-leading receiver as he helped the Bears post a 7-5 record, the school's first winning season in 23 years.

Sherman is a member of the American Football Coaches Association and the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association. He earned his bachelor's degree in health education from Morgan State in 2003. Sherman has one son, Jaylen.
 
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Name: Antone' Sewell
 
Title: Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator
 
Coaching Experience: Sewell served as defensive coordinator at Division II perennial power Bowie State. 
 
Bowie State allowed an average of just under 14 points per game in 2021 as it claimed its third-straight CIAA title, its best showing under Sewell and one of the best in the nation.
 
Sewell spent five seasons in the SWAC on Henry Frazier's Prairie View A&M squads in the mid-2000s. 
 
Sewell helped coach the team to four NCAA statistical champions and four CIAA defensive Rookie of the Year winners, while coaching the 2019 CIAA Defensive Player of the Year and the 2019 HBCU Gameday Defensive Player of the Year. He also helped coach the 2021 AFCA Division II Defensive Player of the Year, while helping Bowie State to host its first ever playoff game and playoff win.
 
Upon completion of his degree from Bowie State as a member of the Honors Program in 2003, Sewell began his coaching career at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Ga. While at FVSU, Sewell served one season as a graduate assistant on the FVSU coaching staff assisting with the team's defensive backs.

A four-year letterman at Bowie State University, Sewell was named the team's Defensive MVP in 2001 after helping the Bulldogs to a 7-3 record. After a productive senior season in 2002 in which BSU advanced to the CIAA Championship Game, he was named to the All-CIAA Second Team.

A native of New Carrollton, Md., Sewell also holds a Master's in Counseling from Prairie View A&M.  He served as a participant in the 2009 NCAA Football Coaches Academy in Indianapolis, Ind., the 2011 NCAA Expert Coaches Academy in Orlando, Fla. and the 2016 NCAA-NFL Coaches Academy in Tampa, Fla.
 
 
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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
 
 
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