Report: Giants adding Kevin Sherrer, Sam Coad to staff

The New York Giants are reportedly adding both Kevin Sherrer and Sam Coad to Joe Judge’s coaching staff.

The New York Giants continued staff building on Saturday, reportedly adding two more members to Joe Judge’s team and, in the process, letting it be known that Aaron Wellman will remain in charge as the strength and conditioning coach.

The first addition came by way of Sam Coad, who will join the Giants as a performance manager/assistant strength coach. He will serve under Wellman.

Along with Coad, the Giants are also reportedly adding Tennessee inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Kevin Sherrer.

From GoVols247:

Inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Kevin Sherrer is expected to leave the Vols to join the staff of the NFL’s New York Giants for new coach Joe Judge, sources told GoVols247 on Saturday night.

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Sherrer, who came over from Georgia to be part of the initial staff Jeremy Pruitt hired when he became the head coach at Tennessee a little more than two years ago, coached the inside linebackers the past two seasons he’s handled a couple of different other roles, first as the defensive coordinator in 2018 before the hire of Derrick Ansley prompted the Vols to shift Sherrer over to special teams duties.

He was one of the highest earners on Tennessee’s staff with a $700,000 salary and still had another year to run on his contract, which was set to run through the end of January 2021.

The 46-year-old Sherrer played tight end at Alabama and has both a Bachelor’s in Physical Education and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration. He’s spent time on the staff of Nick Saban in Alabama and with Georgia in 2017 before arriving in Tennessee.

While at Georgia, Sherrer worked directly with current Giants linebacker Lorenzo Carter.

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Kevin Sherrer visits UT target Desmond Tisdol

Class of 2020 football recruiting.

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2020 Tennessee target Desmond Tisdol received a home visit from Vols’ assistant coach Kevin Sherrer (special teams coordinator/inside linebackers) on Dec. 3.

The 6-foot, 215-pound linebacker is from Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Ga.

Tennessee offered Tisdol on Oct. 22 and he visited UT for the UAB game Nov. 2.

The 2020 prospect holds Power 5 offers from Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss and Georgia Tech.

2020 recruiting class signing dates

The 2019 Early Signing Period will take place Dec. 18-20 and National Signing Day will be held on Feb. 5.

The Vols’ 2020 commitment tracker can be followed below.

University of Tennessee’s 2020 football recruiting class tracker