J.C. Sherritt returns to Pullman after being named a defensive analyst on Head Coach Jake Dickert’s staff in January 2023. Sherritt attended Pullman High School where he led the Greyhounds to the 2005 Washington 2A state title.
Sherritt arrives in Pullman following one season at Auburn, also as a defensive analyst. From 2020-21, Sherritt served as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach at Cal Poly, where he worked alongside current Cougars wide receivers coach Nick Edwards, who was the Mustangs’ offensive coordinator.
He began his coaching career in 2019 following his Canadian Football League retirement as 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.
Undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft out of Eastern Washington, Sherritt signed a free agent contract with Edmonton of the Canadian Football League and played for the Eskimos for eight seasons. In 109 games at linebacker, Sherritt accumulated 552 tackles 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 and CFL All-Star 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.
As a collegiate player, Sherritt played at Eastern Washington from 2006-10, setting 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 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 as a two-time Consensus First-Team FCS All-American (2009-10), with 432 tackles, No. 4 in the Big Sky record book,
A three-time Big Sky All-Academic Team member, 2010 ESPN Academic All-American and two-time team captain, Sherritt earned his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies at in 2011.
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 Washington Player of the Year in 2005.
