Mike Sherman

Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Sherman spent his life in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, the southernmost neighborhood in Boston.

He lived there with his parents, Claire and Frank Sherman, his two sisters, and his two brothers.

His extended family members, who lived nearby, were devout Green Bay Packers fans and have dutifully followed Sherman's career.

Sherman was also raised in Northborough, Massachusetts, where he attended Algonquin Regional High School, playing for the football team.

Sherman earned a scholarship to play at Central Connecticut State University, where he played defensive end and offensive tackle.

He majored in English.

Though he was considered to be an average player with limited abilities in college, he was noted for his strong commitment.

Michael Francis Sherman (born December 19, 1954) is an American gridiron football coach and former player who most recently was the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Sherman was born in 1954 in Norwood, Massachusetts.

Right after college, Sherman became an English teacher and an assistant football coach, serving at Stamford High School in Connecticut in 1978 and at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts from 1979 to 1980.

Sherman started out his college coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was part of Jackie Sherrill's staff from 1981 to 1982.

While at Pittsburgh, Sherman wasn't able to afford an apartment; instead, he slept on a cot in Pitt Stadium.

Sherman has been married to his wife Karen since 1982, and the couple have five children together (Sarah, Emily, Matthew, Benjamin and Selena).

Sherman is the father-in-law of Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor, who is married to his oldest daughter.

Sherman and his family reside on Cape Cod.

A former reading and special education teacher, Karen is a very active member on the West Dennis Library Board of Trustees.

After his stay at Pittsburgh, Sherman then coached the offensive line at Tulane from 1983 to 1984, and later moved to Holy Cross, where he coached the offensive line from 1985 to 1987 before becoming the offensive coordinator for the 1988 season.

From 1989 to 1993, Sherman coached the Texas A&M offensive line.

The 1990 Aggie team set a school record of 471.1 yards per game.

Sherman's father worked for a pipe company in New England and retired in 1991.

Both his parents lived on Cape Cod.

Sherman also helped the Aggies to win three Southwest Conference championships consecutively from 1991 to 1993.

Additionally, he recruited Leeland McElroy, who would become one of the Aggies' top 10 all-time leading running backs.

During the 1992–93 season, he met retired head coach Gary Kubiak, who had coached the A&M running backs.

In 1994, Sherman left Texas A&M to coach the UCLA offensive line, which included former Baltimore Ravens pro bowler Jonathan Ogden.

Sherman later returned to Texas A&M to coach the offensive line again for the 1995–96 seasons.

Under Sherman, the Aggie offense averaged over 400 yards of total offense four times of his seven seasons at A&M.

On December 20, 1996, A&M head coach R. C. Slocum promoted Sherman to offensive coordinator to replace dismissed Steve Ensminger.

Months later, Sherman resigned to start his professional coaching career as the assistant offensive line and tight ends coach for the Green Bay Packers.

When asked by a reporter why he chose to accept the Green Bay job, Sherman responded: "There is absolutely no other college job I would have left Texas A&M for and only one professional job that I've ever had any interest in and that being the Green Bay Packers. I've enjoyed the small-town atmosphere of College Station for my family, and Green Bay offers that same atmosphere. If the truth be told, there is not a whole lot of difference between an `Aggie' and a `Cheesehead."

He served the position for the 1997–98 seasons.

After Packers head coach Mike Holmgren resigned to accept the Seattle Seahawks head coach position, Holmgren hired Sherman to become the offensive coordinator for the 1999 season.

He was the head coach of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 2000 to 2005.

Sherman led the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons from 2000 to 2004 and three divisional titles in 2002, 2003, and 2004, but never advanced past the divisional round of the playoffs.

In 2000, Sherman became the head coach of the Green Bay Packers.

He led the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons from 2000 to 2004.

He was also the head football coach at Texas A&M University from 2008 to 2011.

He has also been a coach in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks, Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins.

Before he started coaching in the NFL, he served as an assistant coach at five different colleges, including Texas A&M, where he coached the offensive line for seven seasons.

He is one of only a few coaches that has been a head coach at the high school, college, CFL and NFL level.