Jackie Sherrill is the winningest coach in Misissippi State football history. He took the Bulldogs to the SEC Championship game one year, and his teams were collectively the ‘Best in the West’ for three more. He produced All-SEC and All-American players on an annual basis, sending player-after-player to the NFL. He set records, only to break them again and again on his own. His numbers and his accomplishments are why Sherrill is being inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame this weekend.
But what he means to those who cheered for him in Starkville throughout the ‘90s, who he is to MSU fans, is more than just being ‘Coach’ or ‘Hall of Famer.