Rip Scherer

Rip Scherer
Current position
Title	Tight ends coach
Team	UCLA
Conference	Pac-12
Biographical details
Born	August 3, 1952 (age 72); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1970–1973	William & Mary
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1975	Penn State (GA)
1976	NC State (QB)
1977–1978	Hawaii (RB)
1979	Virginia (QB)
1980–1986	Georgia Tech (QB/OC)
1987	Alabama (OC)
1988–1990	Arizona (OC)
1991–1994	James Madison
1995–2000	Memphis
2001	Kansas (co-OC)
2003–2004	Southern Miss (OC)
2005–2008	Cleveland Browns (assistant HC / QB)
2009–2010	Carolina Panthers (QB)
2011–2012	Colorado (assistant HC / QB)
2016–present	UCLA (TE)
Head coaching record
Overall	51–63
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 Yankee Mid-Atlantic Division (1994)

William Bernard "Rip" Scherer, Jr. (born August 3, 1952) is an American football coach and former player. He is the tight ends coach at UCLA.^[1] He previously served as quarterbacks coach/assistant head coach for the Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, offensive coordinator for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, offensive coordinator for the Kansas Jayhawks, head coach of the Memphis Tigers, head coach of the James Madison Dukes, offensive coordinator of the Arizona Wildcats, offensive coordinator of the Alabama Crimson Tide, quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, quarterbacks coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, running backs coach of the Hawaii Warriors, and quarterbacks coach of the NC State Wolfpack. He started his coaching at Penn State in 1974. Scherer was also previously the associate athletic director at UCLA.

Scherer is the cousin of Kevin Colbert, Vice President of Football Operations for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He the son of longtime Pittsburgh-area high school coach William "Rip" Scherer.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	NCAA^#	TSN^°
James Madison Dukes (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1992–1994)
1991	James Madison	9–4			L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal	16
1992	James Madison	4–7
James Madison Dukes (Yankee Conference) (1993–1994)
1993	James Madison	6–5	4–4	3rd (Mid-Atlantic)
1994	James Madison	10–3	6–2	T–1st (Mid-Atlantic)	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal		13
James Madison:		29–19	10–6
Memphis Tigers (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1995)
1995	Memphis	3–8
Memphis Tigers (Conference USA) (1996–2000)
1996	Memphis	4–7	2–3	T–3rd
1997	Memphis	4–7	2–4	T–4th
1998	Memphis	2–9	1–5	T–7th
1999	Memphis	5–6	4–2	T–2nd
2000	Memphis	4–7	2–5	T–7th
Memphis:		22–44	11–19
Total:		51–63
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

References

^ "Football Staff Hires and Promotion". UCLA Athletics. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
^ McGill, Andrew (December 31, 2012). "Obituary: William 'Rip' Scherer / Former running back at Penn State knew value of hard work". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 26, 2016.

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[1] "Football Staff Hires and Promotion". UCLA Athletics. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

[2] McGill, Andrew (December 31, 2012). "Obituary: William 'Rip' Scherer / Former running back at Penn State knew value of hard work". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 26, 2016.

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