Dick Sheridan passes away
Former NC State football coach Dick Sheridan has passed away. He was 81 years old.
Sheridan led the Wolfpack from 1986-92. During those seven seasons, Sheridan had a winning record six times while compiling a 52-29-3 overall mark. That included going 31-18-1 in ACC games. NC State finished ranked in at least one poll three times under Sheridan.
So respected was Sheridan that Georgia offered him its head coaching position in 1988 after legendary Vince Dooley stepped down following 25 seasons with the Bulldogs and a .715 winning percentage.
Loyalty mattered to Sheridan, though. He told TheWolfpacker.com in 2021 that when someone from Georgia leaked to the press news of the job offer before Sheridan had a chance to talk with his team, he turned the position down.
That turned out to be good news for the Pack and a bad development for NC State’s archrival North Carolina. Sheridan went 6-1 against UNC in his time in Raleigh, including beating Mack Brown five times in a row in Brown’s first tenure with the Tar Heels.
Sheridan stepped down from his post before the start of the 1993 season, citing health reasons. His .637 winning percentage is second all time at NC State football in the ACC era, trailing only fellow College Football Hall of Famer’s Lou Holtz’s .719 percentage from 1972-75.
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Sheridan’s .630 mark in ACC play is third after Holtz’s .739 and Holtz’s replacement Bo Rein’s .652 from 1976-79.
In addition to the winning, Sheridan was also known for introducing the popular diamond logo on football uniforms that continued under Sheridan’s replacement, Mike O’Cain.
Prior to coming to NC State, Sheridan coached at Furman for eight seasons and had a 69-23-2 record. Twice he helped the Paladins reach the semifinals of the Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision) playoffs.
Sheridan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020.
