Official: UNLV's Mike Scherer tabbed to be DC/LB coach for Purdue
New Purdue coach Barry Odom has a defensive coordinator/linebackers coach. And it’s a familiar name to Odom: Mike Scherer, according to a school release.
Scherer spent the last two years as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at UNLV under Odom, who was introduced as head coach at Purdue last week after leading the Rebels to a 19-8 mark in 2023-24. In 2024, Scherer helped the Rebels finish among the top 30 nationally in points allowed per game.
Scherer, 31, began his career at Missouri as a GA in 2019 when Odom was head coach (2016-19) and worked at Arkansas from 2020-22 as a linebackers coach under Odom, who was the Razorbacks’ defensive coordinator at the time. Scherer played for Odom at Missouri as a linebacker from 2012-16.
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Scherer is the first of what’s expected to be a handful of UNLV assistants to follow Odom to Purdue now that the Rebels’ 2024 season ended on Wednesday night with a LA Bowl win vs. Cal.
Scherer is a native of St. Louis who attended tony County Day School.
Purdue has now officially hired seven assistants: Scherer, DBs Charles Clark, QB Darin Hinshaw, DE Jake Trump, DL Kelvin Green, OC/TE Josh Henson and RB Lamar Conard.
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