Sherman Dillard

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1955)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Sherman Dillard

| image = Sherman Dillard.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Dillard on the Iowa sideline in a game at Williams Arena on February 16, 2020.

| current_title = Assistant coach

| current_team = Iowa

| current_conference = Big Ten

| current_record =

| contract =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|1}}

| birth_place = Bassett, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1973–1978

| player_team1 = James Madison

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1980–1985

| coach_team1 = Maryland (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1985–1988

| coach_team2 = California (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1988–1994

| coach_team3 = Georgia Tech (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1994–1997

| coach_team4 = Indiana State

| coach_years5 = 1997–2004

| coach_team5 = James Madison

| coach_years6 = 2010–present

| coach_team6 = Iowa (assistant)

| overall_record = 122–157

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = CAA regular season (2000)

| awards = CAA Coach of the Year (2000)

| coaching_records =

}}

Sherman Dillard (born September 1, 1955) is an American former basketball player and current coach. He was a head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University and at James Madison as well as an assistant at Maryland, California and Georgia Tech.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawkeyesports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1463&path=mbball|title=Official Athletics Website of the Iowa Hawkeyes|website=www.hawkeyesports.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-20}} Currently, he is an assistant basketball coach at the University of Iowa. Prior to being hired at Iowa in May 2010, he was a basketball representative for Nike.

Dillard was the sixth round pick in the 1978 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.

He resigned his position at Indiana State in order to replace Lefty Driesell at his alma mater, James Madison University. He had previously worked as an assistant coach for Lefty at the University of Maryland in the early 1980s.

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Indiana State Sycamores

| conference = Missouri Valley Conference

| startyear = 1994

| endyear = 1997

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1994–95

| name = Indiana State

| overall = 7–19

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995–96

| name = Indiana State

| overall = 10–16

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1996–97

| name = Indiana State

| overall = 12–16

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = T–8th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Indiana State

| overall = 29–51 ({{Winning percentage|29|51}})

| confrecord = 15–39 ({{Winning percentage|15|39}})

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = James Madison Dukes

| conference = Colonial Athletic Association

| startyear = 1997

| endyear = 2004

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = James Madison

| overall = 11–16

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = T–5th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = James Madison

| overall = 16–11

| conference = 9–7

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1999–00

| name = James Madison

| overall = 20–9

| conference = 12–4

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = James Madison

| overall = 12–17

| conference = 6–10

| confstanding = T–7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = James Madison

| overall = 14–15

| conference = 6–12

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = James Madison

| overall = 13–17

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2003–04

| name = James Madison

| overall = 7–21

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = James Madison

| overall = 93–106 ({{Winning percentage|93|106}})

| confrecord = 56–68 ({{Winning percentage|56|68}})

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 122–157 ({{Winning percentage|122|157}})

}}

References

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