Rip Scherer

Rip Scherer
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Madrid Bravos
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	August 3, 1952 (age 72); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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)
2016–2017	UCLA (TE)
2018–2020	Los Angeles Chargers (TE/QB)
2022	UConn (senior analyst)
2023	UAB (sr assistant/advisor to HC)
2024–present	Madrid Bravos
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013–2015	UCLA (associate athletic director for football)
Head coaching record
Overall	51–63 (college)
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. He is the head coach for the Madrid Bravos of the European League of Football (ELF). Scherer served at the head football coach at James Madison University from 1991 to 1994 and the University of Memphis from 1995 to 2000, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 51–63. In 2018, he was named tight ends coach for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). In 2024, he will be Head Coach of the Madrid Bravos in the European League of Football.^[1]

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

Head coaching record

College


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

References

^ "Madrid Bravos present Rip Scherer as head coach | ELF".
^ 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] "Madrid Bravos present Rip Scherer as head coach | ELF".

[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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