Sherman Dillard

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.^[1] 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.

Sherman Dillard

Dillard on the Iowa sideline in a game at Williams Arena on February 16, 2020.
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Iowa
Conference	Big Ten
Biographical details
Born	(1955-09-01) September 1, 1955 (age 70) Bassett, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1973–1978	James Madison
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1985	Maryland (assistant)
1985–1988	California (assistant)
1988–1994	Georgia Tech (assistant)
1994–1997	Indiana State
1997–2004	James Madison
2010–present	Iowa (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	122–157
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CAA regular season (2000)
Awards
CAA Coach of the Year (2000)

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

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (1994–1997)
1994–95	Indiana State	7–19	3–15	10th
1995–96	Indiana State	10–16	6–12	9th
1996–97	Indiana State	12–16	6–12	T–8th
Indiana State:		29–51 (.363)	15–39 (.278)
James Madison Dukes (Colonial Athletic Association) (1997–2004)
1997–98	James Madison	11–16	6–10	T–5th
1998–99	James Madison	16–11	9–7	T–4th
1999–00	James Madison	20–9	12–4	T–1st
2000–01	James Madison	12–17	6–10	T–7th
2001–02	James Madison	14–15	6–12	9th
2002–03	James Madison	13–17	8–10	7th
2003–04	James Madison	7–21	3–15	10th
James Madison:		93–106 (.467)	56–68 (.452)
Total:		122–157 (.437)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion