Sheridan wrapped up his time with the Badgers at the conclusion of the 2022 season after one season as the Badgers' inside linebackers coach.
Sheridan joined the Badgers after spending two seasons as defensive line coach at Air Force and, prior to that, two seasons as linebackers coach at Boston College. He was the Eagles’ defensive coordinator in 2019.
Those positions marked a return to college football for Sheridan, who spent the previous 13 seasons in the pro ranks as a coach with four NFL franchises. Among those posts, he served as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants in 2009 and for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2012-13. He also coached linebackers for Giants (2005-08), Dolphins (2010-11) and Lions (2014-17).
Sheridan twice helped the Lions reach the playoffs, and his efforts contributed to four consecutive playoff appearances for the Giants, including their Super Bowl XLII victory over New England to end the 2007 season.
While in Detroit, he coached All-Pro linebacker and Badgers product DeAndre Levy. Sheridan also mentored All-Pro linebacker Cameron Wake in Miami and Pro Bowler Antonio Pierce in New York.
No stranger to the Big Ten, Sheridan coached linebackers at Michigan State from 1998 to 2000 and later spent the 2002-04 seasons mentoring linebackers and defensive linemen at Michigan.
A Detroit native, Sheridan graduated in 1982 from Grand Valley State, where he was a three-year starter at linebacker.
