Jody Sears

Jody Sears

Biographical details
Born	(1967-10-21) October 21, 1967 Pullman, Washington
Alma mater	Iowa State
Playing career
1987-1990	Washington State
Position(s)	Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1996	Iowa State (GA)
1998–1999	St. Ambrose (DC)
2000–2002	Army (CB)
2003	Eastern Washington (DC/LB)
2004–2006	Eastern Washington (DC/S)
2007	Eastern Washington (DC/DE)
2008–2010	Washington State (co-DC/CB)
2011	Washington State (CB)
2012	Weber State (interim HC/DC)
2013	Weber State
2014–2018	Sacramento State
2019–2020	Nevada (interim DC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	24–54

Jody Sears (born October 21, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the interim defensive coordinator for Nevada Wolf Pack. He served as the head coach at Weber State University from 2012 to 2013 and California State University, Sacramento from 2014 to 2018.

Early life and playing career

Sears attended Pullman High School in his native town of Pullman, Washington. He attend Washington State University, where he walked on to the Washington State Cougars football team as a wide receiver under head coach Mike Price.

Coaching career

In 1994, Sears attended graduate school at Iowa State University, where he earned his master's degree. There he served as a graduate assistant coach for the Iowa State Cyclones football team, where he coached wide receivers and defensive backs.

In 1998, Sears became the defensive coordinator at St. Ambrose University. Following a two-year stint at St. Ambrose, he was an assistant coach for three years at the United States Military Academy, before heading to Eastern Washington University as a defensive coordinator.

Sears spent three years as the co-defensive coordinator for the Washington State Cougars. After head coach Paul Wulff was fired in late 2011 new Washington State head coach Mike Leach did not keep any of the Wulff staff.

On April 2, 2012, Sears joined new head coach John L. Smith as the defensive coordinator at Weber State University. A few weeks later, when Smith stepped down to become the head coach at the University of Arkansas, Sears was asked to become the interim head coach. In his two season as a head coach of Weber State, he compiled a record of 4–19 losses before he was relieved of his duties.

In 2014, he was named head coach at California State University, Sacramento. In five years, he compiled an 20–35 record with two winning seasons. Their record in 2017 tied them for third in the Big Sky Conference standings, their best conference finish since 2010.

In 2019, Sears stepped in as defensive coordinator, on an interim basis, to coach the 2019 Nevada Wolf Pack football team in the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (January) against Ohio.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky Conference) (2012–2013)
2012	Weber State	2–9	2–6	T–11th
2013	Weber State	2–10	1–7	T–11th
Weber State:		4–19	3–13
Sacramento State Hornets (Big Sky Conference) (2014–2018)
2014	Sacramento State	7–5	4–4	7th
2015	Sacramento State	2–9	1–7	T–12th
2016	Sacramento State	2–9	2–6	T–9th
2017	Sacramento State	7–4	6–2	T–3rd
2018	Sacramento State	2–8	0–7	13th
Sacramento State:		20–35	13–26
Total:		24–54

External links

• Sacramento State profile
• Washington State profile
• Weber State profile