Rod Reed

Rod Reed

Biographical details
Born	(1966-09-15) September 15, 1966 Marshall, Texas
Playing career
1985–1988	Tennessee State
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991	Prairie View A&M (LB)
1992–1995	Bethune-Cookman (LB)
1996–1999	Seabreeze HS (FL) (LB)
2000–2001	East Texas Baptist (LB)
2002	East Texas Baptist (DC)
2003–2004	Tennessee State (DC/LB)
2005	Tennessee State (OLB)
2006–2007	Tennessee State (LB)
2008	Tennessee State (DC/LB)
2009	Tennessee State (AHC/DC/LB)
2010–2020	Tennessee State
Head coaching record
Overall	57–60
Tournaments	1–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs)

Roderick Reed (born September 15, 1966) is an American college football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at Tennessee State University (TSU).

Coaching career

Reed began his coaching career in 1991 at Prairie View A&M. From 1992 to 1995, he was the linebackers coach at Bethune-Cookman. Reed then moved to the high school ranks as linebackers coach at Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida from 1996 until 1999. The next year, he returned to his hometown Marshall, when he was named an assistant coach at East Texas Baptist. After coaching the linebackers for two seasons, Reed was promoted to defensive coordinator prior to the 2002 season. From 2003 to 2004, he served as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under James Reese at Tennessee State. Following Reese's ousting, Reed was retained by new head coach James Webster in 2005. He coached the Tigers' linebackers for three seasons before returning to the defensive coordinator position in 2008, assuming additional duties as associate head coach in 2009.

Reed's contract was not extended after the 2021 season.

Personal

Reed earned his Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications from Tennessee State in 1988. He and his wife, Tamika, have four children. His father, Bob Reed, also played at TSU during the early 1960s and thereafter for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL).

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Rank#
Tennessee State Tigers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2010–present)
2010	Tennessee State	3–8	0–7	9th
2011	Tennessee State	5–6	4–4	T–5th
2012	Tennessee State	8–3	4–3	5th
2013	Tennessee State	10–4	6–2	2nd	L FCS Second Round
2014	Tennessee State	6–6	3–5	T–6th
2015	Tennessee State	4–6	1–6	8th
2016	Tennessee State	7–4	4–3	4th
2017	Tennessee State	6–5	2–5	T–7th
2018	Tennessee State	4–5	3–5	5th
2019	Tennessee State	2–8	1–5
2020–21	Tennessee State	2–5	2–5
Tennessee State:		57–60	30–50
Total:		57–60

External links

• Tennessee State profile