Jody Sears

Jody Sears

Biographical details
Born	(1967-10-21) October 21, 1967 Pullman, Washington
Alma mater	Washington State Iowa State
Playing career
1989–1990	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
Head coaching record
Overall	24–54

Jody Sears (born October 21, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He last served as the head coach of Sacramento State Hornets football, after previously serving as the head coach at Weber State University (WSU).

Coaching Career

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

In 1998, he became the defensive coordinator at St. Ambrose University. Afterwards he served as a coach for three years at Army, before heading to Eastern Washington University as a defensive coordinator.

Sears spent three years as the co-defensive coordinator for the Washington State University 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 Arkansas, Sears was asked to become the interim head coach at Weber State. In his two season as a head coach of Weber State, he compiled a record of four wins and 19 losses and was relieved of his duties with the team.

In 2014, he was named head coach at Sacramento State, and after four years compiled an 18-27 record, with two winning seasons. Their record in 2017 tied them for 3rd in the Big Sky Conference standings, their best conference finish since 2010, when the Big Sky had 4 fewer members (14 currently compared to 9).

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

Personal

Sears attended Pullman High School in his native town of Pullman, Washington. He went on to attend Washington State, where he walked on as a wide receiver. He raised 5 children with his wife Molly.

External links

• Sacramento State profile