Texas State Athletics

James Sherman is in his fifth season on the Texas State football coaching staff in 2023. In February 2023, he was promoted to Assistant AD/Director of Football Operations.

For his first four years with the Bobcats, Sherman was the director of player development, where he created, developed and implemented programming that fostered an environment of holistic well-being and personal growth beyond the football field. He also served as a liaison between student-athletes and several support areas including Academics, Housing, Financial Aid and Student Led Organizations.

Sherman was a four-year letterman for Texas State prior to working for the program. He set three single-game kicking records and served four years on the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC).

Sherman set Texas State’s single-game records for most field goals made and attempted when he was successful on five of his six tries against Texas Southern in 2018. He also tied another school record and equaled the fourth-highest point total in Sun Belt Conference history when he scored 18 points in the 2018 game against Texas Southern.

He was named Texas State’s Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2018 after serving as the president of Texas State SAAC and vice-chair on the Sun Belt Conference’s SAAC. He earned a Texas State Academic Achievement certificate three times, the school’s Academic Star of Excellence once, and was on the Sun Belt Commissioner’s List three times after maintaining a GPA between 3.5-4.0.

He was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action and invited to play for Team USA in the 2018 World Championships.

A Montgomery, Ala. native, Sherman earned bachelor’s degrees in political science in Dec. 2017 and economics in Dec. 2018. He also has a master's degree from Texas State.