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About Coach Elrod.............
JetSweep.com was created by Coach Wes Elrod
Coach Elrod is a 44 year veteran of both the high school and
college ranks. He has again decided to leave college coaching and
return to his first love - coaching in high school. Wes will be a
non-faculty coach at nearby Wilson Central H.S. and help run the
offense
He had previously coached the offensive line at Cumberland
University located in Lebanon, Tennessee under legendary Wing-T
"guru" Herschel Moore.
Wes served as head football coach at four high schools in the
Metro Nashville school system for 23 years where he compiled an
overall record of 173-81-2.
Elrod was twice named Tennessee C.O.Y. ('76 & '91). He was either
district or regional C.O.Y. (4) times and was the N.I.L.
"Tennessean" C.O.Y. in 1976. Wes is a member of the N.I.L. Football
Hall of Fame. Elrod has coached 5 players that made it into the NFL
ranks. A recent honor was the 2005 College Football Hall of Fame -
Middle Tennessee Chapter "Contribution to Football Award". The past
4 years, he has been a hybrid wing-T clinician for Glazier clinics
at several locations throughout the USA.
Coach Elrod holds a BS degree from UT Martin where he was a 2 yr
starter in football and has a Masters degree from MTSU. Wes and his
wife Dona are 30 + yr residents of Lebanon/Wilson Co. Tn. |