About Coach Elrod.............
JetSweep.com was created by Coach Wes Elrod
Coach Elrod is a 46 year veteran of both the high school and
college ranks. He has really retired from coaching after (6) feeble
attempts LOL. On April 20, 2013, Coach Elrod was inducted into the
Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Hall of Fame
- Class of 2013. Inducted into the initial Tennessee Football
Coaches Association (TnFCA) Hall of Fame in 2014 - Nov. 6th 2014.
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".
For several years, he was 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. |