06/17/2026
The FACS Lady Crusaders are excited to welcome Coach Sheffield to our coaching staff!
Over the past five seasons, he has served as the girls' basketball head coach at Eastland ISD in Texas, leading the program to two playoff appearances, including a 25-8 record and a Bi-District Championship in 2023-24. In 2024-25, Eastland again reached the postseason as a Bi-District Qualifier.
Before entering the high school ranks, he spent several years coaching at both the NCAA and NJCAA levels, serving as an assistant coach at Texas A&M International University, Tarleton State University, Walters State Community College, East Central University, and Ranger College. His responsibilities included player development, recruiting, academics, discipline, and program administration. His most successful coaching tenure came at Walters State, where the team reached the NJCAA National Tournament twice and more than 25 student-athletes advanced to four-year institutions.
As a player, he enjoyed a distinguished collegiate career at Tarleton State University from 2004-06. During his two seasons, the Texans compiled a 52-16 record, won back-to-back South Central Regional Championships, reached the NCAA Division II Final Four in 2005, and earned a No. 1 national ranking in 2005-06. The 2004-05 team was inducted into the Tarleton State Hall of Fame in 2026.
Individually, he earned Division II All-American honors, was named Lone Star Conference Newcomer of the Year as a junior, earned Second Team All-LSC honors, and followed that with First Team All-LSC and First Team All-American recognition as a senior. He was also selected to the Lone Star Conference's 75th Anniversary Team, recognizing the top players and coaches who have impacted basketball in the conference's history.
Before Tarleton State, he starred at Walters State Community College, where he earned NJCAA All-American honors and helped lead the program to the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas, while playing under Hall of Fame coach Bill Carlyle.
Following his collegiate career, he played professionally for five years in Ireland and Germany, winning championships with BBC Bayreuth and Nördlingen.
He is a 2002 graduate of Houston High School in Germantown, Tennessee, where he played under Coach Chad Becker.
