Ed Sherod

{{short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ed Sherrod | position = Point guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 170 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|9|13}} | birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = John Marshall<br>(Richmond, Virginia) | college = VCU (1978–1981) | draft_year = 1981 | draft_round = 4 | draft_pick = 72 | draft_team = New Jersey Nets | career_start = 1981 | career_end = 1984 | career_number = 13 | career_position= Point guard | coach_start = 1989 | coach_end = 1990 | years1 = 1981–1982 | team1 = Lancaster Lightning | years2 = {{nbay|1982|full=y}} | team2 = New York Knicks | years3 = 1983–1984 | team3 = Wisconsin Flyers | cyears1 = 1989–1990 | cteam1 = VCU (women) | highlights = * CBA champion (1982) * CBA Playoff/Finals MVP (1982) * Sun Belt Conference tournament MVP (1980) | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 395 (6.2 ppg) | stat2label = Assists | stat2value = 311 (4.9 apg) | stat3label = Rebounds | stat3value = 149 (2.3 rpg) }} '''Edmund Sherod''' (born September 13, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player.

A 6'2" point guard born in Richmond, Virginia, Sherod played scholastically at John Marshall High School. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from 1977 to 1981. There, he tallied a then-school record 582 assists and participated in two NCAA men's basketball tournaments.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} He led the Sun Belt Conference in assists as a junior and senior.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Goldaper |first1=Sam |title=Sherod at Ease Relaying Knicks' Plays |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/10/sports/sherod-at-ease-relaying-knicks-plays.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=10 January 1983}}</ref>

Sherod was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the fourth round of the 1981 NBA draft but cut in the preseason. He played the remainder of the regular season in the Continental Basketball Association with the Lancaster Lightning.<ref name="nyt" /> He won a CBA championship with the Lightning in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=1981-82 Lancaster Lightning Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBALAL/y-1981 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> He was selected as the CBA Playoff/Finals Most Valuable Player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmund Sherod minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-sheroedm001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref> Sherod made NBA history by becoming the first-ever player to make his debut in the postseason, in Game 1 with New Jersey against Washington in the 1981 Eastern Conference First Round. Sherod then played one season (1982–83) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks, averaging 6.2 points per game and 4.9 assists per game.

From 1989 to 1990, he served as head coach for VCU's women's basketball team.

Sherod's son played college basketball for Old Dominion and his grandson played at Richmond.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Sherod - Men's Basketball |url=https://richmondspiders.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/nick-sherod/4815 |publisher=University of Richmond Athletics |access-date=13 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}

===NBA=== Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sheroed01.html|title=Ed Sherod NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=15 January 2026}}</ref>

====Regular season==== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1982}} | style="text-align:left;"|New York | 64 || 37 || 25.4 || .406 || .077 || .650 || 2.3 || 4.9 || 1.5 || .2 || 6.2 |}

====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;" !Year !Team !GP !MPG !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|1982 | style="text-align:left;"|New Jersey | 2 || '''4.0''' || .000 || – || – || '''.5''' || .5 || .5 || .0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1983 | style="text-align:left;"|New York | '''4''' || 3.8 || '''.250''' || – || – || .3 || '''.8''' || '''.8''' || .0 || '''.5''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 6 || 3.9 || .200 || – || – || .3 || .7 || .7 || .0 || .3 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sheroed01.html NBA career statistics] *[http://vcurams.vcu.edu/mbb/team/sherod.htm VCU Rams All-Time Team profile]

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