{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1952)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Rip Scherer | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Madrid Bravos | current_conference = | current_record = 0–0 | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|8|3}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1970–1973 | player_team1 = William & Mary | player_positions = Quarterback | coach_years1 = 1974–1975 | coach_team1 = Penn State (GA) | coach_years2 = 1976 | coach_team2 = NC State (QB) | coach_years3 = 1977–1978 | coach_team3 = Hawaii (RB) | coach_years4 = 1979 | coach_team4 = Virginia (QB) | coach_years5 = 1980–1986 | coach_team5 = Georgia Tech (QB/OC) | coach_years6 = 1987 | coach_team6 = Alabama (OC) | coach_years7 = 1988–1990 | coach_team7 = Arizona (OC) | coach_years8 = 1991–1994 | coach_team8 = James Madison | coach_years9 = 1995–2000 | coach_team9 = Memphis | coach_years10 = 2001 | coach_team10 = Kansas (co-OC) | coach_years11 = 2003–2004 | coach_team11 = Southern Miss (OC) | coach_years12 = 2005–2008 | coach_team12 = Cleveland Browns (assistant HC / QB) | coach_years13 = 2009–2010 | coach_team13 = Carolina Panthers (QB) | coach_years14 = 2011–2012 | coach_team14 = Colorado (assistant HC / QB) | coach_years15 = 2016–2017 | coach_team15 = UCLA (TE) | coach_years16 = 2018–2020 | coach_team16 = Los Angeles Chargers (TE/QB) | coach_years17 = 2022 | coach_team17 = UConn (senior analyst) | coach_years18 = 2023 | coach_team18 = UAB (sr assistant/advisor to HC) | coach_years19 = 2024 | coach_team19 = Madrid Bravos | admin_years1 = 2013–2015 | admin_team1 = UCLA (associate athletic director for football) | overall_record = 51–63 (college) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = 1–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) | championships = 1 Yankee Mid-Atlantic Division (1994) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''William Bernard''' "'''Rip'''" '''Scherer Jr.''' (born August 3, 1952) is an American football coach. He is the head coach for the Madrid Bravos of the European League of Football (ELF). Scherer served at the head football coach at James Madison University from 1991 to 1994 and the University of Memphis from 1995 to 2000, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 51–63. In 2018, he was named tight ends coach for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). In 2024, he will be Head Coach of the Madrid Bravos in the European League of Football.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://europeanleague.football/news/madrid-bravos-present-rip-scherer-as-head-coach-1539 | title=Madrid Bravos present Rip Scherer as head coach | ELF }}</ref>
Scherer is the cousin of Kevin Colbert, former Vice President of Football Operations for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is the son of longtime Pittsburgh-area high school coach William "Rip" Scherer.<ref>{{cite news |last=McGill |first=Andrew |date=December 31, 2012 |title=Obituary: William 'Rip' Scherer / Former running back at Penn State knew value of hard work |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2012/12/31/Obituary-William-Rip-Scherer-Former-running-back-at-Penn-State-knew-value-of-hard-work/stories/201212310184 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=March 26, 2016 }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conf = yes | bowl = yes | poll = both | poll1 = NCAA | poll2 = TSN }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = James Madison Dukes | conf = NCAA Division I-AA independent | startyear = 1992 | endyear = 1994 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1991 | name = James Madison | overall = 9–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = 16 | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1992 | name = James Madison | overall = 4–7 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = James Madison Dukes | conf = Yankee Conference | startyear = 1993 | endyear = 1994 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1993 | name = James Madison | overall = 6–5 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(Mid-Atlantic)</small> | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = division | year = 1994 | name = James Madison | overall = 10–3 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(Mid-Atlantic)</small> | bowlname = NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = 13 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = James Madison | overall = 29–19 | confrecord = 10–6 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Memphis Tigers | conf = NCAA Division I-A independent | startyear = 1995 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1995 | name = Memphis | overall = 3–8 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Memphis Tigers | conf = Conference USA | startyear = 1996 | endyear = 2000 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1996 | name = Memphis | overall = 4–7 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1997 | name = Memphis | overall = 4–7 | conference = 2–4 | confstanding = T–4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1998 | name = Memphis | overall = 2–9 | conference = 1–5 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1999 | name = Memphis | overall = 5–6 | conference = 4–2 | confstanding = T–2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 2000 | name = Memphis | overall = 4–7 | conference = 2–5 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Memphis | overall = 22–44 | confrecord = 11–19 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 51–63 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}
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==External links== * [https://uabsports.com/sports/football/roster/staff/rip-scherer/1160 UAB profile] * [https://uclabruins.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rip-scherer/660 UCLA profile] * [https://cubuffs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/rip-scherer/36 Colorado profile]
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